Security Banking & Investment Co. v. Flanagan

In this case the defendant in error sues plaintiffs in error, alleging that on the 29th day of April, 1919, he entered into a written contract with the Security Banking & Investment Company, an incorporated association, to complete the drilling of an oil and gas well in Jones county, Tex.; that the well was at the time 620 feet deep, and that under the contract defendant in error was to drill it to the depth of 3,000 feet, and receive as compensation therefor the sum of $7 per foot; that the well was drilled 2,205 feet when the plaintiffs in error wrongfully discharged him, and denied him…