Prairie Oil & Gas Co. v. Kirkbride
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from Superior Court, Muskogee County; Farrar L. McCain, Judge. Action by T. E. Kirkbride against the Prairie Oil & Gas Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
GALBRAITH, C.
This was an action for the recovery of an amount claimed to be due for work and labor performed in connection with the drilling of an oil well. There was a trial to the court and a jury, and a verdict against the Prairie Oil & Gas Company in the sum of $1,100. To reverse the judgment, rendered upon this verdict, the appeal has been prosecuted to this court.
The issues as tried in the lower court have been narrowed down in the brief and argument in this court to one question, namely, whether or not the work and labor performed, for which compensation was claimed, was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commercial Union Assur. Co., Ltd., of London v. WolfeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914