Barrick Kentucky Oil & Gas Co. v. Scrivner

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Logan

Reversing.

The appellee worked for the appellant drilling wells on certain leases in Estill county for some years prior to 1925. His account had accumulated until, on April 2, 1925, he claimed that appellant was indebted to him in the sum of $4,365. On that date a contract was entered into by appellee on one side and by George W. Crozier, Jr., on the other. Crozier, it appears, claimed to be representing the appellant, and signed its name to the contract. The contract purports to be a settlement between appellant and appellee, and, by the terms of the…