Beard Drilling, Inc. v. Steeger

COLEMAN, Justice.

This suit was filed by appellant, Beard Drilling, Inc., to recover the value of oil well drilling equipment from appellees, W. J. Steeger, M. M. Kinley, Atlas Pipe, Inc., and C. L. McMahon, Inc. Appellees filed a cross-action seeking to recover from appellant the expense incurred by them in controlling a gas well which blew out and caught fire, destroying appellant’s drilling equipment. The trial court rendered judgment for appellees based on appellant’s failure to drill the well to completion as required by the written contract between the parties.

Both parties pled causes of…