Henderson v. Kessel

MEREDITH, Judge:

Plaintiff obtained a judgment against R. H. Kessel, A. W. Sayre, and A. G. Stover, for $1550, in an action of assump-sit, upon a contract of guaranty. Defendants assign various errors, which require a statement of the matters involved.

Plaintiff is a contractor engaged in drilling oil and gas wells. He had done some work of that kind near Clendenin, for the Paramount Oil & Gas Company, a West Virginia corporation. That company had considerable acreage under lease for oil and gas near Cottageville, in Jackson County, this state. Plaintiff’s drilling tools and machinery were at…