Legal Opinion
Metfuel v. Louisiana Well Service
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 19, 1993No. 1921289PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The defendant, MetFuel, Inc., appeals from a judgment of dismissal, without prejudice, pursuant to the plaintiff Louisiana Well Service Company's Rule 41, A.R.Civ.P., motion. We affirm.
Louisiana Well Service Company ("LWS") and MetFuel executed three contracts by which LWS was to provide drilling and related services to MetFuel's methane gas wells in Alabama. The contracts were controlled by Mississippi law. LWS drilled 47 wells for MetFuel and sent invoices to MetFuel based on this work. MetFuel paid LWS over $2 million, but refused to pay certain invoices totalling $1,752,729.12.
LWS sued…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Betty v. Pace, as Administratrix of the Estate of Floyd J. Pace, Jr., Deceased v. Southern Express CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company v. Costa Lines Cargo Services, Inc., Evergreen Marine Corporation (New York) Ltd., Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Bevill v. OwenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
- Brown v. Mountain Lakes Resort, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1988
- Louisiana Well Service, Inc. v. Metfuel, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1993
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