McClellan v. Haley

This suit was filed in the district court of Menard county by J. C. McClellan and others, who will hereinafter be styled plaintiffs, against Thomas, Ludlow, and Devenish, hereinafter styled defendants, to recover for labor performed, for “shutdown time,” and for underreaming, in the matter of a contract for the drilling of an oil well. The contract is alleged to have been verbal, and plaintiffs allege they were employed to drill said well by the defendants, who were the original contractors, and were to receive compensation for such drilling, shut-down time, and underreaming, as alleged in…