Laurel Oil Co. v. Stockton

Appellee brought this suit against the appellant, Laurel Oil Company, a corporation, Herbert Keyser, and M. F. Buf-fum, to recover $20,000 upon a contract for services rendered by appellee to appellant in securing an oil lease upon certain land in Webb county, and in the alternative against Keyser and Buffum, officers of the corpora tion, for that amount, but they were subsequently dismissed from the suit.

The appellant filed full exceptions, general denial, and special defenses, and further alleged that appellee, at the time of making the contract was an officer of the company and any money…