Dunigan Tool & Supply Co. v. Carroll

BLAIR, Justice.

The question in this appeal is whether certain contracts for the drilling of oil wells constitute a mining partnership as a matter of law between C. M. Carroll and Cardinal Oil Company, so as to render the latter liable as a partner for certain materials sold by appellant, Dunigan Tool & Supply Company, to Carroll, and used by him as necessary materials in drilling the oil wells.

On July 8, 1929, George D. Morgan, as the owner of an ordinary seven-eighths oil and gas lease on two tracts of land, executed a written contract with Carroll, as contractor, to drill a test well for…