Elliott v. Big Jack Petroleum Co.

O. C. Elliott has appealed from a judgment denying him a statutory laborer’s lien upon the drilling tools owned by the Big. Jack Petroleum Company, a drill-ihg contractor. The Big Jack Petroleum Company undertook to drill an oil well for the Block 50 Oil Syndicate, which was the owner of an oil lease.

The case was tried before the court without a jury, and the trial judge filed findings of fact, the correctness of which have not been challenged on this appeal. According to the facts so found, the Block 50 Oil Syndicate was the owner of a leasehold interest in a block of land situated in the…