Rayco Drilling Company v. Dia-Log Company

OPINION

GEORGE L. REESE, Jr., District Judge.

This action was commenced in the District Court of San Juan County, New Mexico, by Rayco Drilling Company, appellee herein. Rayco alleged in its complaint that the Dia-Log Company, appellant herein, negligently dropped a tool in the well bore of an oil and gas well, causing certain items to become irretrievably stuck in the hole and necessitating the hole to be whipstocked and a new hole drilled. From an adverse judgment in the amount of $46,889.64, defendant appeals.

Rayco Drilling Company, hereinafter called Rayco, was engaged in drilling an oil…