Moss & Urschel v. Clark

SELLERS, Justice.

Moss & Urschel, a- partnership, brought this suit upon an alleged oral contract to recover of W. G. Clark and W. Y. Rockwell one-half the reasonable cost of drilling a certain oil well, and one-half the expenses of standardizing two oil wells, and also one-half the expense of operating the lease. Plaintiffs sought the foreclosure of a mechanic’s lien on the lease property. By an instrument styled a supplemental petition, plaintiffs sought to recover certain additional items of expense which occurred after the suit was filed and before the trial.

The defendants answered by…