Wagner Supply Co. v. Bateman

J. C. Roberts and others owned an oil and gas lease in Stephens County, on which there was an uncompleted well. Roberts, acting for himself and associates, employed Bateman to finish the well. Bateman was to receive a one-fourth interest in the lease and its products, and in addition was to be paid cash for a certain portion of his labor and for shutdown time. The well was brought in as a producer, but at the time of the trial of this case had ceased to have any productive value. Because qf disagreement or dissatisfaction among the owners, J. C. Roberts and others filed suit on June 9, 1921,…