Legal Opinion
Totah Drilling Company v. Abraham
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided August 14, 1958No. 6371PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGHEE, Justice.
On October 24, 1955, plaintiff, Totah Drilling Company, a New Mexico Corporation, filed suit' upon a promissory note for the sum of $27,367.04 which had been executed by the defendant, Mike Abraham, July 12, 1955, in Dallas, Texas, as consideration for drilling a well under an alleged “turn-key” drilling contract, and for additional work thereon.
In the pleadings below defendant admitted the execution of the note but alleged in substance that the note was invalid for failure of consideration in that the plaintiff did not properly complete the well according to the contract…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hugh K. Gale Post No. 2182 Veterans of Foreign Wars v. NorrisNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1949
- Continental Oil Co. v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1949
- State ex rel. Magee v. WilliamsNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1953
- Retsal Drilling Co. v. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1942
- Howard v. HughesMichigan Supreme Court · 1940
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Tapia v. Panhandle Steel Erectors CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- McCauley v. RayNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1968
- Montano v. SaavedraNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1962
- Western Investors Life Insurance v. New Mexico Life Insurance GuarantyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1983
- Little Susitna Construction Co. v. Soil Processing, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1997
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