Grooms v. Johnson

Plaintiff, Homer Johnson, sued defendants, J. T. Grooms, a contractor, and the May Oil Incorporated, owner of an oil and gas lease, to recover for labor performed by him and two others, whose claims had been assigned to him, in drilling a well for oil and gas purposes upon such lease, and to foreclose three laborers’ liens securing the claims. Judgment was entered for plaintiff upon the verdict of a jury, and defendants appeal.

At the trial of the case plaintiff’s counsel called one Mahaney as a witness and asked him this question:

“Some time, did you have a conversation during the last 60 or…