Blair v. Brownstone Oil & Refining Co.

The complaint alleged that on October 3, 1908, plaintiff and defendant entered into a contract whereby the former, for a stipulated price per foot of depth, agreed to shut off the water, drill, construct and complete for defendant its oil well No. 5 from its then depth to a depth of 1,500 feet. By the express terms of this agreement defendant was to “furnish the derrick and all machinery, tools, cordage, lights, water, fuel, casing, casing-shoes, tubing and rods necessary for the deepening and drilling of the said well No. 5 from its present depth to a depth of 1,500 feet. ’ ’ It was further…