Rock Creek Oil Corp. v. Wolfe

The plaintiff, Frank Wolfe, instituted this suit in the district court of Hutchinson county, Tex., against the defendant, Rock Creek Oil Corporation, to recover the sum of $11,-860, with interest thereon from January 6, 1929.

Plaintiff alleges: That the defendant is the owner of the west one-half of the southeast one-fourth of section 28, block Y, in Hutchinson county, Tex. That on July 23,1928, plaintiff and defendant entered into a written contract, by the terms of which the plaintiff agreed to drill a well on said land for the defendant, to a depth of 3,200 feet, unless the oil-producing…