R. L. Cox & Co. v. J. H. Markham, Junior, & Co.

PLEASARTS, Associate Justice.

Defendants in error brought this suit against plaintiffs in error on a contract for drilling an oil well, alleging full performance of the contract and seeking to recover the contract price. The defendants answered by general demurrer and general denial. The trial in the court below was without a jury and resulted in a judgment in favor of plaintiffs for $5,000, with interest, the amount claimed in the petition.

The contract sued on is as follows:

The State of Texas, ]

County of Jefferson, \

This instrument witnesseth:

That R. L. Cox & Co. of Beaumont, Texas,…