Legal Opinion
Haas v. Gulf Coast Natural Gas Company
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 31, 1972No. 718PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BISSETT, Justice.
This is a suit to recover the pro-rata costs of drilling a dry hole. Gulf Coast Natural Gas Company, plaintiff, sued Richard E. Haas, Joe Buford, Flournoy Drilling Company, Dr. John J. Sloan, Madeline C. Sloan and Dr. June Yates, defendants, to recover from each of them their proportionate share of the cost of drilling a dry hole in search of oil or gas on lands covered by an oil, gas and mineral lease.
Upon a non-jury trial, judgment was entered that plaintiff recover $6,093.90 against each of the defendants Richard E. Haas, Joe Buford and Flournoy Drilling Company;…
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