Marland Refining Co. v. Dunigan

Opinion by

THREADGILL, C.

Defendant in error, as plaintiff, brought suit against plaintiff in error, as defendant, on an oil and gas drilling contract to recover for drilling a well to the depth of 1,668 feet at $2 per foot, and $450, balance due for money expended in the service of the defendant, after the defendant took possession of the well drilled to said depth.

The contract provided that plaintiffs should drill a well 2,150 feet, "or to the depth of the Mississippi lime, for the defendant ion the Arthur Bryant farm in Osage county, for $2 per foot. The defendant reserved the right to stop…