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ANDERSON-PRICHARD OIL CORPORATION v. PARKER

Nos. 5462, 5463.

245 F.2d 831 (1957)

ANDERSON-PRICHARD OIL CORPORATION, a corporation, Appellant, v. R. L. PARKER, a sole trader, d/b/a Parker Drilling Company, Appellee. R. L. PARKER, a sole trader, d/b/a Parker Drilling Company, Cross-Appellant, v. ANDERSON-PRICHARD OIL CORPORATION, a corporation, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

May 16, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross L. Malone, of Atwood & Malone, Roswell, N. M., and Frank Bezoni of Perkins & Bezoni, Midland, Tex., for appellant and cross-appellee.

C. H. Rosenstein, of Rosenstein, Fist & Mesirow, Tulsa, Okl., and John D. Robb, of Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Mims & Akin, Albuquerque, N. M., for appellee and cross-appellant.

Before HUXMAN, PICKETT and LEWIS, Circuit Judges.

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff brought this action to recover an amount claimed to be due on a written contract to drill an oil and gas well for the defendant in Lea County, New Mexico. During the course of the drilling, natural gas was encountered in large quantities which caused what is termed in the oil and gas industry a "blowout", resulting in substantial costs and additional labor to both the plaintiff and the defendant. After the well was brought under...

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