RYAN v. FITZPATRICK DRILLING CO.

No. 18330.

342 P.2d 1040 (1959)

Ray RYAN and Helen Ryan, doing business as Ryan Oil Company, Plaintiffs in Error, v. FITZPATRICK DRILLING CO., Inc., Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 22, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren E. Roberts, Denver, for plaintiffs in error.

James J. Delaney, Mary Johnston, Denver, for defendant in error.


DOYLE, Justice.

Plaintiffs in error, defendants in the district court, seek reversal of a judgment awarding the sum of $10,751.57 to the defendant in error who will be herein referred to as plaintiff.

Basically the controversy revolves around a written contract whereby plaintiff, a drilling contractor, had undertaken to drill a test well for oil and gas on leasehold property of defendants in a field called Grass Creek, Hot Springs County, Wyoming. Under the...

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