TRICE PRODUCTION COMPANY v. DUTTON DRILLING COMPANY

No. 13282.

333 S.W.2d 607 (1960)

TRICE PRODUCTION COMPANY, Appellant, v. DUTTON DRILLING COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston.

Rehearing Denied March 10, 1960.

Second Motion for Rehearing Denied March 31, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward D. Coulson, Houston, Hollis Massey, Columbus, for appellant.

Bates, Cartwright, Miller & Gilley, Ralph K. Miller, James H. Wright, Houston; Miller, Rutta & Allen, Hodges, Moore & Gates, Columbus, of counsel, for appellee.


BELL, Chief Justice.

On trial to the court without intervention of a jury, appellee recovered judgment against appellant for $77,042.78, with interest at the rate of 6% per annum from September 20, 1956, plus $10,000 as attorney's fees.

Suit was by appellee to recover the amounts alleged to be due under a written contract under which appellant had employed appellee to drill an oil or gas well for it in Colorado County. Suit was in the form of a verified account...

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