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TENNECO OIL COMPANY v. PADRE DRILLING COMPANY

No. 4801.

445 S.W.2d 247 (1969)

TENNECO OIL COMPANY, Appellant, v. PADRE DRILLING COMPANY, Inc., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied October 9, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keys, Russell, Watson & Seaman, Corpus Christi, R. A. Taylor, Jr., Crystal City, for appellant.

Kleberg, Mobley, Lockett & Weil, Corpus Christi, G. Curtis Jackson, Crystal City, for appellee.

OPINION

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by Tenneco from a judgment against it, in favor of Padre for $71,519.36 (with interest from May 16, 1966), plus $20,000 attorney's fees.

Padre sued Tenneco, 1) under a written contract under which Tenneco employed Padre to drill an oil and gas well for Tenneco in Zavala County, 2) on quantum meruit and sworn account, 3) for breach by Tenneco of the contract, and 4) foreclosure of mechanics and materialman...

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