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J. C. TRAHAN DRILLING CONTRACTOR, INC. v. COCKRELL

No. 7737.

225 So.2d 599 (1969)

J. C. TRAHAN DRILLING CONTRACTOR, INC. v. E. COCKRELL, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 28, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. C. Smith and Robert K. Mayo, Shreveport, Aycock, Horne, Caldwell & Coleman, by Jack C. Caldwell, Franklin, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, by Victor A. Sachse, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

O'Neal, Waitz & Henderson, by Joseph L. Waitz, Houma, for appellee.

Before LANDRY, SARTAIN and MARCUS, JJ.

PAUL B. LANDRY, Jr., Judge.

J. C. Trahan Drilling Contractor, Inc. (Contractor) instituted this action against defendant E. Cockrell, Jr., a mineral lease owner (Owner), to recover a large sum of money for expenses incurred in the drilling of an oil well pursuant to a written drilling contract between the parties. The principal claim is for the expense of "fishing operations" required to extricate lodged drill pipe. Plaintiff...

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