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TENNECO OIL COMPANY v. PADRE DRILLING COMPANY

No. B-1821.

453 S.W.2d 814 (1970)

TENNECO OIL COMPANY, Petitioner v. PADRE DRILLING COMPANY, Inc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Jackson & Jackson, G. Curtis Jackson, Crystal City, Kleberg, Mobley, Lockett & Weil, J. Lev Hunt, Corpus Christi, Texas, for respondent.

CALVERT, Chief Justice.

In this suit by Padre Drilling Company, Inc., against Tenneco Oil Company to recover certain sums alleged to be due on a written contract, or in quantum meruit, for drilling a test oil and gas well in Zavala County, the trial court's judgment awarded Padre the sum of $71,519.36 on its principal claim and $20,000 as an attorney's fee. The court of civil appeals affirmed. 445 S.W.2d 247. We reform the judgments...

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