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C. E. JACOBS CO. v. LAMAR H. MOORE DRILLING CO.

No. 4545.

483 S.W.2d 13 (1972)

C. E. JACOBS COMPANY, Appellant, v. LAMAR H. MOORE DRILLING COMPANY, Inc., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied July 14, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McMahon, Smart, Sprain, Wilson, Camp & Lee, Stephen H. Suttle, Abilene, for appellant.

Scarborough, Black, Tarpley & Scarborough, Beverly Tarpley, Abilene, for appellee.

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

This is a venue case. Lamar H. Moore Drilling Company, Inc., a drilling contractor, sued C. E. Jacobs Company, an oil operator, in Throckmorton County, for breach of a drilling contract and alternatively in quantum meruit. Moore alleged that Jacobs breached the written contract when Jacobs refused to assume the risk of loss or damage to the hole and to Moore's "in-hole" equipment following an explosion and fire at the well site in Throckmorton...

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