HAAS v. GULF COAST NATURAL GAS COMPANY

No. 718.

484 S.W.2d 127 (1972)

Richard E. HAAS et al., Appellants, v. GULF COAST NATURAL GAS COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied September 7, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Archer Parr, San Diego, John J. Pichinson, Corpus Christi, for appellants.

J. W. Cooper, Jr., Corpus Christi, for appellee.


OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

This is a suit to recover the pro-rata costs of drilling a dry hole. Gulf Coast Natural Gas Company, plaintiff, sued Richard E. Haas, Joe Buford, Flournoy Drilling Company, Dr. John J. Sloan, Madeline C. Sloan and Dr. June Yates, defendants, to recover from each of them their proportionate share of the cost of drilling a dry hole in search of oil or gas on lands covered by an oil, gas and mineral lease.

Upon a non-jury trial...

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