TRITON OIL & GAS CORPORATION v. E. W. MORAN DRILLING CO.

No. 17487.

509 S.W.2d 678 (1974)

TRITON OIL AND GAS CORPORATION, Appellant, v. E. W. MORAN DRILLING COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Forth Worth.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roach & Robertson, Dallas, Sherrill, Pace & Rogers and Lonny D. Morrison, Wichita Falls, for appellant.

Vial, Hamilton, Koch, Tubb, Knox & Stradley, Robert G. Vial and Paul D. Schoonover, Dallas, Sanders, Masters & Watson and Marvin H. Brown, Wichita Falls, for appellee.


OPINION

LANGDON, Justice.

This appeal arises out of a damage suit brought by E. W. Moran Drilling Company, drilling contractor, appellee and plaintiff below, for breach of a contract to drill a well, complaining of Triton Oil and Gas Corporation, owner, appellant, defendant and cross-plaintiff below. Plaintiff also sued alternatively for quantum meruit recovery. Defendant Triton counterclaimed against plaintiff on theories of breach of contract and negligent...

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