CHASE v. PAUL HOLT DRILLING, INC.

No. 46698.

538 P.2d 217 (1975)

Robert W. CHASE, Appellant, v. PAUL HOLT DRILLING, INC., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 2.

Rehearing Denied April 10, 1975.

Certiorari Denied June 24, 1975.

Released for Publication June 26, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Cox, Mitchell, Mitchell, DeClerck, Cox & Halstead, Enid, for appellant.

Burton J. Johnson, Watts, Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hayes, Oklahoma City, for appellee.


Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Appeals June 26, 1975.

BRIGHTMIRE, Judge.

May an action founded on the breach of a rotary drilling contract be treated by the court instructionally as though it were a common law negligence action? While the parties do not precisely identify this issue as such, we think it is the decisive one, and we answer it in the negative.

Plaintiff, R.W. Chase, appeals...

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