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PARKER PETROLEUM CO. v. LAWS

No. A-3138.

242 S.W.2d 164 (1951)

PARKER PETROLEUM CO. v. LAWS.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 3, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Small & Small, Austin, for petitioner.

Aubrey Fielder, Lockhart, K. C. Barkley and Stanley C. Woods, Houston, for respondent.

HICKMAN, Chief Justice.

Respondent, Preston Laws, and petitioner, Parker Petroleum Company, entered into a contract in writing which provided that respondent should drill a well for oil and gas to a depth of 2200 feet. Difficulties were encountered at a depth of 2107 feet, and the well was not completed to the contract depth. Respondent sued for the agreed price per foot for the number of feet actually drilled, together...

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