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HUMPHREY v. PLACID OIL COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 1135.

142 F.Supp. 246 (1956)

J. A. HUMPHREY, G. E. Hall, A. Pollard Simons and William D. McBee, Plaintiffs, v. PLACID OIL COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Texas, Sherman Division.

May 29, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lanham Croley (of Golden, Croley, Howell, Johnson & Mizell), Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs, J. A. Humphrey and G. E. Hall.

Bascom Thomas (of Bowyer, Gray, Thomas, Crozier & Harris), Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff, A. Pollard Simons.

Fred G. Gannon, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff, William D. McBee.

Ralph B. Shank (of Shank, Dedman & Payne), Dallas, Tex., for defendant, Placid Oil Co.

SHEEHY, Chief Judge.

This is an action by the plaintiffs, each of whom is a resident and citizen of the State of Texas, to recover from the defendant, a Delaware corporation, damages in the sum of $25,000 for alleged breach of contract or in the alternative to recover in quantum meruit the reasonable value of their services which plaintiffs allege is the sum of $25,000, which action grows out of a dry hole contribution letter agreement dated April 8, 1955, executed...

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