Friedman Oil Corporation v. Brown, 4201.
Decision Date | 19 May 1932 |
Docket Number | No. 4201.,4201. |
Citation | 50 S.W.2d 471 |
Parties | FRIEDMAN OIL CORPORATION v. BROWN. |
Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
Appeal from District Court, Smith County; Walter G. Russell, Judge.
Suit by F. H. Brown against the Friedman Oil Corporation. From an order appointing a receiver, defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Troy Smith, of Tyler, for appellant.
Mayfield & Grisham, of Tyler, for appellee.
F. H. Brown filed this suit in the district court of Smith county against Friedman Oil Corporation, a Texas corporation, to recover upon a written contract the sum of $6,000. It is alleged that, by the terms of the written contract, Brown, the plaintiff in the lower court, agreed to drill a well on a certain tract of land in Rusk county for the Friedman Oil Corporation, the defendant in the lower court, and he was to receive for his services, materials, etc., the sum of $5,000 in cash within 15 days after the completion of the well, together with two notes for the sum of $500 each, to be due in 60 and 90 days, respectively, from the date of completion of the well. It is further alleged that the plaintiff, Brown, furnished the labor and material in the drilling of the well, and that the well was completed according to the terms of the contract about October 22, 1931, and although demand had been made, the defendant corporation had failed and refused to pay the amount due under the contract or any part thereof. It is further alleged, quoting:
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