A. C. Houston Lumber Co. v. Marshall

Citations

• 109 Kan. 172
• 197 P. 861
• 1921 Kan. LEXIS 100

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Oil Leases — Joint Adventure of Owners in Drilling Test Well — Liability for Debts Contracted for Lumber and Coal. Owners of separate oil and gas leases each contributed money and property to another to be used in drilling a test well on an oil and gas lease owned by him, each of the contributors to receive a certain named interest in that lease. Another party contracted with the one who was to drill the well to pay one-half of the expense thereof, after deducting what had been contributed by the others, in return for which he should receive one-half of the interest in the lease retained by the owner after giving to the other contributors their respective interests. That one-half was fully paid, but the lease owner who drilled the well contracted debts for lumber and coal used. Held, that the party who paid the one-half of the expense is not liable to the seller for the lumber and coal furnished.</p>