Supreme Court of Kansas January 24, 1959, 41,054 and 41,162 (Meyer v. Schmidt)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jackson, J.:

These are two appeals from one case in the court below.

The proceeding in district court involved the settlement of the claims and mechanics’ liens growing out of the drilling of an oil well — an oil well which came in as a dry hole.

The well was begun by defendant Richard B.