Court Opinion

ID: 9833297
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 22:35:56.100337+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:44:01.351226
License: Public Domain

On Rehearing.
Upon consideration of the motion for rehearing, we have reached the conclusion that we erred in our interpretation of the contract alleged by appellant. Properly construed, the petition alleges an absolute promise and obligation upon the part of appellee to pay $2 per foot for the first 100 feet, $2.50 per foot for the second 100 feet, and $3 per foot for the third 100 feet, or fraction thereof. It imposes an absolute obligation upon the part of appellee to pay the sum specified, unless the test which appellee agreed to make should disclose that the well did not furnish sufficient water to support a pump, and justify pumping of same for irrigation purposes. The burden was therefore upon the appellee to show that the well did not furnish sufficient water.
The allegations in, the pleading are supported by evidence, and the charge of the court is erroneous, in that it does not predicate the right of recovery by appellant upon the case made by his pleading and proof. The rehearing is therefore granted, and the cause reversed and remanded for new trial.