Wood v. Gulf Oil Corporation

WALKER, Chief Justice.

A Rule 37 case; for a statement of this rule see Gulf Land Co. et al. v. Atlantic Ref. Co., 134 Tex. 59, 131 S.W.2d 73. The suit was by appellee, Gulf Oil Corporation, against appellants, Fox Wood and “Penn Oil Company” and the Railroad Commission of Texas; the nature and result of the suit is thus stated in the judgment:

“It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed on this, 7th day of March, 1940, that the order of the Railroad Commission of Texas entered in Rule 37 case No. 27691, dated December 17, 1938, granting to Fox Wood and ‘Penn Oil Company’ a permit to drill…