Gilmer Oil Co. v. Corporation Commission

This is an appeal from an order of the Corporation Commission allegedly promulgated pursuant to its powers as delegated and conferred by the statutes relating to the conservation of natural resources (chapter 131, S. L. 1933, and the amendment, chapter 59, S. L. 1935).

The aforesaid order prohibited the use of vacuum pumps in the production of oil and gas in the Healdton oil field, and was based upon the issues as joined by a complaint filed on the part of P. W. Merrick, Inc., a producer in said field, and the response thereto filed by one or more interested parties. The Gilmer Oil Company and…