Tide Water Associated Oil Co. v. Railroad Commission

BAUGH, Justice.

This is a rule 37 case. Appeal is from a judgment of the trial court refusing to set aside a permit granted by the Commission to S. A. Adams on June 29, 1936, as an exception to rule 37, to drill a well on a strip of land in the East Texas oil field 105 feet wide and 825 feet long, containing 2.00416 acres. The order granting the permit recited that it was to prevent confiscation of property.

The material facts are as follows: In May, 1930, J. H. Alexander, fee owner, leased to B. A. Skipper a 50-acre tract, 827 feet wide east and. west, and 2639 feet long north and south. Early…