Northwest Oil Company v. Railroad Commission

KEITH, Justice.

The appeal is from a final judgment of the District Court of Orange County, denying to Northwest Oil Company and Malcolm K. Brachman any relief from two orders of the Railroad Commission entered pursuant to the provisions of Article 6008c, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St, the Mineral Interest Pooling Act. The case was tried under the substantial evidence rule of procedure and the parties are not in disagreement as to this facet of the case.

Gas was discovered in 1962 in what the Commission subsequently designated as the Ten Mile Creek (2nd Nodosaria) Field in its orders. The proration unit…