Railroad Commission of Texas v. DeBardeleben

This suit brought by respondent, DeBardeleben, attacked an order of the Railroad Commission that denied him exceptions to the Statewide Density Rule for four gas wells in the Bethany Field in Harrison and Panola Counties. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed a judgment in favor of respondent. 297 S.W. 2d 203. In that affirmance we concur.

Substantially the only question for decision here is whether or not the evidence shows as a matter of law that respondent’s gas producing properties are being confiscated, or in other words, was the order of the Railroad Commission reasonably supported by…