Legal Opinion
Phillips Petroleum Co. v. American Trading & Production Corp.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 17, 1962No. 5536PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LANGDON, Chief Justice.
This suit arose over a dispute as to who is entitled to receive the monetary proceeds ($94,246.16) derived from the sale of oil and gas produced from a well drilled in violation of a valid order of the Texas Railroad Commission prohibiting the drilling and production of such well.
The well in question is known as the American Trading No. 1 Woody Heidelberg Well, and was located, drilled and produced by American Trading and Production •Corporation on a 160-acre tract of land, the NW/4 of a certain Section 29 in the Azalea (Strawn) Gas Field in Midland County, Texas.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Elliff v. Texon Drilling. Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1948
- Grayce Oil Co. v. PetersonTexas Supreme Court · 1936
- Loeffler v. KingTexas Supreme Court · 1951
- Peterson v. Grayce Oil Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1931
- Hague v. WheelerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
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3Cited by7 opinions
- VW FROST v. Sun Oil Co.(Delaware)Court of Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Sun Oil Company v. MartinDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1963
- American Trading & Production Corp. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1969
- Dimock Operating Company, and Joe W. Dimock, D/B/A Dimock Petroleum v. Sutherland Energy Co., LLCTexas Supreme Court · 2015
- Railroad Commission of Texas v. Arco Oil and Gas Company, a Division of Atlantic Richfield Company, Mobil Producing Texas & New Mexico Inc. and OXY USA Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1994
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