Trapp v. Shell Oil Co.

McClendon, chief justice.

Rule 37 case. The appeal is from a final judgment setting aside an order granting a permit to drill a second well (to quote from the order) “on the Anderson Crisp 1.77 acre or 3 acre tract in the McAnally and Alexander Surveys, East Texas Oil Field, Gregg County, Texas,” as an exception to Rule 37 in order to prevent waste and confiscation; and enjoining production under the permit. The suit was by Shell (Shell Oil Company, Incorporated) and Gulf (Gulf Oil Corporation), adjacent lessees, against Trapp, the permittee, and the Commission (Railroad Commission of Texas)…