Railroad Commission of Texas v. Delhi-Taylor Oil Corp.

HUGHES, Justice.

The validity of a permit issued by the Railroad Commission of Texas to directionally drill a well for oil and gas to be bottomed under an .8 acre fee tract of land located in the McAllen Gas Field in Hidal-go County is the subject matter of this suit. The land is owned by appellant, A. W. Taylor, Trustee. The drilling permit was attacked in the court below by appellees Delhi-Taylor Oil Corporation and Mayfair Minerals, Inc., on the grounds (1) that the well was unnecessary to prevent physical waste and (2) the tract was created by a subdivision in violation of the spacing rule…