The Superior Oil Co. v. Magee

This is the third time that Unit No. 50 in the Gwinville gas field has come under review by this Court. The first occasion was in the case styled Superior Oil Co. v. Griffith, 214 Miss. 891, 59 So. 2d 104. The Magees were the "et al” in that case. In the proceeding, the Oil Company petitioned the State Oil & Gas Board, under Chapter 220, Laws of 1950, for the establishment of Unit 50 in order to integrate the entire acreage therein, and thereby effect forced pooling of interests and the extension of the original term of the leases. It did not proceed under Chapter 256, Laws of 1948, for the…