Legal Opinion
Exxon Corporation v. West
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 7, 1976No. 16723PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Justice.
Exxon Corporation, the successor in interest to Humble Oil & Refining Company, appeals from a judgment decreeing the rights of certain royalty owners, the Wests, to gas produced from an underground reservoir being used by Exxon for the purpose of storing extraneous gas.
The trial court’s judgment will be reversed and rendered.
The use of the West Clear Lake (Frio) reservoir for gas storage purposes was authorized by order of the Texas Railroad Commission, entered over the Wests’ protest on January 20, 1970. The Wests did not appeal that order but on March 26, 1970, filed this…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Southwest Battery Corp. v. OwenTexas Supreme Court · 1938
- Cochran v. Wool Growers Central Storage Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1942
- Coxson v. Atlanta Life InsuranceTexas Supreme Court · 1944
- Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. BurdenTexas Supreme Court · 1947
- Luttes v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1958
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Novosad v. Mid-Century Insurance Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1994
- Trevino v. TrevinoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
- MacK v. Moore, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1984
- Gober v. Wright, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1992
- Gray v. Floyd, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1990
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