Legal Opinion

Railroad Commission of Texas v. Miller

Texas Supreme Court

Decided December 4, 1968No. B-981PublishedCited by 157 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEAKLEY, Justice.

Respondents, James F. Miller and Burton M. Brown, are the owners of an oil, gas and mineral lease covering four acres of land located in Rains County. Under authority of the Mineral Interest Pooling Act of 1965, Article 6008c, 1 they filed application with the Railroad Commission to have the four-acre tract pooled with an existing 651.58-acre gas unit known as the Texaco-J. J. Wade Well No. 1, located in the Dunbar Field of Rains County. The Commission denied the application “for failure of the applicant to show that the four-acre tract reasonably appears to lie within the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

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  2. Brazos River Authority v. City of GrahamTexas Supreme Court · 1961
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3Cited by157 opinions

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