Coastal States Gas Producing Company v. Pate

Subsection 14, Sec. 8-A, of Art. 5421c, Vernon’s Ann. Texas Civ. Stat., grants to any leaseholder or assignee holding a lease under the State for development of oil and gas in State-owned river beds, the right of eminent domain for the following purposes :

“(1) Of securing such additional adjoining lands as may be necessary for erection of power machinery, and construction of storage tanks and slush pits in the operation of said channel or river development and to prevent or lessen the dangers of pollution involved in the drilling of any well in such river beds or channels.

“(2) For the purpose…