Legal Opinion
Brown v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 12, 1935No. 6729PublishedCited by 277 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Humble Oil Refining Company filed this suit to set aside an order of the Railroad Commission granting a permit to Mrs. Gladys McCook, guardian of the estate of Dora May Johnson, a minor, to drill an oil well on 11/2 acres of land owned by the minor in Gregg County, and against C. H. Brown, lessee thereof, and O. C. Fisher, his drilling contractor, to restrain them from drilling or producing oil therefrom; and to restrain the Railroad Commission from granting any further drilling permit thereon. The District Court refused such relief, and the case was appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Panama Refining Co. v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- New York Central Railroad Company v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Champlin Rfg. Co. v. Corporation Commission of OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Geer v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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3Cited by277 opinions
- Burford v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Gulf Land Co. v. Atlantic Refining Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1939
- Railroad Commission of Texas v. Shell Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1942
- Trapp v. Shell Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1946
- Woods Exploration & Producing Company, Inc. v. Aluminum Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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