Railroad Commission of Texas v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co.

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought by Rowan and Nichols Oil Co., owner of an oil lease in the East Texas Field, hereafter referred to as plaintiff, to enjoin the Railroad Com*71mission of Texas, hereafter referred to as the Commission, its members and the Attorney General of Texas, from enforcing against plaintiff an order issued by the Commission, on August 29, 1938, and subsequent amendments, fixing the amount of crude oil permitted to be produced daily» from the East Texas Oil Field, usually referred to as the “allowable”, and prorating production as to the wells in the field. The…