Railroad Commission v. Williams
Texas Supreme Court
SMITH, JUDGE, concurred in the results but for different reasons.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greenhill
Murel Williams here seeks a permit to drill a gas well on a 1.65-acre tract. The spacing pattern fixed by the Texas Railroad Commission for the drilling of gas wells in this field in Shelby County, Texas, is one well to each 640 acres. Williams seeks the permit to drill on the 1.65-acre tract in order to prevent confiscation of property under an exception to Rule 37 (the spacing rule) of the Railroad Commission. He did not allege or prove that the well was necessary to prevent waste. The application was denied by the Commission. Upon appeal to the district court, the action of the Commission…
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- Gulf Land Co. v. Atlantic Refining Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1939
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- Railroad Commission of Texas v. Gulf Production Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1939
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