Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Railroad Commission

BAUGH, Justice.

Suit was by appellant, hereafter designated as the Humble, 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 1 ½ acres of land in Gregg county, in the East Texas oil field, owned by said minor; and against G. H. Brown, lessee thereof, and O. C. Fisher his drilling contractor, to restrain them from drilling or .producing oil from same; and to restrain the Railroad Commission from granting any further drilling permits thereon. From an order of the district court…