Railroad Commission of Texas v. Coleman

CALVERT, Chief Justice.

The court of civil appeals’ statement of the factual background of this case is not questioned by the parties and is adopted as correct. It follows:

“This is a permanent injunction suit filed in a district court of Bowie County by Thomas M. Coleman as plaintiff. The Railroad Commission of Texas and its members, together with Hugh Ray Ashford, are named as defendants. The action is designed to test the validity of an order of the Railroad Commission pooling all unpooled mineral interests underlying the 80-acre proration unit previously formed, by the Commission in the one…