Legal Opinion

Getty Oil Company v. Jones

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 26, 1971No. B-2391Published

1Opinion of the Court

470 S.W.2d 618 (1971)

GETTY OIL COMPANY, Petitioner,

v.

John H. JONES, Respondent.

No. B-2391.

Supreme Court of Texas.

May 26, 1971.

Rehearing Denied July 28, 1971.

Second Rehearing Denied October 6, 1971.

Clyde E. Willbern and Cloy D. Monzingo, Houston, Turpin, Smith, Dyer, Hardie & Harman, Irby L. Dyer, Midland, for petitioner.

Cayton, Gresham & Fulbright, Karl Cayton and William E. Fulbright, Lamesa, for respondent.

STEAKLEY, Justice.

John H. Jones, respondent, the surface owner of a tract of land in Gaines County, Texas, sued for an injunction to restrain Getty Oil Company, petitioner, an oil and gas…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. United States v. CausbySupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Texas Company v. W.H. DaughertyTexas Supreme Court · 1915
  3. Freeport Sulphur Co. v. American Sulphur Royalty Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1928
  4. Getty Oil Company v. JonesTexas Supreme Court · 1971
  5. Acker v. GuinnTexas Supreme Court · 1971

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