Legal Opinion
Gregg v. Delhi-Taylor Oil Corp.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 22, 1961No. A-7977PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greenhill
delivered the the opinion of the Court.
A. W. Gregg is the owner of an oil and gas lease on .42 acres in the City of Pharr, Hidalgo Colnty, Texas. The tract is approximately 75 feet wide. Delhi-Taylor Oil Corporation and Mayfair Minerals, Inc., (herein called Delhi-Taylor) own the mineral estates in lands surrounding Gregg’s lease. Gregg is drilling a well 37-% feet froim Delhi-Taylor’s lease on the east and 80 feet from its south line. He plans to increase the productivity of his well by fracturing the gas-producing formation, a process by which sand is mixed with liquid and forced into the…
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