Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Railroad Commission

BAUGH, Justice.

This is a Rule 37 case. The Railroad Commission, on March 4, 1937, granted to S. F. Jordan a permit to drill a well as an exception to Rule 37, - to prevent confiscation of property, in the center of a strip of land in Gregg County, in what is termed the fairway of the East Texas oil field.

The leasehold involved was shown to he 141 feet wide, 1,565 feet long, and to have contained approximately . 5.08 acres. The Magnolia, lessee of an adjacent tract, brought the suit originally to set aside said permit, in which the Gulf Oil Corporation intervened. When called for trial the…