Staples v. Railroad Commission of Texas

ARCHER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order granting a summary judgment that the plaintiffs, “M. W. Staples, Trustee, Bartessa Oil Corporation, T. A. Hester, Trustee, and Wynne M. Hill-Smith, take nothing by their suit, that all relief prayed for by said plaintiffs be denied, that defendants, the Railroad Commission of Texas and its members, and the intervenor, Sohio Petroleum Company, recover their costs herein, for which execution may issue, and that all relief sought by any party to this suit, which is not herein granted, is hereby denied.”

In their original petition the…