Coastal Gulf Oil Co. v. Delhi-Taylor Oil Corp.

MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This case is on all fours with the case of Holmes v. Delhi-Taylor Oil Corp., Tex.Civ.App., 337 S.W.2d 479.

The majority of this Court, with Justice POPE dissenting, decided that the matter in controversy was one over which the Railroad Commission of this State has primary jurisdiction, and that such primary jurisdiction must first be exhausted before resort can be had to the courts.

The Supreme Court has now granted a writ of error in that case, and has also granted writs in two other cases, namely, Delhi-Taylor Oil Corp. v. Gregg, 337 S.W. 2d 216, and Delhi-Taylor Oil…