Colorado Interstate Gas Company v. Sears

RICHARDS, Justice.

Colorado Interstate Gas Company appeals from a judgment of the 53rd District Court of Travis County, Texas, upholding an order of the Railroad Commission of Texas granting H. F. Sears a permit to drill a well on 7.1 acres of land as an exception to Rule .37. The acreage is situated in the John W. Pritchett Survey, in Potter County, Texas, and is located within the West Panhandle Field, which under the present rules of the Railroad Commission permits only one well to each 640 acre tract. For brevity Colorado Interstate Gas Company, appellant, will be referred to as…