Atlantic Refining Co. v. Buckley

BAUGH, Justice.

This is a rule 37 case. Appeal is from a judgment of the trial court sustaining the validity of a permit granted by the Railroad Commission to John T. Buckley, as an exception to rule 37 to prevent confiscation of property, to drill a well on a .16-acre tract of land in Gregg County, near the center of the East Texas oil field. The permit was granted on July 27, 1936. The Railroad Commission has filed no brief herein.

The case arose as follows: In 1925, G. E. Adams acquired title to a 48-aere tract of land out of the Hathaway survey. Its boundaries ran north and south, and east…