Rio Bravo Oil Co. v. Matthews

On March 12, 1928, and subsequent and prior to that date, appellant held a mineral lease on that part of the right of way of the Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company, about 500 feet long, which crosses Spindletop oil field in Jefferson county, Texas. The lease extended only to-that portion of the right of way not covered by the railroad track; and roadbed. Appellant had no control or authority whatever over the railroad track, and its lease gave it no right of control. On the date mentioned appellant was operating this lease and had drilled a string of 25 or 30 wells on both sides of the…