Coloma Oil & Gas Corporation v. Railroad Commission

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE STEAKLEY

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case reaches us in an exceptional status and under unusual circumstances; in view of its disposition the facts will be noted only briefly.

Respondent Railroad Commission granted Respondent Appell Petroleum Corporation a permit to drill a first well on the tract in question as an exception to Rule 37. The recited basis for the permit to drill was to prevent waste and confiscation. Petitioner, Coloma Oil & Gas Corporation, was a protestant before the Commission and prosecuted its appeal pursuant to Article *4856049c, Sec. 8,…