Hudson v. West Central Drilling Co.

GRAY, Justice.

Appellant owns and resides upon a 134 acre farm about twelve miles northwest of Abilene in Taylor County, on which appellee, West Central Drilling Company, owns and operates a producing oil and gas lease. There are two producing wells on said lease, but we are here concerned only with Well No. 2. Said farm is part in cultivation and part in grass. A roadway runs through the farm from north to south and said well is on the west side of said road. Each of said wells are high pressure wells and each produces from two pays. Each was equipped with two master gates to regulate and…