Beaver Reclamation Oil Co. v. Railroad Commission

Appellant brought this suit against the Railroad Commission under section 9, article 6066a, Vernon's Ann.Civ.St., Acts 1935, p. 624, c.246, to set aside an order of the Tender Board of the Commission refusing an application for a tender covering 36,462 barrels of oil which Davenport McCurley (predecessors in title of appellant) and appellant had picked up in traps adjacent to creeks A, B, and C which drained a portion of the East Texas oil field in Gregg county, including the town of Gladewater. The appeal is from a judgment for defendant in a trial to the court without a jury.

The trial court…