Pan American Petroleum Corp. v. Railroad Commission

GRAY, Justice.

This is a Rule 37 case and is an appeal from a judgment sustaining a permit to drill a well in the La Blanca Gas Field in Hidalgo County.

On October 19, 1956, Coastal States Gas Producing Company acquired, from Donna Irrigation District, Hidalgo County No. 1, an oil and gas lease on a strip of land approximately 3 miles long and 150 feet wide and located in the La Blanca Field. The lease describes the land as follows:

“Beginning at the Northwest corner of Lot 139 of the 'B’ LaBlanca Subdivision as recorded in the Map Records of Hidalgo County, Texas, for the starting point of this…