Amerada Petroleum Corp. v. Railroad Commission of Texas

ARCHER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a Railroad Commission Rule 37 order permitting L & G Oil Company to plug back and redrill 5 abandoned wells, Nos. 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8, on its T. W. Lee lease, East Texas Field. Following the issuance of the order, appellants filed suit in the 53rd District Court of Travis County, to set aside the order. The trial court granted the defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment and entered judgment upholding the order of the Commission.

The appeal is based on six points to the effect that the trial court erred in granting a summary judgment because as a matter *404…