Legal Opinion
Sun Oil Company v. Whitaker
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 20, 1967No. 7700PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENTON, Chief Justice.
This suit was instituted by Sun Oil Company seeking a temporary and permanent injunction against Earnest Whitaker and Doyle Henderson. Sun seeks to enjoin the two named defendants from preventing or interfering with Sun’s use of underground fresh water under a 267 acre tract of land in Hockley County, Texas, for a proposed water flooding project. The High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 intervened. The trial court, after a hearing, denied the motion for a temporary injunction and Sun Oil Company has perfected this appeal.
Sun Oil is the lessee of an…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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