Pickens v. Railroad Commission

GREENHILL, Justice.

The main question here is the validity of the order of the Texas Railroad Commission prorating the production allowable of oil from the Fairway (James Lime) Field in Anderson and Henderson Counties, Texas. The order fixed the rate at which the various owners of the oil could produce. The district court found the order tp be reasonably supported by substantial evidence and upheld it. W. L. Pickens and others have brought the case to us by direct appeal. The main law question before us is the same as that before the district court : Is the Commission’s proration order…