Railroad Commission v. Sterling Oil & Refining Co.

This is a direct appeal from the judgment entered December 2, 1948, by the 98th District Court of Travis County, declaring invalid an order promulgated by the Railroad Commission on November 22, 1948, and enjoining the Railroad Commission from enforcing the order. The order prohibited the production of either oil or gas form the Heyser Field unless and until all of the gas produced incident to such production is made available for one or more of the lawful uses as set out in Subsection 1 of Section 7, Article 6008, Title 102, of the Civil Stat*550utes of this State, which lawful uses, as therein…