DELHI-TAYLOR OIL CORPORATION v. Holmes

This is a comparion case to No. A-7976 and No. A-7977, both styled Gregg v. Delhi-Taylor Corporation et al. and both decided this day, 344 S.W. 2d 411 and 419. This case was orally argued and briefed with those cases in this Court.

This suit was brought and tried in Hidalgo County. Holmes et al. owned or claimed the mineral leasehold estate on a tract 30 feet wide which was bounded by lands of Delhi-Taylor et al. Holmes’ well had been completed in the Hansen Sand. It was alleged that Holmes was about to employ the sand fracturing technique in such a manner as to cause cracks or veins to extend…