Corley v. Mississippi State Oil & Gas Board

We are concerned here with the validity of special field rules of the State Oil and Gas Board with reference to (a) the size of spacing units in a field, where practically all of the royalty and operating owners have signed a voluntary unitization of their interests in an oil pool, and (b) an allowable formula.

Eight appellants protesting promulgation of certain rules proposed by appellee Gulf Oil Corporation were respondents before the Board. Appellants also proposed certain rules. After a lengthy hearing the Board adopted on April 17, 1957, amendments to Special Field Rules for the Soso…