Broussard v. Texaco, Inc.

STEAKLEY, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a trial court summary judgment denying an injunction against the enforcement of a force pooling order of the Railroad Commission. 1 The problem is an original one of statutory construction and the question is whether the order is within the authority granted the Commission by the Mineral Interest Pooling Act of 1965, Art. 6008c, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. We hold it was not.

The facts are undisputed. Joe Brous-sard, II, et al., appellants, are the royalty mineral interest owners under an oil and gas lease dated May 7, 1934, called the Broussard lease,…