Stevens v. State Corporation Commission

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jackson, J.;

This opinion covers three proceedings brought for judicial review of a single order of the State Corporation Commission. The commission’s order was made under the jurisdiction conferred upon it by the statute regulating the production and conservation of natural gas (G. S. 1949, Chapter 55, Article 7). The order concerned the application of the Southwestern Exploration Com*192pany to attribute another 160 acres to a gas well located on a quarter section in Haskell County. The lease sought to be attributed is some ten miles distant from the well…