Railroad Commission v. Beaver Reclamation Oil Co.

Mr. Judge German,

of the Commission of Appeals, delivered the opinion for the Court.

Defendant in error, Beaver Reclamation Oil Company, on December 6, 1935, filed application with the East Texas Tender Board of. the Railroad Commission at Kilgore, Texas,» for a tender permit which would authorize it to transport and move into commerce 36,462 barrels of crude oil. The application contained the following statement:

“The above mentioned oil is now in storage at Traps Adjacent to Creeks A, B & C, (Walker and Turner Leases, Dillard Survey, Gregg County).

“This oil is abandoned and fugitive oil picked…