Legal Opinion
Railroad Commission v. Richards
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 1, 1960No. 10778PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HUGHES, Justice.
This is a Rule 37 case. The Railroad Commission of Texas denied M. D. Richards, appellee, a permit to drill a well for oil and gas on his' two-acre Roger Baird lease in the Poesta Creek field in Bee County. Richards appealed to the Court below which, after trial, set aside the order of the Commission and authorized the well to be *450drilled upon the two-acre tract at a point to be designated by the Commission.
The controlling facts are without dispute. They follow:
On September 8, 1948, Olevia C. Collins et al. conveyed to Roger Baird et ux. a 50-acre tract of land in the John Ryan…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Gulf Land Co. v. Atlantic Refining Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1939
- Sun Oil Co. v. Railroad CommissionCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1933
- City of Houston v. CampbellTexas Supreme Court · 1955
- Nash v. Shell Petroleum Corp.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Stewart v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1935
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Railroad Commission of Texas v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1968