Rabbit Creek Oil Co. v. Shell Petroleum Corp.

BLAIR, Justice.

This suit was instituted by appellee Shell Petroleum Company against the railroad commission of Texas and appellant Rabbit Creek Oil Company, to set aside an order of the commission granting appellant a permit to drill an oil well on its certain l%-aere tract of land in Gregg county; and for a temporary injunction to restrain the drilling of the well pending a trial of the case on its merits. The injunction was granted after notice and hearing; hence this appeal by appellant Rabbit Creek Oil Company from that order.

The court issued the writ of injunction because the-…