Buckley v. Atlantic Refining Co.

COMBS, Justice.

This suit involves the validity of an order of the Texas Railroad Commission permitting the drilling and operation of an oil well upon a small tract of .16 acre in the East Texas oil field as an exception under Rule 37 pertaining to the spacing of wells. The trial court held the order invalid, and this appeal was prosecuted by the owners •of the lease and the Texas Railroad Commission as a statutory appeal under Vernon’s Ann.Civ.Stat. Article 6049c, Section 8. The order involved here is the second granted by the Commission granting a permit for the drilling and operation of a…