Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Carr

GRAY, Justice.

This is a Rule 37 case, and is the third appeal involving the validity of permits to drill a well on the .67-acre tract of land under consideration here. The opinions in the two prior appeals will be later noticed.

Appellants have appealed from a judgment sustaining a permit to drill a well on a .67-acre tract of land in Gregg County. Actually, the permit is to reopen and produce oil from a well already drilled on the tract. The permit in question here was granted on May 17, 1948, “ * * * to prevent confiscation of property.”

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