Railroad Commission v. Dyer

BAUGH, Justice.

The issues presented on this appeal by writ of error arose as follows: In 1936 Joe Dyer, doing business as the Ozozo Refining Company, sued the Railroad Commission and others to restrain them from interfering with his sale and transportation of about 160,000 barrels of oil in storage in Rusk County; and to compel the Commission to issue to him tenders for such oil. The State intervened, alleging that all of said oil was illegal oil, asked that it be confiscated and sold, and the proceeds therefrom paid into the State Treasury. Numerous parties to the State’s intervention were…