Railroad Commission v. Arkansas Fuel Oil Co.

This is a Rule 37 case. The permit involved was to operate a third well already drilled on a 3.77-acre tract in the fairway of the East Texas field in Gregg County, which tract was owned and leased by a colored Baptist Church, variously designated, but hereinafter referred to as the church. The tract of land was approximately square in dimensions. 1.3 acres, approximately square, in the northeast corner of said tract, was used as a cemetery, leaving the other church property in the form of an L. The original lease made by the church in 1931 did not include the cemetery. This lease was…