Legal Opinion
Lone Star Gas Company v. Murchison
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 5, 1962No. 15947PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Justice.
This appeal presents a question of first impression in Texas. The primary question presented is whether title to natural gas, once having been reduced to possession, is lost by the injection of such gas into a natural underground reservoir for storage purposes.
Lone Star Gas Company, a natural gas public . utility company, brought this suit against J. W. Murchison and R. B. Sanders, in the District Court of Henderson County, Texas, for, taking, appropriating and converting to their own use natural gas alleged to belong to Lone Star. Appellant, Lone Star, sought to recover the…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Brown v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1935
- Alpha Petroleum Co. v. TerrellTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933
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3Cited by50 opinions
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- Nicholson v. Herman, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1999
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