Trapp v. Shell Oil Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Travis County which set aside a permit to drill an oil well “on the Anderson Crisp 1.77 acre tract in the McAnally and Alexander Surveys, East Texas Oil Field, Gregg County, Texas.” The Railroad Commission granted the application for a second well as an exception to Rule 37 in order to prevent waste and confiscation. The Shell Oil Company and Gulf Oil Corporation filed this suit as an appeal for the purpose of canceling the permit. The trial court on the first trial sustained the permit. The Austin Court of Civil Appeals reversed and…