Marrs v. Railroad Commission

This suit was brought by E. C. Marrs and Federal Royalties Company, Inc., owners of royalty interests in the McEIroy Field in Crane and Upton Counties, both as a statutory suit under Article 6049c, Sec. 8, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes, to test the validity of the Railroad Commissioner’s proration orders for the months of March, April, May and June, 1941, as applied to said field, and as a bill in equity to restrain the Commission from restricting production in the field in such a manner as to constitute a taking of plaintiffs property without due process of law. The Gulf Oil Corporation,…