Railroad Commission of Texas v. Williams

HUGHES, Justice.

This is a Rule 37 case. The Railroad Commission of Texas refused appellee, C. Murel'Williams, a permit to drill a well for oil and gas on a tract of land containing I.65 acres in the Joaquin field in Shelby County. The well applied for was a first well and was sought as an exception to spacing Rule 37 to prevent the confiscation of property. Following the refusal by the Commission, appellee filed suit in the court below to compel the Commission, in effect, to grant his application for a permit. Southern Natural Gas Company, Reynolds Oil Company, and American Petrofina Company…