Railroad Commission v. Gulf Production Co.

BAUGH, Justice.

This is a rule 37 case. On May 17, 1935, the Railroad Commission granted to J. C. Tippett, lessee, a-permit to drill a third well on a 4.77-acre tract of land in the East Texas oil field in Gregg county, as an exception to rule 37 to prevent confiscation. The Gulf Production Company, owner of a lease oivadjacent lands to the south, sued to set aside the permit as invalid, to enjoin the drilling of or production from such weil, and prayed that the court order the well plugged. Upon a trial to the court on the merits the relief prayed for was granted, from which judgment this…