Continental Investment Corp. v. State Corp. Commission

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, C. J.:

This case had its inception in an application to the State Corporation Commission for an order permitting the appellees to increase their allowable production of two oil wells .owned and operated by them in Ellis county.

An understanding of the controversy will require the pertinent facts to be stated at some length. Fortunately there is no dispute about the facts. But first let us briefly take note of the pertinent law.

The enactment of chapter 226 of the Session Laws of 1931 conferred upon the public service commission (now called the…