Hall-Jones Oil Corp. v. Corporation Commission

BLACKBIRD, Justice:

Appellant is the owner and operator of a well drilled for oil and/or gas exploration known as the Matzek No. 1 in Texas County. Appellant applied to this State’s Corporation Commission for permission to use said well for disposing of salt water by injecting it, through the well, into the Cherokee and Morrow Formations, which latter is penetrated by the well at an underground depth of between 4010 and 4255 feet. The Corporation Commission, hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”, denied the application, and Appellant, hereinafter referred to as “Applicant”, has lodged…