Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. v. Railroad Commission of Texas

McClendon, chief justice.

This is a rule 37 (oil well spacing rule) case. It involves the validity of a permit to drill a well upon a .077-acre tract in the town of London, in the East Texas oil field. Ownership of the segregated tract antedates promulgation of rule 37; and the issue of voluntary segregation subsequently to application of the rule is therefore not involved. The tract is triangular in form. Its north, east, and south lines are 80.4, 62.4, and 18.1 feet, respectively. Its west line is the center of a public street and is 85.5 feet long. On the north and east it is bounded by the…