Kraker v. Railroad Commission

BLAIR, Justice.

A Rule 37 case. The Commission denied appellant Kraker a permit to drill a second well on his 4.22-acre tract of land in the Hawkins oil field, Wood County, Texas. The trial court sustained the order of the Commission denying the well; hence this appeal.

After discovery of the Hawkins field the Commission adopted therefor a 466-933' spacing rule with the usual exceptions to prevent waste or confiscation, and adopted a proration rule apportioning one-half of the entire field (slightly less than 9,000 acres) allowable between all wells equally, and one-half on the basis of…