Legal Opinion
Railroad Commission v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 29, 1938No. 8759PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUGH, Justice.
This is a rule 37 case. Appeal is by the Acme Oil Company and the Railroad Commission from a judgment of the District Court setting aside as invalid a permit granted by the Commission to the Acme Oil Company on December 9, 1935, to. drill well No. 5 on its 10-acre tract in Rusk County in the fairway of the East Texas oil field. The Humble, owner of the lease adjoining said tract on the south brought this suit, in which the Baldwin-Sultan Oil Company, owner of the adjacent lease on the west of the Acme tract, intervened.
The following facts are undisputed: In 1934 the Acme…
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- Freeman v. McAninchTexas Supreme Court · 1894
- Moore v. SnowballTexas Supreme Court · 1904
- Nichols v. DibrellTexas Supreme Court · 1884
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- Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. New Process Production Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1937
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