Shell Petroleum Corp. v. Burnett

HALL, Chief Justice.

The appellee, Burnett, instituted this suit against the Railroad Commission, seeking to set aside an order of the commission denying him a permit to drill an oil and gas well on .175-acre tract of land located in Gregg county. He further seeks a permanent injunction against the commission, restraining it from interfering with the drilling of a well for'oil and gas on said .175-acre tract, and from interfering with the production, saving, and marketing of oil of gas produced by him.

He alleges that he is the owner of a seven-eighths leasehold estate in said small tract of…