Pan American Production Co. v. Hollandsworth

• HUGHES, Justice.

This is a very difficult Rule 37 case. Such rule, of the Railroad Commission, regulates the spacing of oil and gas wells and it and other similar rules applying to particular fields provide that exceptions will be made in order to prevent waste or to prevent the , confiscation of property.

Our trouble is, as usual, with the exceptions and, as we understand the record, is limited to the necessity of the well in suit in order to prevent confiscation of property.

The parties to this appeal are appellants, Pan American Production Company and Humble Oil and Refining Company, whose…