Legal Opinion
Brown v. Hitchcock
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 6, 1950No. 9914, 9915PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRAY, Justice.
These are Rule 37 cases and involve an application of the state-wide spacing rule to fee subdivisions made after the discovery of oil in the Garza field in Garza County. They are companion cases and were briefed and argued as such. The points here presented in the two causes are identical, the evidence, in all material respects, is the same, and for those reasons we have considered the two causes together and here dispose of each by this one opinion.
The permits here involved are: Cochran and Hitchcock permit to drill No. 1, Peter Gerner — being cause No. 9914 — and Cochran and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Nash v. Shell Petroleum Corp.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Shell Petroleum Corp. v. Railroad CommissionCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Wencker v. Railroad CommissionCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
- Shell Petroleum Corp. v. Railroad CommissionCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
3Cited by3 opinions
- Ryan Consolidated Petroleum Corp. v. PickensTexas Supreme Court · 1955
- Railroad Commission v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1952
- Railroad Commission of Texas v. Delhi-Taylor Oil Corp.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1957