Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. v. Fender

McKAY, Justice.

This is an appeal from the issuance of a temporary injunction. Appellee, Harris R. Fender, owns an 80 acre tract of land in Panola County, Texas on which he grows timber for sale. Appellant, Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company, holds an oil and gas lease on the land, has drilled a gas well, and intends to construct a gas line to connect the gas well to a pipeline system. Appellee has conceded that appellant has the right to use a “reasonable and necessary” strip of land to construct the pipeline.

Appellee filed an original petition for injunction which sought to restrain appellant…