Railroad Commission v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.

BLAIR, Justice.

This is a companion cause to cause No. 8650, Magnolia Petroleum Company v. Railroad Commission et al., 120 S.W.2d 548, this day decided by the majority view of this court. The two cases .were tried as one case on the same statement of facts. The trial court sustained the permit to drill the well in cause No. 8650, but declared the permit to be invalid in the instant case. The record does not disclose the reason why the trial court declared one permit valid and the other invalid under identical facts. For this reason alone the writer would concur in the reversal of both cases;…