Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Railroad Commission

This is a Rule 37 case. E. A. Landman applied to the Railroad Commission for a permit to drill two oil wells on a narrow strip of 1.26 acres of land in Gregg County as an exception, to the Commission’s spacing regulations. The application was opposed by Magnolia Petroleum Company on the ground that Landman had no title because the land was within the boundaries of one of its own leases, and on the alternative ground that the 1.26-acre tract was a voluntary subdivision in derogation of Rule 37. The Commission granted the permit, reciting that it was necessary to prevent eonfiiscation and…