Empire Gas & Fuel Co. v. Railroad Commission of Texas

BAUGH, Justice.

This is a rule 37 case. The Railroad Commission granted to the Shilo Oil Company, on July 9, 1935, -as an exception to said rule, a permit to drill a second well on 2.75 acres of land in Gregg county. ■ The spacing provisions then applicable in said area were 660 feet between wells and 330 feet from property lines. The applicant already had one well in the center of said tract. The examiner for the Railroad Commission recommended, after hearing, that the permit be not granted. Adjacent leaseholders protested the granting of the permit. Appellant, an' adjacent leaseholder,…