Wencker v. Railroad Commission

BLAIR, Justice.

This is a Rule 37 case, involving the validity of an order of the Railroad Commission refusing appellant, O. F. Wencker, a permit to drill a first oil well on a 7.8-acre tract of land as an exception to the special spacing rule applicable to the Hawkins oil field in Wood County, where Oil was first discovered on December 29, 1940. This spacing rule requires that each oil well be drilled at a distance of 466 feet from any property line and 933 feet from any completed or drilling well. The rule contemplates the drilling of one well to each 20 acres, but provides exceptions for…