Richey v. Shell Petroleum Corp.

BAUGH, Justice.

Appeal is from a judgment of the trial court, wherein three Rule 37 cases were consolidated and tried as one. Three separate. permits to drill three wells in the East Texas field are involved. One of the permits was attacked by the Humble Oil & Refining Co., as plaintiff, in which the Shell Petroleum Corporation intervened, and the other two by the Shell as plaintiff. Each permit was granted to a distinct and separate party. The Railroad Commission is the only defendant common to all suits. Two of the permits were sustained by the trial court and one was set aside.…