State Oil and Gas Board of Ala. v. Seaman Paper Co.

LAWSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Mobile County, in Equity, as modified, which set aside and held for nought certain orders of the State Oil and ■Gas Board, hereinafter referred to as the Board, and which remanded the “proceedings” to the Board.

The record is voluminous, consisting of more than 1500 pages. Much of the evidence is of a highly technical nature. Questions are presented which have not previously been considered by this court.

The statutory provisions which controlled the production of oil in this state, at all times pertinent here, are not…