Edgar v. Stanolind Oil & Gas Co.

Appeal is from a judgment of the trial court, upon an instructed verdict, setting aside a permit of the Railroad Commission authorizing Joe Edgar to drill oil well No. 3 on a 3.99-acre tract of land in Gregg county, Tex.; and permanently enjoining the operation of such well which had already been drilled under such permit. The same land is here involved that was involved in Magnolia Pet. Co. v. Edgar (Tex.Civ.App.)62 S.W.2d 359. This tract runs north and south, is about 132 feet wide at the north end, about 1,600 feet long, and about 70 feet wide at the south end. Well No. 3 here involved is…