Southern Minerals Corp. v. Simmons

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant .Southern Minerals Corporation (herein called Southern) sought unsuccessfully in the court below to enjoin appellees Jay Simmons and J. E. Webb from producing and disposing of gas from a well drilled by them on a tract of 333 acres in Nueces County, Texas, known as the Harrell Lease; or alternatively to exercise an option to acquire the well by paying its cost with an account of the - gas *335heretofore produced by appellees. The appellant and the appellees claim under Houston Oil Company of Texas (herein called Houston), which owned an oil and gas lease from…