RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS v. ROWAN & NICHOLS OIL CO.

No. 9173.

107 F.2d 70 (1939)

RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS et al. v. ROWAN & NICHOLS OIL CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 3, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald C. Mann, Durward D. Mahon and James P. Hart, and Harry S. Pollard, all of Austin, Tex., for appellants.

Dan Moody, of Austin, Tex., and Rice M. Tilley, of Fort Worth, Tex., for appellee.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought by Rowan and Nichols Oil Co., owner of an oil lease in the East Texas Field, hereafter referred to as plaintiff, to enjoin the Railroad Commission of Texas, hereafter referred to as the Commission, its members and the Attorney General of Texas, from enforcing against plaintiff an order issued by the Commission, on August 29, 1938, and subsequent amendments, fixing the amount of...

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