SUN OIL CO. v. BURFORD

No. 9962.

124 F.2d 467 (1941)

SUN OIL CO. et al. v. BURFORD et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 2, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Robertson and J. A. Rauhut, both of Austin, Tex., for appellants.

James P. Hart, Ed. Roy Simmons, and F. L. Kuykendall, all of Austin, Tex., for appellees.

Before HOLMES and McCORD, Circuit Judges, and DAWKINS, District Judge.


DAWKINS, District Judge.

Sun Oil Company filed its complaint against the Railroad Commission of Texas, G. E. Burford, and X. Y. Z. Oil Company, seeking the cancellation of a permit issued to Burford for the drilling of four wells upon a tract of 2.33 acres of land in the East Texas oil fields, having dimensions of approximately 49 feet East and West by 2.100 feet North and South. In the alternative, it sought to enjoin the operation of such wells until the Commission...

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