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SHELL OIL CO. v. RAILROAD COMMISSION

No. 10023.

247 S.W.2d 448 (1952)

SHELL OIL CO. et al. v. RAILROAD COMMISSION et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied April 8, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paxton Howard, Midland and J. B. Robertson, Austin, for Shell Oil Co.

Rayburn L. Foster, Harry D. Turner, Bartlesville, Okl., John E. Morrison, Jr., Carl W. Jones, Midland, John E. Morrison, Jr., Midland, for Phillips Petroleum Co.

Clayton L. Orn, Houston, Black & Stayton, John W. Stayton, Austin, for Ohio Oil Co.

Price Daniel, Atty. Gen., Charles E. Crenshaw, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Railroad Commission.

E. G. Aycock, Fort Worth, E. M. DeGeurin, Austin, E. G. Aycock, Fort Worth, for Selwyn S. Smith.

GRAY, Justice.

This is a Rule 37 case, and is an appeal from a judgment sustaining a permit to drill a well on a .64 acre tract of land, a part of Section 24, Block 194, G. C. & S. F. Ry. Co. Survey, in the Yates oil field in Pecos County.

The discovery well in the Yates field was completed in October, 1926. The permit under consideration here was granted September 18, 1950, and the motion for rehearing was overruled October 29, 1950. The.64 acre tract...

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