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PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. v. RAILROAD COMMISSION

No. 10224.

269 S.W.2d 587 (1954)

PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. et al. v. RAILROAD COMMISSION et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rayburn L. Foster, Harry D. Turner, Bartlesville, Okl., Carl W. Jones, Midland, Dan Moody, Austin, Paxton Howard, Richard L. Hughston, Midland, for appellant.

John Ben Shepperd, Atty. Gen., Burnell Waldrep, Mert Starnes, Asst. Attys. Gen., for Railroad Commission of Texas.

Elmer Patman, Hollers, O'Quinn & Crenshaw by Charles E. Crenshaw, Austin, J. Percival Rice, Dallas, for Selwyn S. Smith, appellee.

GRAY, Justice.

This a Rule 37 case. Appellants have appealed from a judgment sustaining a permit granted to appellee, Selwyn S. Smith, authorizing production of a well in the Yates Oil Field in Pecos County. The well is located on a .64 acre tract of land, 20.7 feet wide, north and south, and 1320 feet long, east and west. The well was drilled under a permit considered and held invalid by this Court in Shell Oil Co. v. Railroad Commission, 247 S.W...

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