PAN AMERICAN PRODUCTION CO. v. HOLLANDSWORTH

No. 10399.

294 S.W.2d 205 (1956)

PAN AMERICAN PRODUCTION COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. Earl HOLLANDSWORTH et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied August 8, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex G. Baker, Nelson Jones, Dillard Baker, Houston, Powell, Wirtz, Rauhut & McGinnis, Austin, for appellant.

John Ben Shepperd, Atty. Gen., Mert Starnes, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Railroad Commission and its Members.

C. C. Renfro, Dallas, Dan Moody, J. B. Robertson, Austin, for Earl Hollandsworth.

Hurst & Burke, Longview, for Giles Harris et al.

E. P. Bryan, Dallas, for self and wife, Lena Bryan.


HUGHES, Justice.

This is a very difficult Rule 37 case. Such rule, of the Railroad Commission, regulates the spacing of oil and gas wells and it and other similar rules applying to particular fields provide that exceptions will be made in order to prevent waste or to prevent the confiscation of property.

Our trouble is, as usual, with the exceptions and, as we understand the record, is limited to the necessity of the well in suit in order to prevent confiscation...

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