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RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEX. v. DELHI-TAYLOR OIL CORP.

No. 10477.

302 S.W.2d 273 (1957)

RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS et al., Appellants, v. DELHI-TAYLOR OIL CORPORATION et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will Wilson, Atty. Gen., James N. Ludlum, First Asst. Atty. Gen., for Railroad Commission of Texas.

Black & Stayton, Austin, for A. W. Taylor, trustee.

Small, Small & Craig, Austin, for appellees.

HUGHES, Justice.

The validity of a permit issued by the Railroad Commission of Texas to directionally drill a well for oil and gas to be bottomed under an .8 acre fee tract of land located in the McAllen Gas Field in Hidalgo County is the subject matter of this suit. The land is owned by appellant, A. W. Taylor, Trustee. The drilling permit was attacked in the court below by appellees Delhi-Taylor Oil Corporation and Mayfair Minerals, Inc., on the grounds (1) that...

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