PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CORP. v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS

No. 10745.

335 S.W.2d 425 (1960)

PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION et al., Appellants, v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 1960.

Dissenting Opinion May 17, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Turner, Rodgers, Winn, Scurlock & Terry, Dallas, for Pan American Petroleum Corp., L. A. Thompson, Tulsa, Okl., and J. K. Smith, Fort Worth, of counsel.

Powell, Rauhut, McGinnis, Reavley & Lockridge, Austin, and Frank L. Heard, Jr., Houston, for Humble Oil & Refining Co., Dillard Baker and Charles E. Shaver, Houston, of counsel.

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

Dee J. Kelly, Fort Worth, and Hart & Hart, Austin, for W. A. Moncrief, Jr.


ARCHER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court granting motions for summary judgments to the defendants, The Railroad Commission and its members; and to W. A. Moncrief, Jr., as an intervenor; and denying the plaintiffs, Pan American Petroleum Corporation and the intervenor, Humble Oil & Refining Company, any relief.

On March 25, 1959 Pan American Petroleum Corporation filed suit under Section 8 of Art. 6049c, Vernon's Ann...

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