GARDNER v. RAILROAD COMMISSION

No. A-7734.

333 S.W.2d 585 (1960)

Roy R. GARDNER, Appellant, v. RAILROAD COMMISSION of Texas et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Texas.

March 23, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McKay & Avery, Dan Moody, Austin, for appellant.

Will Wilson, Atty. Gen., John Wildenthal, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Black & Stayton, Austin, for intervenor.


GREENHILL, Justice.

Roy Gardner brings this direct appeal from the 126th District Court of Travis County. Because the appeal does not come within our limited jurisdiction on direct appeal, we do not reach the merits of the controversy and must dismiss the appeal.

Gardner brought in a gas well in Matagorda County in December of 1958. The Railroad Commission classified the well as a discovery well in the Bruce-Flo or Frio E-3 sand. With that classification,...

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