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GREGG v. DELHI-TAYLOR OIL CORP.

No. A-7977.

344 S.W.2d 411 (1961)

A. W. GREGG, Petitioner, v. DELHI-TAYLOR OIL CORP. et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 5, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Darden, Corpus Christi, Tom G. Oliver, Jr., Ernest Morgan, San Marcos, Ewers, Toothaker, Ewers, Elick, Jones & Abbott, William E. York, McAllen, Hart & Hart, Austin, for petitioner.

Charles E. Thompson, McAllen, Turner, White, Atwood, Meer & Francis and C. Sidney McClain, Dallas, Franklin W. Denius, Austin, Looney, Clark, Mathews, Thomas & Harris, Austin, Jackson, Walker, Winstead, Cantwell & Miller, Dallas, for respondents.

GREENHILL, Justice.

A. W. Gregg is the owner of an oil and gas lease on .42 acres in the City of Pharr, Hidalgo County, Texas. The tract is approximately 75 feet wide. Delhi-Taylor Oil Corporation and Mayfair Minerals, Inc. (herein called Delhi-Taylor), own the mineral estates in lands surrounding Gregg's lease. Gregg is drilling or has drilled a well 37½ feet from Delhi-Taylor's lease on the east and 80 feet from its south line. He plans to increase the productivity...

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