LONE STAR GAS COMPANY v. MURCHISON

No. 15947.

353 S.W.2d 870 (1962)

LONE STAR GAS COMPANY, Appellant, v. J. W. MURCHISON and R. B. Sanders, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied February 2, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy E. Pitts, Archie D. Kroney, and Jackson, Walker, Winstead, Cantwell & Miller, Dallas, Luther C. Johnston, Palestine, and Justice, Justice & Kugle, Athens, for appellant.

E. Tate McCain, Jr., Palestine, Wallace H. Scott, Jr., Hart and Hart, James P. Hart, Austin, for appellees.


WILLIAMS, Justice.

This appeal presents a question of first impression in Texas. The primary question presented is whether title to natural gas, once having been reduced to possession, is lost by the injection of such gas into a natural underground reservoir for storage purposes.

Lone Star Gas Company, a natural gas public utility company, brought this suit against J. W. Murchison and R. B. Sanders, in the District...

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