PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. v. AMERICAN TRAD. & PROD. CORP.

No. 5536.

361 S.W.2d 942 (1962)

PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. AMERICAN TRADING AND PRODUCTION CORPORATION et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl W. Jones, Raymond A. Lynch, W. B. Browder, Midland, Wm. J. Zeman, Lloyd G. Minter, Bartesville, Okl., Stubbeman McRae, Sealy, Laughlin, Midland, of counsel, for appellants.

Frank C. Ashby, Garland Casebier, Turpin, Kerr, Smith & Dyer, Midland, John S. McDaniel, Jr., Baltimore, Md., for appellees.


LANGDON, Chief Justice.

This suit arose over a dispute as to who is entitled to receive the monetary proceeds ($94,246.16) derived from the sale of oil and gas produced from a well drilled in violation of a valid order of the Texas Railroad Commission prohibiting the drilling and production of such well.

The well in question is known as the American Trading No. 1 Woody Heidelberg Well, and was located, drilled and produced by American Trading and Production...

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