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CHEVRON OIL COMPANY v. HOWELL

No. 16806.

407 S.W.2d 525 (1966)

CHEVRON OIL COMPANY, Appellant, v. Vernon C. HOWELL et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied October 7, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henderson, Bryant & Wolfe, Sherman, Baker, Botts, Shepherd & Coates and John F. Heard, Houston, for appellant.

Carrington, Johnson & Stephens and Robert L. Blumenthal, Dallas, for appellees.

DIXON, Chief Justice.

Appellant Chevron Oil Company, hereinafter called Chevron, has appealed from a temporary injunction restraining it from proceeding further with the drilling of a directional oil well.

Most of the facts are undisputed and they present an unusual situation. In March 1966 Chevron began operations to drill the well from a location in Grayson County, Texas on the west bank of Lake Texoma. The hole is slanted in a northeasterly direction so...

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