SOHIO PETROLEUM COMPANY v. SCHUMACHER

No. 11774.

460 S.W.2d 445 (1970)

SOHIO PETROLEUM COMPANY, Appellant, v. R. J. SCHUMACHER et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

November 4, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McGinnis, Lochridge, Kilgore, Byfield, Hunter & Wilson, Frank Douglass, B. D. St. Clair, Austin, for appellant.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., Nola White, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Alfred Walker, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Houghton Brownlee, Jr., Linward Shivers, Rex H. White, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin; Stayton, Maloney, Black, Hearne & Babb, John W. Stayton, Austin, for appellees.


PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

This is a Rule 37 case. The Railroad Commission granted appellee Schumacher a permit to drill a well on a 2.668 acre voluntary subdivision of a reconstructed 17.8 acre tract in the East Hamlin Field, Jones County, Texas, as an exception to Rule 37.

Sohio Petroleum Company filed suit to set aside the Commission order granting the permit. The district court entered judgment in favor of appellee...

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