EXXON CORPORATION v. WEST

No. 16723.

543 S.W.2d 667 (1976)

EXXON CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Wesley WEST et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.)

Rehearing Denied November 4, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, Robert C. McGinnis, James H. Cowden, Peter M. Lowry, Austin, Walter B. Morgan, Dillard W. Baker, Houston, of counsel, for appellant.

Stayton, Maloney, Hearne & Babb, John W. Stayton, Austin, for appellees.


EVANS, Justice.

Exxon Corporation, the successor in interest to Humble Oil & Refining Company, appeals from a judgment decreeing the rights of certain royalty owners, the Wests, to gas produced from an underground reservoir being used by Exxon for the purpose of storing extraneous gas.

The trial court's judgment will be reversed and rendered.

The use of the West Clear Lake (Frio) reservoir for gas storage purposes was authorized by order of the...

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