BIGLANE OPERATING CO. v. BROWN

Nos. 49424, 49426.

347 So.2d 1310 (1977)

BIGLANE OPERATING COMPANY and the State Oil and Gas Board of Mississippi v. R.H. BROWN et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

As Modified On Denial of Rehearing July 27, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heidelberg, Woodliff & Franks, Kenneth I. Franks, Luther M. Thompson, A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by P.L. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellants.

Roach & McMillan, John Gordon Roach, Jr., McComb, for appellees.

Before GILLESPIE, ROBERTSON and LEE, JJ.


GILLESPIE, Chief Justice, for the Court:

After a contested hearing in June, 1973, before the State Oil and Gas Board, the Board ordered, as requested by Biglane Operating Company's petition, that temporary special field rules be adopted authorizing 80-acre spacing in the Johnston Station Field located in Lincoln and Pike Counties. In a separate order, the Board directed as requested by Biglane, appellant, that the drilling unit of the Gall-Brown well be reformed to...

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