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SUPERIOR OIL CO. v. RAILROAD COM'N

No. 12766.

571 S.W.2d 51 (1978)

The SUPERIOR OIL COMPANY, Appellant, v. RAILROAD COMMISSION of Texas et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip F. Patman, Patman & Patman, Austin, for appellant.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Ralph T. Aldave, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellee Railroad Commission.

William T. Hall, Hall & Laden Assoc., Austin, for intervenor Atlantic Richfield Co.

C. C. Small, Jr., Small, Craig & Werkenthin, Austin, for intervenor General American Oil Co. of Texas.

Robert C. McGinnis, Dean M. Kilgore, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, Austin, for intervenors Exxon Corp. and Sun Oil Co.

O'QUINN, Justice.

This appeal is from judgment of the district court affirming action of the Railroad Commission in refusing The Superior Oil Company a permit to drill an additional well on its lease in the East Texas Oil Field under an exception to Rule 37. We will affirm the trial court's judgment that The Superior Oil Company take nothing by its suit.

Superior Oil acquired the Helen Pritchard "A" Lease by an assignment dated April 11, 1931, which stated...

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