**OFFICE Oc**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL DF**  **TEXAS**

I&. Olin 0Qlberron, RF4Ilroad acmmlseIon Austin, Taxa
Ikar Sir: **AUSTIN**

CommI88ionrr or Texar

Oplnlqm No.~O-4360 Ra: Authority oi 

### 'tha Rallroad Commlreion to takr an;hl

"With mfrrsrioe ollnd' 011 and @arr Co

you would pleaseanswer the follow-

“QUJpSTION

ee the opinion, as **cited,** authorize‘or justlry the Commission in taking the well in questionofi production **schedule? ”** Mr. Olin Oulbrrroa - Page 2

In order 

### to lnmmr yaw 

### qwutlon It I8 neoaraary t0 .Xa~ins th# hI8tOry O? th8 Can. about ahloh you ark, toWit, the M88 oi &anollnd oil & h8 &oQ.~II~ 1. Yid88 Ou Company, at al. 'chat oara ~38 origImll$ fllrd on Ootobrr 19, 1935, by thr &mmlInd 011 (s b8 Oorrpany

to aanwl a perait Irrud on JUM 10, 1935, by 

### thr Railroad hd88iOn or hrar to Mldar 011 Uoapany 

### l uthorlslng thr 6rIllIntJ a? en On nll in th8 mart mm58 ?kl$ a8 an lxm road Odr8ion~~ Rule 37. Tkw r.111.a dr **llad boron**  thr fl tion to the &IIaI@ WI8 ribd. 

### Onth8 orl&.iml trial o?th8 oa8a lnthr' Dlrtriof &urt, jU4gIaantm8 Ulbrod '?m th8 d@#aadantr, *.

, **t.** and th8 ~ilrodOoai881aaoi 3hXC48 up* That judgnunt wan l rle4 to thr bourt O? civil Appti8 at AU8tIn; and that oou3 wrota an oplhlon rrr8rslng thr judgment and ncaanding tb'3~@ara ?or n8w trIa1. That OpidOn i8'r8pOrt8d a8 StanOlind‘ oil k a88 h. Y. &fIda8 011 co., 123 3. W. (26) 911. 

### hta that judgnunt 0r the .Court o? Clrll Appoala .applIostIon ?or writ o? mr was dle- @rard by tha'8uplWm Court o? 588.

The aam wh8 trIr4 a raoond tank In the District Court, tgd jud&wnt VW again l ntorod ?or tha do?mlant8 up holdlw-tha prmlt. '&e was on thr motion oPthe

_ 

### 4rfrn4aiiti

at thr ol-on o tba laintI??*rl vl&noo. 0880 WU@&~il.@ h&b; **aa** thy EpW1.d to tf# Lrt or alvllAppml8 Y

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-&wQ~ .y;alin

ntrnrd -thy --~. trkl **wnzrt*r** ju4g68ntan4 rUmZkd8a **th8** 043~ fora8wtrlal **On** 

### thr 8018 i88ll@ Of 

### l **rtOpprl,** thirt **ir, Qn**  **thr al8**  **i8sUe O?**  whtthar or not th ptiinti?? 

### Stanollnd 0il.kGam Cmmny, m8 rrtoppodby **it8** omduot &II oaphi~ 

### abazt thr plrmlt to drill raid oil wall. ThO weUrt held tint the petit to drill tb nll war InmUd but that in riaw ot 

### tha faot that IIO

OM oomplalmd ahut Chrjprdt for um 

### than iour ~0nth8 an4 th8t the plalntiir,Staw2lln4 011 t @a~ Oompang, did a& fllo 8a&3 8UIt to cane81 th8 p8mlt ?OrmoXm than four month8 attar It ?as granted and that In the mantime the petit&se, Midas Cl1 Company, "Imurrs4 hasry axpanee tOwurd8 &filing au& wall" it was a qw8tIOn O? fact "to be dekrM ador a11 the iaots and alrauumstano~e" whether the ~lsIntlrf waited an unrsasonsblalength of tins before fIlint7 its suit, ar.d thereby perdttsd tha kidas GIL Con?ans to sctun4ar ths yrnit,and Inaur suoh heavy expense that the Flabtiff 7;:~s born4 under ths dootrkx of estopna1 fr.Xz CW>lsiniW* Th3t 0pin10~ or tb court of Civil i\ppacls is r;?otied 3s StanollldCm?&08 Co. v. Udas GIL Co.,

spsakfa throughJu8tioU%z6 '* (2d) 13" an4 the oourt, ( said:Mr. W.8 Gllknam, Pago)

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. Tho ponlt ill quo8tIonwa8 . . . . oliar~’ l&8114. _

**“ Thr**  **OIdr r8PrrIdag**  **qU88tiO¶I 18**  **that Of**  **089** toppe1

. . . . “Qn th, Stanollnd, whao @mary intanrt mad 

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### lt 18 to.protrotm om Property d&htr **8%t ’**  **8llon*** -by

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l tkr ruoh 

## *At lr grantoa .appaiC l tly 

### l oquIoro~ in 1tr prmuma vu.&, m

### tllth4 

### holdar

thrrror ha8 am hr ha&~ **a** 01-r : 

### 1 41 r&ht t@do, lnotmr~.haar):ef naa tomardr **dr** lln8'woh woll,:@n&, **tbia .per**  **ttrd to**  **a84 Yl**  8-t th8t drilling 

### 16williI& id~bd'8 proprrty rbhta?

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## not by proaf undrrtakr to rhow*o;t;vp~l48 4&4llUt 4Ilii¶Vtiia Ord8r. It8 oontontion in t&8 trtil oourt, **and** i%8 motion ior M inrtruotrd VWdiot 8t th 4hl4 Of pl8inti??'8 doidenca,wa8 prebloakd entirely on the OOnt4ntlon, andltsmotion af?Iramtinly 80 rhow8, that *the plaIntAirha8 wholly ?aIlad to dI8Oharg4the burden o? proo? placed upon it,* to ahow that there was not before the ,Iia!Jroad COfDmisSiOn

au?- ficient evidence to sustain ssid. permit. ?&ml- ?68tly thi8 WJ88the ground on whloh the trial

.Mr. Olin Wlboraoa, Rag0 4

OOWt b48od hi8 jUd@i4nt, Onth4tgroun4 

### it **CM8Ot b8**  **8U8t&IMd, 4nd**  **th4 i88U4**  **Of** 

### l 8tOpprl, WtiOin

thr **bUtiOn T48t4d**  **UpOtl** 4pl141144, -8 not rdjwlleatod.

brine Vhat oonstltutoda r4aronablrtine, non4 flx4d by 

### rtatotr,I8 whloh a protrrtant Yl8t .Ot ia OUi.@ to 8Ot aaldo 8uOh 

## punit; ald whethrr.an **Wu ’** **8arOMbl8** d4lq f.n do- 80 ha8 duyrd 

## t& holdor c? ruoh a i! adIt an ,hbt qUO8tiOti t0 b8 dokimlne~ .n @C .li thr **aad ~4ik88t4UO48**  Of th4 p&%lbtia~ Oa84, f.Ot8

**‘ Th8**  lavalldIt~**0r.raad** Q4lnIt a8 not kliq l athorfwd Co **prrmnt** oond$rc4tIon,**-4** a0 being Il3

**ViOl6tiOil Of**  thr **&~1~~~88ti~i ’** **8** OWIl **rub.** Of )day29, 1934, **hlating to**  **rolu&u-y eubdfti**  81OM, ba8 lWW baa **tori00** de?tiitOiyadjudloat8d b th18 OOUl't#

.4ll4 1~0 1101?OZ40x088da L)itlGO, how4ni, tbr trial dout orronaowly rrndond judgmant In ?avor of thr dehndant without ZI- %ulrlng 

### lt to me4 slly proof 011it8 l??Ina4tIYo rrrnrr

or 48tOp p81,

adrfunrr

l nllabla 

### to it a0 yalnrt Stanollnd 4T4n on an lntrlldprrmit, 

### w--t&l& lt abulb Ea.pmdtkd to hva that **i88U4 dOt4rpinr&**  %8 $Mgmant wfil'#i6l6?W8 **k** rrnrrad **and** the **44.~84 r48andd**  

### tar **trial** 80144 UpO?.k

the **i48UO ob**  .8tOp&?41 @Oad8d by the dofoadant
. . . ." *a that ju&mant 

## or tha court 

## or old1 Apporla 

### l pplloatlon far writ a? error ma mturrd by the Suprrmr Coal% of hraa.

T&a 4404 WI **trio4** 9 thlni tlmo in the DIrtriot Court on the 8018 quqstlon or whether 

## or not tbr 

## plaintiff, St4nollnd Oil k **De8** pompano,W38 barn4 by ratoppel Prom malntalnlngthe suit. The RaIlroad CQnaIseIonof %X38 and it8 memti4r8,

althou:yh

namsd a8 dafsndants In the pi4btIr?'8 ptitlon and hating app4amd in th4 two ~mvIou4 triala, did not appear or partlolpatstn the third trial. The plainti??, stanolj.nd

ofi 5: G33 Company,and the d4?4ndant,Midas Gil Oorapany,

eoc:, appaar4d by their 3ttO?XbOYS, and 4acii

o??4md -~doaa8, on tha third trial. The **jury** answered **tw** speciti i44u44, ?indIw that, (1) "the plaintiff,StanGlind cil & @8 cp~w, delayed for an urLr448On3blO tim4 the brk%$% of \thim suit 8g8imt the dar~48nt; 1tia88 0~ c0m~4,* l n4 (2) %.ut dofw%mt, 

### Ulaaa Oil hapay, has inaurna bra l xpwlar rhloh it otharwlm wotlia not hara I.murraa.” &a. 

### upon thrnr ibUn@gr, the trial 

### oourt rntrrad **thr pmntiit**  **urd soot**  **tbt a0rsndant**  **buas8 0**  **jtigaont brlr(**  **dated DI#abar**  **3,** 19fi.

Tb. 08# 

## iA8 &.ct a sow on appeal P
h u#.idorpmt four qaartloa, you wan0 to hum rbthar **or.** not tha &lln#d Comisd on of Texas hea authority by rlrtuo ot what was *id in **tha** opinion **or** the **court** of Civil Ap aal, to takn 

### thow.Ll in qtiqatlon off proaaatlon S~b4lk. & othar word@, dora tha 

## Rdlreoa Oomlaaioa &ta 

### rathcdty~io rziter

an order ort.~taka l 

### etSm ttt id11 agop produotlon id elk from *a nil In qmatlont

la.‘*iow-of

th8 a pellato wart 4ro&ioaa ~l.a this stats w in ~orrriuood -tlm t tm Bailroid 6lmulaalal 4008 not. hato 8Ptaoritrt-rr_taq...Str_k.-~~ar ea or&r or to 

### take 4* l otiau that all rsop



### ~rodurtlon

ot';iiil-tra

th~- partl8ular *--- wall, other tma t ontar an 

### fnlor 

# that will app4 to all -lb (rUUZ8~~. 

# 4&o Oomiralon aor net btl authority at this tiw to emntrran 0Wrthat ImS tbr l if8atd rOdW t&r term oi thr paalt 

# to drill the ~11 

# tb

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### waaorlg Or'%!4 iamid br 

### the Ooul88ion oa J~lar 10, 

### LO& be

### oeaaa thr cahlaaion 

### aoaa mt ham urlr~litioaever 

### tht rubjr* rttor by *lrtoa 

## or tho n **that** tha **wit** attatIng tb~ nllalty or tha pmndt 18 still ~ndiag. Suoh war tho holding of tha &p?OlBS hart Or Toraa in th0 *aSO Of 

### stewart7. sralth,

126 TeX. 

### 292, 83 8. 1. (24) 945, in whioh thr oourt 8414:

"Flalnti.fr

in moor auggestu thet this cau8., my b8 moot, because after thr trfal or the cau*e ln t:.e

4latrlct oollrt,

an4 While it was pen&w, in the appsllata Wurta, the ;hilrotid comnissiOn granted ,-lair,tirr in .3rror a Femlt to drill a wall on tha land in ooatrorem,, and ths wall ha8 been drillad. ;:aPreS-U fi0m bha rorrgoing atatamanttha\f amr the ju4ioia1 lm **0r** the stat0 ha4 laam4Lriudiation **or** thr mattars tha Railrm4 Comlralon 

### undortoo$to-act. again tharaono If thisI Mr. Olin hlbrraoa, Pago 6

ba tmu, tbr %llroid Commlaalon ram without jurlaUatlon." The aama hol4lIlg

was arada

& thr Court of 0lrl.l Appaala at Au tin, in tin aaaa 

## 0r fdgar V. Stanolln4 Oil 0 Oaa Co., 90 S.6. (24) 656, In whlah It &im aaid:

**aAftrr** 

### proourlng two walls onsaid l trip 

## or land, Sdgnr applied to tha Railroad Ocamla- 'alonfor a tolva4. ThL

l mlt to brlll-rollNor .3,bara inappllaatlon vma **by** 

### tha oodaalon raf’uaad on Oatobrr 21, 1933. Edgar tbraapon ill04 ult ln the dlstrlataourt or Trarla County to anJoin tha aomalaalonfrom lntariarlngwith

_ his 4rllllng mid Wall No. 3. That suit was. fi;Y;n April 6 1934. While that suit was

Edgar rile4 a motion with thr Railroad Ccmml&on ior a rrhoarl~ of his apg+lication, That motion was hoar4 by tti.aopppiaalon, an4 on Saptambar 24, 193.& tha Rnllxoa4 Oamnlaalon, by what it dsaignatrdas an amended ardor, granta4 war l rsliti to drill aal4 wall No. 3.

- =Tharoaftar

. & ar 4lwiaeua his:rult in tha &a--

trlat aoart 46 Qart. Countj,obvlouslg a5 

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## ---4~thk--tm~-~a,-8st0r brl~d,si.b42i+- ~_-_ obtai#4 tral tha Ballroad Qdaalon the rellaryr'bsd thanftiora lnroka4tha jarladlotlon of the dirtriot oourt to obtain. Vhareupon tha appalls88horoln **brought** this salt to umul 

### tha so-oallad enman40d OP 4rr* or tha otisIon data4 Saptrdbrr 23t.1934, an4 to rostrain the operationby appallan of tha vail 4rIllr4 tharrundar . . . . a-om the faota above molted It Is menirest ard has been expressly so held, that while the suit lnvolrlrgthe subject-matter Of this contmyersy was pending in tha district c0ux-t or -da County, the Railroad Comnlssion lost jurlsdlctlonof its order =f Cotober 21, 1933. the order of the oomlssion dated iaptei?- 

### tm; 54, 1534,and herein attacked,~3s Grid fcrMr. Olin 

### Qalkraaa, Paea 7

want of Jurladlatlon in the oomlaalon ovar tha aubjrotqatter thoraof. sup.) a3 8. w. (2d) 945." Strwast t. 3alth (Tax.

A Qllar hol4lng wab mada in thr aa oi thrum4811 011 co. vc Bdlroad Comalaalon,90 8. w, (ti) 663, la whloh 

### tho**oourt** oitrd 

### tbr a4saa **.0r** Stawrt T. Laitli,

l up ra

4x@ P4g4r v* 8taaolla4 OU t-&r h., l upra, 48 wthorld,.
Our annrir to rair qurstlon la that tb Ballroad timmlaslon

## or Taxaa does not &ma authority& thlr tltaa to ,tikq tha wall in q2ratlon oti produation l obrdula.
Yours very truly
AlWJRkEY GBN!&BAL CJFTXXAS

_- Wauad) Oatill C..Rotsah Aaalafant.
APPROWD MY 2, 1942 (9gno4) Qrorar Slllerm ?xRsT ASSISTART ATTOxuqETO~~L

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