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 please answer the follow- 

“QUJpSTION 

ee the opinion, as cited, authorize ‘or 

justlry the Commission in taking the well in 

question ofi production schedule?” 
Mr. Olin Oulbrrroa - Page 2 

In order to l nmmr ya w 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 l xm 

road Odr8ion~~ Rule 37. Tkw r.111.a dr fl llad boron thr 

tion to the &IIaI@ WI8 ribd. Onth8 orl&.iml trial o?th8 oa8a lnthr' 

Dlrtriof &urt, jU4gIaant m8 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 o ou3 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 ntoro ?or d tha do?mlant8 up 

holdlw-tha prmlt. '&e was on thr motion oPthe _ 

4rfrn4aiiti at thr ol-on o tba laintI??*r l vl&noo. 

0880 WU@&~il.@ 

h&b; aa thy E 

pW1.d to tf# Lrt or alvllAppml8 Y 

00rt‘iii-cl-iii -&wQ~ .y;alin ntrnrd -thy --~. 

trkl wnzrt*r ju4g68nt an4 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.k Gam Cmmny, 

m8 rrtoppod by 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 unrsasonsbla length 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 

Stanollld Cm?&08 Co. v. Udas GIL Co., 

an4 the oourt, spsakfa through Ju8tioU%z6 ( '* said: (2d) 13" 
Mr. W.8 Gllknam, Pago) 

” 

. Tho ponlt ill quo8tIonwa8 . . . . 

oliar~’ l&8114. 

_ 

“Thr OIdr r8PrrIdag qU88tiO¶I 18 that Of 089 

toppe1 . . . . 

“Qn th, Stanollnd, whao @mary intanrt 

mad objrotln la brlalng l uoh l lt 18 to.protrot m om Property d&htr 8%t’ 8llon* -by for 

r a P r .8l 08t tkr hruoh 8 *At lr grantoa .appaiC 

l tly l oquIoro~ in 1tr prmuma vu.&, mtll th4 holdar thrrror ha8 am hr ha&~ a 01-r : 

1 41 r&ht t@do, lnotmr~.haar): ef naa tomardr 

dr Yl lln8'woh woll,:@n&, tbia .per ttrd to a84 

8-t th8t drilling 16 will iI& id~bd'8 

proprrty rbhta? . . . 

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. i'i ~' 

(I hpp4llo4 &Id not by proaf undrrtakr 

to rhow*o;t;vp~l48 4&4llUt 4Il ii¶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, andlts motion af?Iramtinly 80 rhow8, that 

*the plaIntAir ha8 wholly ?aIlad to dI8Oharg4 the 

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 WJ88 the 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 8tOppr l, 

WtiOin thr bUtiOn T48t4d UpOtl 4pl141144, -8 

not rdjwlleatod. 

brine 

Vhat oonstltutod a r4aronablr tine, 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 )day 29, 1934, hlating to rolu&u-y eubdfti81OM, ba8 lWW baa tori00 de?tiitOiy adjudloat8d 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 011 it8 l ??Ina4tIYo 

rrr nrr or 4 8tOp p 8a 1 d, r funrr l nllabla to it 

a0 yalnrt Stanollnd 4T4n on an lntrlld prrmit, 

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 Appor la 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 

malntalnlng the suit. The RaIlroad CQnaIseIon of %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 partlolpats tn 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 tho w.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 o tia tu h a at ll r sop ~rodurtlon ot';iiil-tra th ~- p a r tl8ul*--a r 

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 emntrr an 0Wrthat ImS tbr l if8atd rOdW 

t&r term oi thr paalt to drill the ~11 tb 7 

. waaorlg Or'%!4 iamid br the Ooul88ion oa J~lar 10, LO& beoeaaa thr cahlaaion aoaa mt ham urlr~litioa ever tht 

rub jr* 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 

stewart 7. 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. ;:a PreS-U fi0m bha rorrgoing atatamant tha\f amr 

the ju4ioia1 l m 0r the stat0 ha4 l aam4Lriudiation or thr mattars tha Railrm4 Comlralon undortoo$ to-act. again tharaono If this 
I 

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 o n sa id l trip 

or land, Sdgnr applied to tha Railroad Ocamla- 

'alon for a 

tolva4. ThL 

l mlt to brlll-roll Nor .3, bara inappllaatlon vma by tha oodaalon 

raf’uaad on Oatobrr 21, 1933. Edgar tbraapon 

ill04 ult ln the dlstrlat aourt or Trarla County 

to anJoin tha aomalaalon from lntariarlng with 

_ 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 dsaignatrd as an amended ardor, granta4 war l r sliti to drill aal4 wall No. 3. 

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

trlat aoart 46 Qart. Countj, obvlouslg a5 the 

+ --.,- -.~ ---4~thk--tm~-~a,-8st0r brl~d,si.b42i+- ~_-_ 

obtai#4 tral tha Ballroad Qdaalon the rellaryr'bsd thanftiora lnroka4 tha jarladlotlon of the dirtriot oourt to obtain. 

Vhareupon tha appalls88 horoln brought 

this salt to umul tha so-oallad enman40d OP 

4rr* or tha otisIon data4 Saptrdbrr 23 

t 

.1934, 

an4 to rostrain the operation by 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 lnvolrlrg the subject-matter Of this 

contmyersy was pending in tha district c0ux-t 

or -da County, the Railroad Comnlssion lost 

jurlsdlctlon of its order =f Cotober 21, 1933. 

the order of the oomlssion dated iaptei?- 

tm; 54, 1534, and herein attacked, ~3s Grid fcr 
Mr. 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 

o itr d tbr a4saa .0r Sta wr t T. La itlil , up r a 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 CJF TXXAS 

_- Wauad) 

Oatill C..Rotsah 

Aaalafant. 

APPROWD MY 2, 1942 

(9gno4) Qrorar Slllerm 

?xRsT ASSISTART 

ATTOxuqETO~~L 

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