Harrell v. Thompson

Decided October 14, 1942

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1942-10-14

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

““Since the filing of this petition the Railroad Commission has entered an order on the subject indicated, and the question pre sented by the motion is now moot. If the order entered is unsatisfactory, the relator has an adequate remedy by appeal therefrom. Vernon’s Texas Civil Statutes, Article 6049c,. Section 8.””

quoted by 1 later decision, including Corzelius v. Harrell.

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Decided 1942-10-14

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Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently January 1990 · most notably Womack v. Berry (1956), Johnson v. Court of Civil Appeals (1961)

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PER CURIAM:

¶1 H. M. Harrell has filed in this Court a motion for leave to file petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the Railroad Commission of Texas to enter an order restricting the production of gas in the Bammel Field, in Harris County, Texas, and allocating the gas produced from that Field among the leases and wells therein.

¶2 Since the filing of this petition the Railroad Commission has entered an order on the subject indicated, and the question presented by the motion is now moot. If the order entered is unsatisfactory, the relator has an adequate remedy by appeal therefrom. Vernon’s Texas Statutes, Article 6049c, Section 8.

¶3 The motion for leave to file is therefore overruled.

¶4 Opinion delivered October 14, 1942.