Massad v. Sayre Oil Corporation

Court of Appeals of Texas

Massad v. Sayre Oil Corporation

116 S.W.2d 1136, 1938 Tex. App. LEXIS 1119

CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas

DecidedMay 4, 1938

DocketNo. 8741.

StatusPublished

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Massad v. Sayre Oil Corporation, 116 S.W.2d 1136, 1938 Tex. App. LEXIS 1119 (Tex. Ct. App. 1938).

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McClendon, chief justice.

This is a rule 37 case. The appeal is from an interlocutory order overruling a motion to dissolve a temporary injunction enjoining the drilling of a second well upon a 2.2-acre tract in the East Texas Oil field. The suit in which the injunction was issued was to set aside ah order' of the Commission granting a permit to drill the well as an exception to rule 37 in order to “prevent confiscation of property.”

The injunction was granted ex parte and without notice or hearing, upon the filing of the verified petition. It was therefore void under R.C.S. art. 6049c, § 10, as amended March 6, 1935, by H. B. No. 403, Gen.Laws 44th Leg., p. 74, ch. 28, § 1, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 6049c.

The Commission was not made a party to the motion to dissolve; and, so far as the record shows, was not notified of and did not appear at the hearing. Under the amendment therefore the court was without jurisdiction to,continue the injunction in effect by overruling the motion. The proper order upon the motion would have been to dissolve the injunction, and set the original application therefor for hearing, giving to all parties, including the Commission, reasonable notice of such hearing. See opinion in L. P. & B. Oil Corporation v. Gulf Oil Corporation, Tex.Civ.App., 115 S.W.2d 1034.

The order appealed from is set aside and the temporary injunction is dissolved, without prejudice.

Order set aside; temporary injunction dissolved.

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McClendon, chief justice.

This is a rule 37 case. The appeal is from an interlocutory order overruling a motion to dissolve a temporary injunction enjoining the drilling of a second well upon a 2.2-acre tract in the East Texas Oil field. The suit in which the injunction was issued was to set aside ah order' of the Commission granting a permit to drill the well as an exception to rule 37 in order to “prevent confiscation of property.”

The injunction was granted ex parte and without notice or hearing, upon the filing of the verified petition. It was therefore void under R.C.S. art. 6049c, § 10, as amended March 6, 1935, by H. B. No. 403, Gen.Laws 44th Leg., p. 74, ch. 28, § 1, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 6049c.

The Commission was not made a party to the motion to dissolve; and, so far as the record shows, was not notified of and did not appear at the hearing. Under the amendment therefore the court was without jurisdiction to,continue the injunction in effect by overruling the motion. The proper order upon the motion would have been to dissolve the injunction, and set the original application therefor for hearing, giving to all parties, including the Commission, reasonable notice of such hearing. See opinion in L. P. & B. Oil Corporation v. Gulf Oil Corporation, Tex.Civ.App., 115 S.W.2d 1034.

The order appealed from is set aside and the temporary injunction is dissolved, without prejudice.

Order set aside; temporary injunction dissolved.

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