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- Title: State Texas v. Harry M. Harrington
- Author : Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- Release Date : January 12, 1966
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
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This is a civil suit for penalties. The State of Texas brought the suit under authority of Article 6036, Vernons Annotated Civil Statutes, alleging that the defendants, Harry M. Harrington, Jr., Reid H. Allgood, Charles W. Lutes, J. W. Baton and Douglas Godfrey had drilled and operated a deviated oil well across their own lease lines in violation of the laws of the State of Texas, and in violation of the rules, regulations and orders of the Railroad Commission of the State of Texas. The Court held as a matter of law that the well was drilled during a period of 16 days, and was operated in violation of law during a period of 3650 days. Special issues were submitted to a jury and in answer to such issues, the jury found (1) that the well in question was bottomed off the defendants lease; (2) that a reasonable penalty for each day of the 16 days the well was being drilled was the sum of $800.01. As to this penalty, the jury assessed the sum of $266.67 per day against each of the defendants Harrington, Allgood and Lutes, and none against the defendants Baton and Godfrey; and (3) that a reasonable penalty for each of the 3650 days the well was operated was the sum of $80.00. In answer to an additional issue, the jury found the amount of the operating penalty per day against each of the defendants to be as follows: Harrington -- $31.00; Allgood -- $15.50; Lutes -- $31.00; Baton -- $2.50 and Godfrey -- none.