Sterling v. Marathon Oil Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Holmes, J.:

This is a class action brought by Helena Sterling and others (plaintiffs-appellees and cross-appellants) individually and on behalf of a class of some 560 royalty owners, including those who do not reside in Kansas or have leases covering lands in Kansas, or both, against their producer, Marathon Oil Company, for recovery of interest on “suspense royalties.” This is another in a series of cases involving the same or similar facts and issues. (See Shutts, Executor v. Phillips Petroleum Co., 222 Kan. 527, 567 P.2d 1292 [1977]; Maddox v. Gulf…