Lierly v. McEwen

This action was originally brought by plaintiffs against Security Trust Company of Bakersfield as defendant for the purpose of having determined the proportionate amount of royalties that certain locators of oil lands were entitled to under a leasing agreement with the Associated Oil Company, which royalties were held by the defendant banking company under a certain trust agreement. The company later came into court under motion, according to the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, and deposited the sum of $1,704.32, the amount held by it, and procured an order bringing into the action…