Fawcett v. Oil Producers, Inc.

Green, J.:

This interlocutory appeal under K.S.A. 60-2102(c) involves a class action brought by a royalty owner in Seward County, Kansas, on behalf of all royalty owners who were paid royalties from Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (OPIK), which owned the working interest or which operated Kansas wells from January 1, 1996, to the present. The plaintiff, L. Ruth Fawcett Trust, with *195Les Spaulding as the Trustee (Fawcett) claimed that OPIK had underpaid royalties, and sought recoveiy of the underpayments. Namely, plaintiff contended that the stipulated price adjustments contained in the gas…