Patterson Energy LLC vs. The Bob Reed Trust No. 1 and others Case  2019 CV 53

(First Published in the Ellsworth County Independent-
Reporter, December 19, 2019)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT, 
ELLSWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS

PATTERSON ENERGY, LLC
Plaintiff
vs.          2019 CV 53    
THE BOB REED TRUST NO. 1, DATED MARCH 20, 2014; SHERRYL A. ROHLF; GAILYN L. HOLLAND;  ELWYN NEAL DEES, JR.; MARY BETH DEES, A/K/A MARY BETH MARBLE; MELANIE ANN DEES, A/K/A MELANIE A. TERRY; SARAH ELIZABETH DEES MARKLEY, A/K/A SARAH E. MASON; ELWYN NEAL DEES; MAXINE A. DEES; and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors, and assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnerships; the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disability; and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged to be deceased.
Defendants
(Pursuant to K.S.A. Ch. 60.)        

NOTICE OF SUIT

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL OF THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS AND ALL OTHER CONCERNED PERSONS:  
You are notified that a Petition has been filed in District Court of Ellsworth County, Kansas, by PATTERSON ENERGY, LLP, seeking an order Quieting Title in and to the following described oil and gas leases (“Leases”):
1. Lessors:    Mary Beth Marble, a single woman
    Lessee:    J. Fred Hambright, Inc.
    Date:    August 31, 2018
    Recorded:    Book 118, Page 26
Legal Description:  W/2 NW/4 of 23-17S-9W Ellsworth County, Kansas

2. Lessors:    Elwyn Neal Dees, Jr., a single man
    Lessee:    J. Fred Hambright, Inc.
    Date:    August 31, 2018
    Recorded:    Book 118, Page 45
Legal Description:  W/2 NW/4 of 23-17S-9W Ellsworth County, Kansas

3. Lessors:    Melanie A. Terry, a single woman
    Lessee:    J. Fred Hambright, Inc.
    Date:    August 31, 2018
    Recorded:    Book 118, Page 47
Legal Description:  W/2 NW/4 of 23-17S-9W Ellsworth County, Kansas

4. Lessors:    Sarah E. Mason and Clifford Mason, her
         husband
    Lessee:    J. Fred Hambright, Inc.
    Date:    August 31, 2018
    Recorded:    Book 118, Page 103
Legal Description:  W/2 NW/4 of 23-17S-9W Ellsworth County, Kansas

5. Lessors:    Sherryl A. Rohlf, a single woman
    Lessee:    J. Fred Hambright, Inc.
    Date:    August 31, 2018
    Recorded:    Book 118, Page 145
Legal Description:   W/2 NW/4 of 23-17S-9W Ellsworth County, Kansas

6. Lessors:    Gailyn L. Holland, a single woman
     Lessee:    J. Fred Hambright, Inc.
     Date:    August 31, 2018
     Recorded:    Book 118, Page 210
Legal Description:  W/2 NW/4 of 23-17S-9W Ellsworth County, Kansas

7. Lessors:    Dustin L. Schubert, Trustee of the Bob
        Reed Trust No. 1, dated March 20, 2014
    Lessee:    J. Fred Hambright, Inc.
    Date:    August 8, 2019
    Recorded:    Book 118, Page 268
Legal Description:   W/2 NW/4 of 23-17S-9W Ellsworth County, Kansas

insofar as they cover an interest in the oil, gas and other minerals (“Minerals”) in and under the following described real property in Ellsworth County, Kansas (“Property”):
    Township 17-South, Range 9-West:
    Section 23: W/2 NW/4    
And you are hereby required to plead to the Petition on or before Wednesday, January 29, 2020 in the District Court of Ellsworth County, Kansas.  If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.             

William W. Jeter    #8833
Ashley Comeau    #24973
Tyler K. Turner    #25483
JETER LAW FIRM
Jeter Turner Sook Baxter, LLP
Chestnut Building, Suite 101
P.O. Box 128, Hays, KS  67601
(785) 628-8226
bjeter@jeterlawoffice.com
acomeau@jeterlawoffice.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff

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