Ohio Supreme Court Provides Guidance On Key Marketable Title Act Issue Regarding Preservation Of Severed Mineral Interests
By EsqSocial Corporation 19/03/21
On March 16, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued another important opinion in the ongoing tug of war between surface landowners and severed mineral owners over the ownership of valuable mineral rights in Ohio. In Erickson v. Morrison, Slip Opinion No. 2021-Ohio-746, the Supreme Court unanimously reversed a Fifth District Court of Appeals decision and ruled that references in a surface owner’s chain of title to an identifiable oil and gas reservation – even if they fail to include the name of...
By: Roetzel & Andress