Acker v. Guinn

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• noting that destruction or substantial impairment is not ordinarily contemplated as reasonable use of the surface for mineral production
• noting that a reservation of mineral rights creates a distinct, separate estate that is dominant to the surface estate
• a grant or reservation of minerals should not usually be interpreted to include a substance that must be removed by methods that will consume or deplete the surface estate, such as limestone or iron ore

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).