Bounty Minerals v. LL&B Headwater

Citations

• 239 N.E.3d 962
• 2024 Ohio 944

Syllabus

CIVIL – summary judgment Civ.R. 56 de novo review oil and gas lease is a contract subject to the same rules of interpretation as other written agreements by its own express terms, the Term Royalty Conveyance was limited to the oil and gas lease in effect at the time and only burdened subsequent oil and gas leases upon the occurrence of certain conditions precedent the record reveals none of the conditions precedent occurred the trial court did not err in applying a plain reading of the Term Royalty Conveyance anti-washout provision last antecedent rule the Term Royalty Conveyance ended at the same time as the Mason Dixon Lease, just as the parties intended rule against perpetuities R.C. 2131.08 warranty of title slander of title the language of the contract is clear judgment affirmed.