Crum v. Yoder

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 5046

Syllabus

final appealable order trial court's denial of summary judgment motion filed by heirs of mineral interest was essentially declaratory judgment for surface owner and those to whom he transferred the minerals after effecting abandonment under 2006 Dormant Mineral Act reasonable diligence in searching for heirs before serving notice of abandonment by publication no savings event in surface deed spouses who owned property joint and survivorship who excepted minerals from transfer of surface retained those minerals in the same manner in which they held the property.