Erickson v. Morrison (Slip Opinion)

Citations

• 165 Ohio St. 3d 76
• 176 N.E.3d 1
• 2021 Ohio 746

Syllabus

Marketable Title Act—R.C. 5301.47 et seq.—Each title transaction in chain of title recites that conveyance is subject to a specific reservation of mineral rights—Root of title and subsequent conveyances are made subject to a specific, identifiable reservation of mineral rights recited throughout chain of title using the same language as recorded title transaction that created it—The reference to the reservation is therefore not a general reference insufficient to preserve reservation of mineral rights—Court of appeals' judgment reversed.