Fonzi v. Brown (Slip Opinion)

Citations

• 169 Ohio St. 3d 70
• 202 N.E.3d 604
• 2022 Ohio 901

Syllabus

Dormant Mineral Act—Abandonment process and required notice to holders of mineral interests—Dormant Mineral Act establishes a single, comprehensive method for surface owners to unify their land with subterranean mineral interests through abandonment—Surface owners did not exercise reasonable diligence when they failed to search public records beyond the county where the mineral interests were located, despite having knowledge that the mineral-interest holder did not reside in that county when the mineral-interest reservation was made.