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By Casey Valentine On December 20, 2023

White v. Kemp:    When does a Lease or Release of a Lease Qualify as a “Title Transaction” under Ohio’s Marketable Title Act?

Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals recently clarified when an oil and gas lease and a release of an oil and gas lease...


Tags: Ohio Marketable Title Act, MTA, "Oil and Gas Lease", Release,

By Casey Valentine On October 26, 2022

Supreme Court of Ohio Holds that Future Interest Created in Root of Title is Not Extinguished Under Ohio's Marketable Title Act

In Cleveland Botanical Garden v. Worthington Drewien, Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-3706, the Ohio Supreme Court held that a...


Tags: Supreme Court of Ohio, Ohio Marketable Title Act, MTA

By Matthew Young On March 4, 2022

The Ohio Supreme Court Makes Determinations on the Use of Words of Inheritance in Mineral Reservations and Whether Wills are Title Transactions under Ohio’s Marketable Title Act

In a pair of decisions, the Ohio Supreme Court in Peppertree Farms, L.L.C. v. Thonen, Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-395, and ...


Tags: DMA, MTA, title transaction

By Jay Carr On February 25, 2022

7th District Court of Appeals Issues Latest Decision Addressing the “Specific Reference” Exception to Ohio’s Marketable Title Act

The Seventh District Court of Appeals recently issued another decision addressing the “specific reference” exception under Ohio’s...


Tags: OMTA, Ohio Marketable Title Act, Marketable Title Act, MTA,

By Jay Carr On January 7, 2022

7th District Court of Appeals Continues to Clarify Ohio's Marketable Title Act

As oil and gas production increases in the Appalachian basin, the Seventh District Court of Appeals continues to clarify the...


Tags: OMTA, Ohio Marketable Title Act, Marketable Title Act, MTA,

By Jay Carr On January 21, 2020

Supreme Court of Ohio to Determine Whether the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act Supersedes the Ohio Marketable Title Act as to Severed Oil and Gas Interests

On January 21, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio accepted an appeal from the Seventh District Court of Appeals’ decision in West v....


Tags: OMTA, Dormant Mineral Act, DMA, Marketable Title Act,

By Jay Carr On October 8, 2019

Court Reaffirms Ohio's Marketable Title Act and Dormant Mineral Act are not in Conflict

The Seventh District Court of Appeals reaffirmed that claimants can use both Ohio's Marketable Title Act ("MTA") and Dormant...


Tags: OMTA, Ohio, DMA, MTA,

By Jay Carr On April 9, 2019

Appellate Court Again Holds Ohio's Marketable Title Act Applies to Fee Oil and Gas Interests

Ohio's Seventh District Court of Appeals recently held once again that fee oil and gas interests are subject to possible...


Tags: OMTA, Ohio Marketable Title Act, Ohio, Dormant Mineral Act,

By Jay Carr On February 24, 2019

Court of Appeals Signals Ohio's Marketable Title Act Applies to Fee Mineral Interests

Ohio's Seventh District Court of Appeals was recently asked to analyze whether a fee oil and gas reservation can be extinguished...


Tags: OMTA, 'Utica Shale', Ohio, MTA,

By Jay Carr On March 13, 2018

Supreme Court of Ohio Takes Up Marketable Title Act

On February 28, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio announced that it has accepted an appeal of Blackstone v. Moore (2017-Ohio-1639). 


Tags: OMTA, Ohio Marketable Title Act, Ohio, MTA,

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