Court Opinion

ID: 6797864
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-21 01:40:23.266055+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:03:06.514775
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Certified Question of State Law, United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, No. 2.T2-CV-916. On review of preliminary memorandum pursuant to S.Ct.Prac.R. 9.01. The court will answer the following questions:
(1) Is the recorded lease of a severed subsurface mineral estate a title transaction under the [Ohio Dormant Mineral Act (“ODMA”), R.C. 5301.56(5)(3)(a)]?
(2) Is the expiration of a recorded lease and the reversion of the rights granted under that lease a *1447title transaction that restarts the twenty-year forfeiture clock under the ODMA at the time of the reversion?