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Court Addresses Questions in Trespass to Try Title/Adverse Possession Suit

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Fletcher v. Merritt resulted in several rulings on the proof required to prevail in a property dispute. Merritt filed a trespass to try title suit (actually a quiet title, which the court construed as TTT) against Fletcher...more

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One Less Way for Ohio Landowners to Challenge Royalty Severances

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On February 15, 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court issued a significant decision in Peppertree Farms, L.L.C. v. Thonen establishing that, unless expressly stated otherwise, an oil and gas royalty interest retained in a deed...more

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Try Title vs. Quieting Title: What’s the difference?

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If you aren’t quite sure about the difference between trespass to try title and suit to quiet title, Lockhart as Tr. of Lockhart Fam. Bypass Tr. v. Chisos Mins., LLC  explains. ...more

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Class Dismissed: Ohio Court Strikes Class Action Allegations in a Quiet Title Dispute

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As drilling activity and production in the Appalachian region stabilized (and even began to move upward) at the end of 2020, class actions continue to be used in creative ways by plaintiffs raising a variety of claims and...more

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Ohio Supreme Court holds that both the MTA and DMA apply to mineral interests in West v. Bode

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Ohio oil and gas stakeholders received another landmark decision from the Ohio Supreme Court in West v. Bode, 2020 — N.E.3d — 2020 WL 7049820 2020-Ohio-5473. Specifically, the Court held that both the Marketable Title Act...more

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Limitations Bars an Heirship Proceeding

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Estate of Trickett was a dispute over heirship of Claralyn Trickett, possibly the wife of Robert Bowerman (who must have forgotten to divorce his previous wife)....more

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Ute Indian Tribe Asserts Ownership of All Federal Lands in the Uncompahgre Reservation

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On March 8, 2018, the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation (the "Tribe") filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the United States, the Department of the...more

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