A widely assumed interpretation of the Dormant Mineral Rights Act was clarified by the Ohio Supreme Court in September. “A lot of people had thought under a former version of the statute that when their oil and gas rights and…

A widely assumed interpretation of the Dormant Mineral Rights Act was clarified by the Ohio Supreme Court in September. “A lot of people had thought under a former version of the statute that when their oil and gas rights and…
If you think it’s always clear who owns the mineral rights to a piece of land, you might want to think again. With the explosion in oil and natural gas drilling, some of those mineral rights could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to the owner.