MOORE FAMILY TRUST v. JEFFERS

Case No. 22 MO 0013.

225 N.E.3d 548 (2023)

2023-Ohio-3653

MOORE FAMILY TRUST, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J.M. JEFFERS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Seventh District, Monroe County.

September 28, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Craig J. Wilson , C.J. Wilson Law, LLC, 2606 Hilliard Rome Road, PMB 3007, Hilliard, Ohio 43026, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Atty. Daniel P. Corcoran , Theisen Brock, L.P.A., 424 Second Street, Marietta, Ohio 45750, for Defendant-Appellee Mineral Development, Inc.

Atty. John Kevin West , Atty. John C. Ferrell , and Atty. Melanie M. Norris , Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, 1233 Main Street, Suite 3000, P.O. Box 751, Wheeling, West Virginia 26003-0751, for Defendants-Appellees Gulfport Energy Corporation and Gulfport Appalachia, LLC.

BEFORE: Cheryl L. Waite, Carol Ann Robb, David A. D'Apolito, Judges.


{¶1} Appellant Moore Family Trust ("the Moore Trust") filed a complaint in the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas seeking the court to either declare that an 1896 royalty assignment ("Royalty Assignment") to J.M. Jeffers had expired, or that the royalty assignment was limited to a 1/16th royalty interest. Appellant also...

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