Hickman v. Consolidation Coal Co.

{¶1} Plaintiffs-Appellants, Jeffrey and Leah Hickman, appeal the decision of the Columbiana County Common Pleas Court granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees, in their declaratory judgment and quiet title claims relating to two severed mineral interests. On appeal, Appellants argue that the trial court erred in determining that the severed mineral interests were not extinguished under the Ohio Marketable Title Act. Appellants further argue that the trial court erred by holding that the Appellants were not entitled to a conclusive presumption of abandonment and/or cause of…