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Ellis v. McKenzie

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided January 26, 2018No. 16/17PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtOpinion by Rodowsky, J.

The Dormant Mineral Interests Act (DMIA or the Act), Maryland Code (1982, 2014 Repl. Vol.), §§ 15-1201 through 15-1206 of the Environment Article (En.) authorizes a circuit court, under specified circumstances, to terminate a dormant "severed mineral interest," thereby effecting a merger of that mineral interest with the estate overlying it. Respondents, Olin L. McKenzie, et al., owners of surface estates, invoked the Act in the Circuit Court for Garrett County. Petitioners, James H. Ellis, et al., owners of severed mineral interests, challenged, inter alia , the constitutionality of the Act.…

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