Ohio Energy Assets, Inc. v. Grange Ins., 06ap-907 (6-5-2007)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Plaintiffs-appellants, Ohio Energy Assets, Inc. ("OEA") and Ohio Production Corporation ("OPC"), appeal from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas that granted summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee, Gail B. Smith. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand this case to the trial court.

{¶ 2} In 1985, Smith and her now-deceased husband, Robert Smith, entered into a contract whereby they granted to OPC all the oil and gas in and under their land, as well as the right to drill for that oil and gas. A year later, the Smiths entered into a second…