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Tax Deed Epilogue By John C. Robison, Jr. Real Estate Law, April 2022 A purchaser of a royalty interest at a tax sale acquires the lessor’s royalty, which entitles the purchaser to receive payments for produced oil from the lessee until the lessor’s royalty terminates upon the lapse of the oil and gas lease in which the lessor’s royalty originated.
Tax Deed Epilogue By John C. Robison, Jr. Mineral Law, March 2022 A purchaser of a royalty interest at a tax sale acquires the lessor’s royalty, which entitles the purchaser to receive payments for produced oil from the lessee until the lessor’s royalty terminates upon the lapse of the oil and gas lease in which the lessor’s royalty originated.
An Overriding Royalty Interest Is an Interest in Real Property By John C. Robison, Jr. Real Estate Law, January 2022 An overriding royalty interest in an Illinois oil and gas lease is an interest in real property.
An Overriding Royalty Interest Is an Interest in Real Property By John C. Robison, Jr. Trusts and Estates, December 2021 An overriding royalty interest in an Illinois oil and gas lease is an interest in real property.
An Overriding Royalty Interest Is an Interest in Real Property By John C. Robison, Jr. Real Estate Law, March 2020 An overriding royalty interest in an Illinois oil and gas lease is an interest in real property.
An overriding royalty interest is an interest in real property By John C. Robison, Jr. Mineral Law, March 2019 An overriding royalty interest in an Illinois oil and gas lease is an interest in real property.
Descriptions in tax deeds By John C. Robison, Jr. Mineral Law, December 2018 It is common practice for taxing authorities to separately assess and tax lessors’ royalties.
To record or not to record, that is the question By John C. Robison, Jr. Real Estate Law, September 2017 Author John C. Robison Jr. recently submitted mineral deeds, both lacking acknowledgments, to recorders in two separate counties. Both recorders rejected the deeds for recording because they lacked an acknowledgment.
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To record or not to record, that is the question By John C. Robison, Jr. Mineral Law, June 2017 Author John C. Robison Jr. recently submitted mineral deeds, both lacking acknowledgments, to recorders in two separate counties. Both recorders rejected the deeds for recording because they lacked an acknowledgment.
Acquisition of mineral interests by tax deed By John C. Robison, Jr. Mineral Law, December 2016 For the purpose of determining whether a mineral interest is conveyed by such a deed, the focus of this article is the character of the interest conveyed by a tax deed that purports to convey a royalty interest.
Oil and gas law for the non-oil and gas lawyer By John C. Robison Mineral Law, September 2016 An overview for the practitioner who only occasionally encounters real estate with oil and gas issues.
Partition of minerals By John C. Robison, Jr. Mineral Law, December 2015 A look at the case and legislative history of partition in Illinois.
The character and extent of the interest acquired by a tax-deed purchaser of a royalty under an oil and gas lease By John C. Robison, Jr. Mineral Law, January 2015 It is virtually impossible to acquire an unsevered mineral interest by a tax deed. However, it may be possible to acquire a severed mineral interest, if it is assessed and taxed as such rather than as a royalty in an oil and gas lease.
The (mine)field of mineral conveyancing By John C. Robison, Jr. Mineral Law, October 2013 A synopsis of the recent case of Department of Natural Resources v. Waide and a look at its consequences.
Determining whether “shall” means shall By John C. Robison, Jr. Bench and Bar, August 2013 In the recent case of People v. Ousley and in a prior case, People v. Robinson, the Illinois Supreme Court has repeatedly clarified the analytical framework within which to determine the meaning of “shall” in a particular statute and whether there is a consequence for a failure of a governmental official to fulfill an obligatory duty.
Determining whether “shall” means shall By John C. Robison, Jr. Mineral Law, May 2013 In the recent case of People v. Ousley and in a prior case, People v. Robinson, the Illinois Supreme Court has repeatedly clarified the analytical framework within which to determine the meaning of “shall” in a particular statute and whether there is a consequence for a failure of a governmental official to fulfill an obligatory duty.
Oil and gas law for the non-oil and gas lawyer By John C. Robison, Jr. Mineral Law, December 2007  In this article an overview of oil and gas law is presented for the practitioner who only occasionally encounters real estate with oil and gas issues.
Leasing and producing coalbed methane gas in Illinois after Continental Resources of Illinois, Inc. v. Illinois Methane, LLC By John C. Robison, Jr. Mineral Law, February 2007 The long-awaited decision on coalbed methane gas was rendered by the Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District, on April 10, 2006, in Continental Resources of Illinois, Inc. v. Illinois Methane, LLC.
The covenant to reasonably develop implied in an Illinois oil and gas lease By John C. Robison, Jr. Mineral Law, December 2005 When an oil and gas lease has been extended into its secondary term, there are at least two events that may cause the lease to terminate.
What substances are included within the term ‘mineral’? By John C. Robison, Jr. Mineral Law, March 2005 A discussion of the decisions of Illinois and federal reviewing courts that construe the meaning of the term "minerals" in conveyances or reservations.
The termination of an oil and gas lease in its secondary term By John C. Robison, Jr. Mineral Law, December 2004 The term of an oil and gas lease is set forth in a provision known as the habendum clause.
Assessment and taxation of interests in oil and gas as real estate By John C. Robison, Jr. Mineral Law, November 2002 The recent case of Pawnee Oil & Gas v. County of Wayne, 323 Ill. App. 3d 426, 751 N.E.2d 1268, 256 Ill. Dec. 431 (5th Dist. 2001), leave to appeal denied, illustrates both the theoretical and practical problems of assessing and taxing interests in oil and gas as real estate.
Extension of terminable mineral interests by off-tract production By John C. Robison, Jr. Mineral Law, August 2000 With the recent decision in Schwarm v. Mexia Holdings, 308 Ill. App. 3d 587, 720 N.E.2d 330, 241 Ill. Dec. 875 (5th Dist. 1999) (Mineral Law Newsletter, V. 26, No. 2, March 2000), we are reminded that a terminable mineral interest may be extended by production from land other than the land in which there is a terminable mineral interest.

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