( June 3, 2025, 1:33 PM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in answering a question certified by the Third Circuit U.S. Court Appeals in a protracted mineral rights dispute, has ruled that a 1908 tax sale did not constitute what is known as a “title wash” regarding the surface and subsurface mineral estate for certain tracts of land. Rather, the sale acted as “a mere redemption of taxes owed” and, as such, did not divest the subsurface owners of their interest in the property....