Blackburn v. Cline’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
December 2009
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Smiley v. Thomas · Sorkin v. Myers · Davis v. Stonecipher · Garvan v. Potlatch Corp. · Adams v. Bruder
Most-quoted passages
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“|6We recognize the force of the appellants’ argument.... But we are faced with two problems. First, we do not agree that the present-day regulations of the Assessment Coordination Division can affect the assessment of mineral interests in 1931. Second, even if we agreed with the appellants’ argument as to the effect of the cases discussed above, we are faced with the Arkansas Supreme Court decision of Garvan v. Potlatch Corporation, 278 Ark. 414 , 645 S.W.2d 957 (1983). In that case the court cited three of the cases discussed above, Adams, Ste-inbarger [Stienbarger], and Sorkin, and said, “Those cases all hold that when a separate assessment is made for mineral interests, the assessment must be ‘subjoined’ to the fee assessment.” The opinion defines the word “subjoined” and states, “The separate assessments must be listed individually immediately after each respective fee or surface interest.” Thus, the question of whether the subjoining of surface and mineral rights is absolutely necessary is not open for us to decide in this case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The minerals, being primarily an interest in the land, are severable only because the legislative authority has made them so; yet for taxing purposes they are so closely related to the realty that ownership identification and accuracy make it well-nigh imperative that the mineral listings be subjoined to the land assessments.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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