Legal Opinion
Kennecott Copper Corp. v. SALT LAKE COUNTY
Utah Supreme Court
Decided November 17, 1952No. 7639PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WADE, Justice.
Plaintiff, Kennecott Copper Corporation, appeals from a judgment dismissing this action brought to recover taxes paid under protest. The taxes in question were levied on plaintiff’s millsite and tailings dump at Magna and Arthur in Salt Lake County. The State Tax Commission fixed the assessed valuation at $45.78 per acre.
The millsite, a 982.42 acre tract, is located on a sloping hillside with the tailings dump, and a 6,258.93 acre tract, adjoining it on the flat ground below. Before the millsite and tailings dump, these lands were used only for grazing purposes. The tailings…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. WeeksSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- West v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- South Utah Mines & Smelters v. Beaver CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Moyle v. Salt Lake CityUtah Supreme Court · 1947
- Salt Lake County v. Kennecott Copper Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1947
3Cited by15 opinions
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- City of Hildale v. CookeUtah Supreme Court · 2001
- Union Pacific R. Co. v. State Tax Com'n of UtahDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1988
- Southern Pacific Company v. ArthurUtah Supreme Court · 1960
- State Ex Rel. Road Commission v. JacobsUtah Supreme Court · 1964
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