Legal Opinion
Head v. Little
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided January 17, 1950PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Sims
-Affirming..
The question for determination in this declaratory-judgment action is whether the appellees as lessees of a coal lease executed to them by appellants are liable for the ad valorem .taxes assessed against the minerals under the lands leased. The chancellor decided that *11under the terms of the instrument the lessors were liable for these taxes and this appeal followed.
The case was submitted on the contract and a stipulation of facts. On Oct. 28, 1946, appellants leased to appellees for a derm of 30 years, with the option to extend for an additional 10 years, 27,000 acres of land in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kennedy v. HicksCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918
- Stepp v. Pike County Board of SupervisorsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1922
- Commonwealth v. GarrettCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1924
- Terrill v. Kentucky Block Cannel Coal Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
3Cited by3 opinions
- Godley v. Kentucky Resources Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- Harlan County Board of Supervisors v. Black Star Land Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1965
- M. R. Godley v. Kentucky Resources Corporation, M. R. Godley v. Piedmont Land Sales, Inc., Hugh N. Rakes, J. E. Berry, Kentucky Resources Corporation, Clinton Coal Company and W. H. Goff, M. R. Godley v. Piedmont Land Sales, Inc., Hugh Rakes and Clinton Coal Company, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981