Consolidated Uranium Mines, Inc. v. Moffitt

BRATTON, Chief Judge.

As amended in 1930, Article XIII, Section 4, of the Constitution of Utah provided in presently pertinent part that all metalliferous mines and mining claims should be assessed as the legislature should provide; provided, the basis and multiple then presently used in determining the value of such mines for taxation purposes and the additional Value of $5.00 per acre thereof should not be changed before January 1, 1935, or thereafter until otherwise provided by law. And Section 59-5-57, Utah Code Annotated 1953, provides in presently material part that all metalliferous…