FEDERAL LAND BANK v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

No. 41,842

187 Kan. 148 (1960)

354 P.2d 679

THE FEDERAL LAND BANK OF WICHITA, a Corporation of Wichita, Kansas, Appellant, v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF KIOWA, STATE OF KANSAS; BEN H. PAXTON, Sheriff; ALICE CRONIC, County Treasurer; and EUNICE RICH, Clerk of the District Court; THE STATE OF KANSAS, Intervener, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed August 4, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edw. H. Jamison, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Steve W. Church, of Greensburg, and Wm. G. Plested, Jr., of Wichita, were with him on the brief for the appellant.

Robert C. Londerholm, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause, and John Anderson, Jr., Attorney General, A.K. Stavely, Assistant Attorney General, and Martin A. Aelmore, County Attorney, were with him on the brief for the appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRICE, J.:

The question in this case is whether, under the facts of record, certain personal property consisting of a royalty interest derived from an oil and gas lease owned by the Federal Land Bank of Wichita, a federal instrumentality (hereafter referred to as the bank), is subject to taxation by the state or a political subdivision thereof.

The trial court held that it is subject to personal property tax...

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