HOOKER COUNTY v. STATE BOARD OF EQUAL. & ASSESS.

Nos. 37416, 37417, 37419-37421, 37424-37426.

178 N.W.2d 785 (1970)

185 Neb. 772

In the Matter of the Valuation and Equalization of Real Estate in Hooker County, Nebraska for 1969. HOOKER COUNTY, Nebraska, Appellant, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND ASSESSMENT, Appellee. In the Matter of the Valuation and Equalization of Thomas County, Nebraska for 1969. THOMAS COUNTY, Nebraska, Appellant, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND ASSESSMENT, Appellee. In the Matter of the Valuation and Equalization of Real Estate in Grant County, Nebraska for 1969. GRANT COUNTY, Nebraska, Appellant, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND ASSESSMENT, Appellee. In the Matter of the Valuation and Equalization of Cherry County, Nebraska for 1969. CHERRY COUNTY, Nebraska, Appellant, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND ASSESSMENT, Appellee. In the Matter of the Valuation and Equalization for Blaine County, Nebraska for 1969. BLAINE COUNTY, Nebraska, Appellant, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND ASSESSMENT, Appellee. In the Matter of the Valuation and Equalization of McPHERSON COUNTY, Nebraska. E. H. SHOEMAKER, Jr., an individual and Milldale Ranch Co., a Nebraska Corporation, Appellants, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND ASSESSMENT, Appellee. In the Matter of the Valuation and Equalization of Real Estate in ARTHUR COUNTY, Nebraska for 1969. E. H. SHOEMAKER, Jr., an individual and Milldale Ranch Co., a Nebraska Corporation, Appellants, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND ASSESSMENT, Appellee. In the Matter of the Valuation and Equalization of Real Estate in LOGAN COUNTY, Nebraska for 1969. E. H. SHOEMAKER, Jr., an individual and Milldale Ranch Co., a Nebraska Corporation, Appellants, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND ASSESSMENT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

July 17, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas O. David, County Atty., Mullen, McGrath, North, Nelson, Shkolnick & Dwyer, Omaha, for Hooker County.

Thomas O. David, County Atty., Thedford, McGrath, North, Nelson, Shkolnick & Dwyer, Omaha, for Thomas County.

H. Alan Curtiss, County Atty., Hyannis, McGrath, North, Nelson, Shkolnick & Dwyer, Omaha, for Grant County.

Richard L. Spittler, County Atty., Valentine, McGrath, North, Nelson, Shkolnick & Dwyer, Omaha, for Cherry County.

Joseph J. Divis, County Atty., Brewster, McGrath, North, Nelson, Shkolnick & Dwyer, Omaha, for Blaine County.

McGrath, North, Nelson, Shkolnick & Dwyer, Omaha, for McPherson County.

McGrath, North, Nelson, Shkolnick & Dwyer, Omaha, for Arthur County.

McGrath, North, Nelson, Shkolnick & Dwyer, Omaha, for Logan County.

Clarence A. H. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Ralph H. Gillan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

Mason, Knudsen, Berkheimer & Endacott, Lincoln, for amicus curiae.

Heard before SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, SMITH, McCOWN, and NEWTON, JJ., and COLWELL and TESAR, District Judges.


BOSLAUGH, Justice.

The State Board of Equalization and Assessment ordered the Counties of Hooker, Thomas, Grant, Cherry, Blaine, McPherson, Arthur, and Logan to increase the value of the agricultural land by 33 percent for 1969. Five of the counties and landowners in three of the counties have appealed. The appeals were consolidated for briefing and argument in this court.

The orders were made following notice and...

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