LUKOWSKY, Justice.
The issue presented is whether the lessees of coal interests, who had contract miners extract coal from the leasehold for them were the taxpayers engaged in severing coal who should have paid the coal severance tax. The Board of Tax Appeals said yes. The Circuit Court said no. We granted a joint request for transfer from the Court of Appeals. We reverse.
The facts are not in dispute. Majestic Collieries Company and Sovereign Coal Corporation...
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