IN RE PROTEST OF RAKESTRAW BROS., L.L.C.

No. 110,219.

337 P.3d 62 (2014)

In the Matter of the PROTEST Appeal OF RAKESTRAW BROTHERS, L.L.C., for Tax Year 2011 in Kingman County, Kansas.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

October 17, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick B. Hughes and Bradley A. Stout , of Adams Jones Law Firm, P.A., of Wichita, for appellant Rakestraw Brothers, L.L.C.

S. Eric Steinle and Carole K. DeWald , of Martindell, Swearer, Shaffer, Ridenour, LLP, of Hutchinson, for appellee Kingman County, Kansas.

Before POWELL, P.J., LEBEN and ARNOLD-BURGER, JJ.


LEBEN, J.

When Rakestraw Brothers, LLC, wanted to appeal the tax valuation of its oil lease by Kingman County, it hired Kenton Hupp, a petroleum engineer, to handle the appeal. Hupp filed a notice of appeal on Rakestraw Brothers' behalf with the small-claims division of the Court of Tax Appeals.

The Court of Tax Appeals dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, concluding that the notice of appeal had to be signed either by a member or officer of Rakestraw...

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