MacSteel Division of Quanex, Parnell Consultants, Inc., and R&r Pipeline Construction & Repair, Inc. v. Arkansas…

Summary

The court affirmed summary judgment declaring MacSteel's pipeline easement null and void because the county failed to comply with the appraisal, notice, and bidding procedures required for conveyances of county property. It held that the governing statute applied to pipeline easements because it did not limit its coverage to fee-simple conveyances and expressly exempted only specified types of property or easements. The court also held that an industrial-development statute did not apply on this record and that MacSteel could not maintain its counterclaim challenging easements granted to AOG because one challenge was untimely and MacSteel lacked an adverse interest in the others.