Detail #101: Case marking hierarchy

A system whereby which word in a noun phrase carries the case marking for the entire noun phrase is determined by a hierarchy. In this language, all adjectives are essentially nouns in apposition.

Which word goes where in the phrase is determined by various patterns. Examples include:

age immediately precedes title or occupation

terms of kinship are titles, but if another title appears in the same phrase, the kinship term goes after it.

adjectives denoting shape, material or colour (for inanimate objects) indirectly precede titles (i.e. if other things precede them, other things go closer to the title)

personal appearance (beard, hairiness, hair colour, skin colour,) indirectly precede descriptions of age, but go after descriptions of shape

non-title agentive nouns/adjectives go first 

and a bunch of similar rules

Now, let's further come up with a hierarchy were basically each noun and adjective has a rank, and the highest ranked  noun or adjective gets the case marking:

old captain Stanford.acc

beardy old.acc  captain 

beardy old chieftain.acc 

dancing/-er beautiful.acc young

dancing/-er.acc skilled young

The main challenge in making such a language would of course be keeping track of the rules for ordering the words and then structuring words into the hierarchy. I imagine the results could be pretty cool, though.

To really break this idea out of what might seem even remotely realistic, how about having each case have its own hierarchy?