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· 2/1/1937

Elmhurst Cemetery Co. of Joliet v. Commissioner

Citations

  • 300 U.S. 37
  • 57 S. Ct. 324
  • 81 L. Ed. 491
  • 1937 U.S. LEXIS 61
  • 1 C.B. 209
  • 18 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 1130

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  • noting that fair market value is usually defined as “the price which property will bring when offered by a willing seller to a willing buyer, neither being obligated to sell or buy”
  • the value assigned to property by a buyer and seller dealing at arm’s length is persuasive evidence of its fair market value
  • the value assigned to property by a buyer and seller dealing at arm's length is persuasive evidence of its fair market value
  • the value assigned to property by a buyer and seller dealing at arm’s length is persuasive evidence of its fair market value

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Judges: McReynolds

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