ESTATE OF GOODING


269 Wis. 496 (1955)

ESTATE OF GOODING: WISCONSIN VALLEY TRUST COMPANY, Executor, Appellant, vs. DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

April 5, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Smith, Okoneski, Puchner & Tinkham of Wausau, and oral argument by R. E. Puchner.

For the respondent there was a brief by the Attorney General and Harold H. Persons and E. Weston Wood, assistant attorneys general, and Neil Conway, inheritance tax counsel, and oral argument by Mr. Persons and Mr. Conway.


CURRIE, J.

The appellant executor advances the following three contentions on this appeal:

(1) Certain sales of shares of stock of the Wisconsin Box Company conclusively establish the fair market value of the stock in said company owned by the deceased at the time of his death on May 3, 1952, at $100 per share.

(2) If such sales are held not to be conclusive in establishing such market value, the trial court's determination of a value of $140 per share...

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