Legal Opinion

The First National Bank of Kenosha, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ethel M. Rudy v. United States

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided June 7, 1985No. 84-1679PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

In this action for a refund of estate taxes, the First National Bank of Kenosha, as representative of the estate of Ethel M. Rudy (“the estate”) argues that trial error mandates reversal of a jury verdict assessing the value of a farm at $1,100,000. We affirm.

I

Mrs. Ethel Rudy died on March 13, 1978, leaving a 192.6 acre farm located in the Town of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, just outside the city limits of Kenosha. Mrs. Rudy’s estate filed a federal estate tax return in which it valued the property at $405,000. The Internal Revenue Service subsequently determined the…

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