Masheter v. Brewer

This court, in Masheter v. Hoffman (1973), 34 Ohio St. 2d 213, 298 N. E. 2d 142, established the rule in Ohio that evidence of sale prices of other comparable real property is admissible "as substantive proof of the fair market value of the property to be appropriated, where such sales were concluded between purchasers who were willing, but not required, to buy and sellers who were willing, but not required, to sell.”

However, the instant case presents an issue which was not considered in that case: Where the sale of other comparable property is to an authority under its power of…