WI · jury_instructions
Wis JI-Civil 8120
Eminent Domain: Comparable Sales Approach
You have heard testimony about other sales [and contracts] to assist you in determining
the fair market value of the property on (date of evaluation) [and/or the fair market value
of the remaining property immediately after (date of evaluation), as if the public project
had been completed by (date of evaluation)].
In determining fair market value, you must consider the price and other terms and
circumstances of any good faith sale of [or contract for the sale of] comparable property.
A sale [or contract] is comparable if it was made within a reasonable time before or after
(date of evaluation) and if that property is sufficiently similar with respect to location,
situation, usability, improvements, and other characteristics to warrant a reasonable belief
that it is comparable to the property [or remaining property] being valued.
You are to consider all the elements of similarity and dissimilarity in deciding whether
the other sales [or contracts] assist you in determining the fair market value of the property
on (date of evaluation) [and/or the fair market value of the remaining property immediately
after (date of evaluation) as if the public project had been completed by (date of
evaluation)].
History
Wis JI-Civil 8120 (2022). Release No. 53. Wisconsin Court System, 2022. Prepared by the Wisconsin Civil Jury Instructions Committee of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference with the University of Wisconsin Law School; posted by the Wisconsin State Law Library with the University's permission.
Provenance
- Source
- wilawlibrary.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
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