Ross v. Cuyahoga Cty. Bd. of Revision (Slip Opinion)

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as
Ross v. Cuyahoga Cty. Bd. of Revision, Slip Opinion No. 2015-Ohio-3443.]
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2015-OHIO-3443
ROSS ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. CUYAHOGA COUNTY BOARD OF REVISION ET AL.,
APPELLEES.
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it
may be cited as Ross v. Cuyahoga Cty. Bd. of Revision, Slip Opinion
No. 2015-Ohio-3443.]
Taxation—Real-property valuation—Board of Tax Appeals’ decision vacated and
cause remanded for consideration in light of Schwartz v. Cuyahoga Cty.
Bd. of Revision.
(No. 2013-1951—Submitted January 13, 2015—Decided August 28, 2015.)
APPEAL from the Board of Tax Appeals, No. 2013-607.
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Per Curiam.
{¶ 1} The decision of the Board of Tax Appeals (“BTA”) is vacated and
the cause is remanded for further proceedings in light of Schwartz v. Cuyahoga
Cty. Bd. of Revision, Slip Opinion No. 2015-Ohio-3431, which addressed a
property located in close proximity to the property at issue here and which held
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO
that a recent, arm’s-length sale price of $5,000 was the value of the property. On
remand, the BTA shall consider the $5,000 value of the Schwartz property along
with all the other evidence currently in the record to determine the value of the
property at issue.
Decision vacated,
and cause remanded.
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and O’NEILL, JJ.,
concur.
KENNEDY and FRENCH, JJ., dissent.
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J. Alex Morton, for appellants.
Timothy J. McGinty, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Reno J.
Oradini Jr., Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellees.
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