Stern v. Gray’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““It appears that the contentions of the appellant and respondent, as to the effect to be given to the definition in the Federal Act in determining the intent of our legislature, somewhat offset each other. To adopt either theory as controlling in this case would amount to an arbitrary assumption on our part as to what was in the legislative mind when the term ‘capital assets’ was inserted in our law. We must search further in an attempt to ascertain the proper meaning to he ascribed to the term in question.” Stern v. Gray, supra, 5 N.W.2d 299 at 302 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dilse v. Leer