Section 4.4.2.4.3

4.4.2.4.3. Exchanges of Property.Sales involving an exchange of property generally introduce too many collateral issues to be reliable indicators of market value. As the Fifth Circuit explained, if evidence of an exchange “is to be considered as proof of present valuation, the values of such exchanged lands obviously must be proved by the same standards as attends proof of value of the property being condemned.”512