 | Board of Visitors minutes June 9, 1943 |  |
JOSEPH HARVEY RILEY PROPERTY - REPORT ON SAME BY MR. GARNETT:
Under date of May 7, 1943, Mr. Christopher B. Garnett, to whom was referred for investigation the
property mentioned in the will of Mr. Riley, wrote the Rector and President, as follows:
You will probably recall that at a recent meeting of the Board of Visitors the matter of the
devise by Joseph Harvey Riley to the University of Virginia as remainderman of his property,
containing 8.312 acres in Falls Church, Virginia, was referred to me.
I have ascertained from my Fairfax office that the property which is the subject of this
devise, located in the town of Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, contains 8.312 acres and a
residence thereon. This property, with the improvements, was assessed in the year 1942 at $4874,
carrying a tax rate of $108.69. Property in Falls Church is usually assessed at 33 1/3% of its
value. Mr. James U. Kicheloe, Commissioner of Revenue for Fairfax County, informs us that if
the house is in any kind of condition the property is worth $20,000.
For your files I am enclosing herewith a copy of the holographic will of Joseph Harvey
Riley, which was admitted to probate in the Clerk's Office of Fairfax County, Virginia on February
24, 1942, at which time Mr. Riley's sister, Margaret R. Parket, one of the beneficaries
under his will, qualified as administratrix S.t.a.
| Board of Visitors minutes June 9, 1943 | |