Fray v. County of Culpeper

On March 29, 1968, petitioner, J. L. Fray, administrator of the estate of Jackson Lee Fray, filed an application under Code § 58-1145 for relief of an allegedly excessive 1968 assessment of real property located on East Davis Street in the Town of Culpeper. After hearing the evidence ore tenus, the trial court sustained the assessment on the ground that the petitioner had “not carried the burden of proof and shown that the * * * property was assessed at more than its fair market value.” We granted petitioner a writ of error.

The record shows that the land in question was assessed at $2,360 and…