FORM 10-Q

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D. C. 20549


[  X ]  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 For the quarterly period ended   January 31, 2003

[   ]  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ________________ to  ________________

                         Commission file number 1-3647

                                J.W. Mays, Inc.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           New York                          11-1059070
     (State or other jurisdiction of        (I.R.S. Employer
      incorporation or organization)         Identification No.)

9 Bond Street,  Brooklyn,  New York            11201-5805
(Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code) 718-624-7400

                                Not Applicable
             (Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
                         if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes   X  .       No      .

Number of shares outstanding of the issuer's common stock as of the latest
practicable date.

        Class                                Outstanding at March 10, 2003
Common Stock,  $1 par value                       2,033,280 shares

                                             This report contains 19 pages.
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                               J. W. MAYS,  INC.

                                     INDEX





                                                            Page No.


Part I  -   Financial Information:

          Consolidated Balance Sheet                          3

          Consolidated Statement of Income
            and Retained Earnings                             4

          Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income      4

          Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows                5

          Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements          6 - 11

          Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results
            of Operations and Financial Condition             12 - 14

          Controls and Procedures                             14


Part II  -  Other Information                                 15

          Signatures                                          16

          Certifications  - Chief Executive Officer           17
                          - Chief Financial Officer           18

          Exhibits        - 99(i)                             19
                          - 99(ii)                            19

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<CAPTION>
                       J.  W.  MAYS,  INC.
                   CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
                                                                     January 31,       July 31,
                             ASSETS                                     2003             2002
 --------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------  ---------------
                                                                    (Unaudited)       (Audited)

<S>                                                                <C>              <C>
Property and Equipment - Net (Notes 6 and 8)                        $32,981,984      $32,367,513
                                                                   -------------    -------------

Current Assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents                                           2,330,237        2,951,013
  Marketable securities  (Note 4)                                        44,925           44,653
  Receivables (Note 9)                                                  578,898          551,678
  Deferred income taxes                                                 126,000          107,000
  Prepaid expenses                                                    1,325,821        1,431,240
  Real estate taxes refundable                                              -             82,769
  Security deposits                                                      52,771           14,745
                                                                   -------------    -------------
       Total current assets                                           4,458,652        5,183,098
                                                                   -------------    -------------

Other Assets:
  Deferred charges                                                    2,869,962        2,858,009
  Less accumulated amortization                                       1,712,060        1,629,773
                                                                   -------------    -------------
       Net                                                            1,157,902        1,228,236
  Security deposits                                                     714,181          701,455
  Unbilled receivables (Note 9)                                       4,293,152        4,313,327
  Receivables (Note 9)                                                   66,013          193,444
  Marketable securities  (Note 4)                                     3,919,241        4,278,813
                                                                   -------------    -------------
       Total other assets                                            10,150,489       10,715,275
                                                                   -------------    -------------


        TOTAL ASSETS                                                $47,591,125      $48,265,886
                                                                   =============    =============

              LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
 ---------------------------------------------------------------

Long-Term Debt:
  Mortgages payable (Note 6)                                         $7,448,124       $7,778,871
  Other (Note 7)                                                        411,005          399,328
                                                                   -------------    -------------
       Total long-term debt                                           7,859,129        8,178,199
                                                                   -------------    -------------

Deferred Income Taxes                                                 3,022,000        3,093,000
                                                                   -------------    -------------

Current Liabilities:
  Accounts payable                                                       64,504           55,605
  Payroll and other accrued liabilities                                 730,683          808,807
  Income taxes payable                                                   13,835          747,268
  Other taxes payable                                                     4,435            3,676
  Current portion of long-term debt - mortgages payable (Note 6)        655,630          712,864
  Current portion of long-term debt - other (Note 7)                     52,771           14,745
                                                                   -------------    -------------
       Total current liabilities                                      1,521,858        2,342,965
                                                                   -------------    -------------

       Total liabilities                                             12,402,987       13,614,164
                                                                   -------------    -------------

Shareholders' Equity:
  Common stock, par value $1 each share (shares - 5,000,000
    authorized; 2,178,297 issued)                                     2,178,297        2,178,297
  Additional paid in capital                                          3,346,245        3,346,245
  Unrealized gain on available for sale securities                      749,618          880,810
  Retained earnings                                                  29,974,330       29,306,722
                                                                   -------------    -------------
                                                                     36,248,490       35,712,074
  Less common stock held in treasury, at cost - 145,017
    shares at January 31, 2003 and at July 31, 2002                   1,060,352        1,060,352
                                                                   -------------    -------------
       Total shareholders' equity                                    35,188,138       34,651,722
                                                                   -------------    -------------

Contingencies (Note 12)

       TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY                   $47,591,125      $48,265,886
                                                                   =============    =============

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


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                                                  J.  W. MAYS, INC.

                                   CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS


                                                                    Three Months Ended               Six Months Ended
                                                                         January 31,                     January 31,
                                                              --------------- ---------------- --------------- -----------
<S>                                                           <C>             <C>              <C>
                                                                     2003            2002             2003          2002
                                                              --------------  --------------   --------------  -----------
                                                                 (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)      (Unaudited)    (Unaudited)

Revenues
  Rental income (Notes 5 and 9)                                   $3,476,508      $3,075,088       $6,652,257    6,137,872

  Rental income - affiliated company (Note 9)                            -           103,402           69,629      206,805
                                                               --------------  --------------   --------------  -----------
      Total revenues                                               3,476,508       3,178,490        6,721,886    6,344,677
                                                               --------------  --------------   --------------  -----------


Expenses
  Real estate operating expenses                                   1,738,281       1,524,116        3,378,578    2,999,207
  Administrative and general expenses                                864,355         732,281        1,561,116    1,334,205
  Bad debt (recovery)                                               (163,009)            -           (163,009)         -
  Depreciation and amortization                                      298,032         281,305          589,942      561,610
                                                               --------------  --------------   --------------  -----------
       Total expenses                                              2,737,659       2,537,702        5,366,627    4,895,022
                                                               --------------  --------------   --------------  -----------
Income  from operations before investment income,
  interest expense and income taxes                                  738,849         640,788        1,355,259    1,449,655
                                                               --------------  --------------   --------------  -----------
Investment income and interest expense:
  Investment income (Note 4)                                          65,203          59,572          135,434      136,910
  Interest expense (Notes 6 and 11)                                 (138,520)       (178,931)        (280,085)    (361,564)
                                                               --------------  --------------   --------------  -----------
                                                                     (73,317)       (119,359)        (144,651)    (224,654)
                                                               --------------  --------------   --------------  -----------

Income before income taxes                                           665,532         521,429        1,210,608    1,225,001
Income taxes provided                                                315,000         176,000          543,000      492,000
                                                               --------------  --------------   --------------  -----------
Net income                                                           350,532         345,429          667,608      733,001

Retained earnings, beginning of period                            29,623,798      28,440,104       29,306,722   28,052,532
                                                               --------------  --------------   --------------  -----------
Retained earnings, end of period                                 $29,974,330     $28,785,533      $29,974,330   28,785,533
                                                               ==============  ==============   ==============  ===========

Income per common share  (Note 2)                                       $.17            $.17             $.33         $.36
                                                               ==============  ==============   ==============  ===========

Dividends per share                                                     $-              $-               $-           $-
                                                               ==============  ==============   ==============  ===========

Average common shares outstanding                                  2,033,280       2,033,280        2,033,280    2,033,280
                                                               ==============  ==============   ==============  ===========


See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

                                    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

                                                                    Three Months Ended               Six Months Ended
                                                                        January 31,                      January 31,
                                                              --------------- ---------------- --------------- -------------
                                                                     2003            2002             2003          2002
                                                              --------------  --------------   --------------  -----------
                                                                 (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)      (Unaudited)    (Unaudited)

Net Income                                                          $350,532        $345,429         $667,608     $733,001
                                                               --------------  --------------   --------------  -----------

Other comprehensive income, net of taxes (Note 3)


   Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities:
       Net of taxes (benefit) of $31,000 and $35,000 for the
       three months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002,
       respectively, and ($68,000) and $90,000 for the six
       months ended
       January 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively.                       61,460          68,466         (131,192)     173,989

      Less reclassification adjustment                                  (155)        (16,205)          (3,993)     (16,205)
                                                               --------------  --------------   --------------  -----------
  Other comprehensive income (loss)                                   61,305          52,261         (135,185)     157,784
                                                               --------------  --------------   --------------  -----------

                                                               --------------  --------------   --------------  -----------
Comprehensive Income                                                $411,837        $397,690         $532,423     $890,785
                                                               ==============  ==============   ==============  ===========
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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                                J.  W.  MAYS,  INC.

                        CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS


                                                                         Six Months Ended
                                                                            January 31,
                                                                  --------------  ---------------
                                                                        2003             2002
                                                                  --------------  ---------------
<S>                                                               <C>              <C>
                                                                    (Unaudited)      (Unaudited)

Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
Net income                                                             $667,608         $733,001

Adjustments to reconcile income to
 net cash provided by operating activities:
  Realized loss on marketable securities                                  3,993           16,205
  Depreciation and amortization                                         589,942          561,610
  Amortization of deferred expenses                                     123,874          122,498
  Other assets - deferred expenses                                      (53,540)         (74,296)
                      - unbilled receivables                             20,175           63,621
                      - unbilled receivables - affiliated company           -             90,968
                      - receivables                                     127,431          115,926
  Deferred income taxes                                                 (22,000)         158,000
Changes in:
  Receivables                                                           (27,220)         293,868
  Prepaid expenses                                                      105,419          133,903
  Real estate taxes refundable                                           82,769              -
  Accounts payable                                                        8,899           14,998
  Payroll and other accrued liabilities                                 (78,124)         (61,496)
  Income taxes payable                                                 (733,433)         (63,049)
  Other taxes payable                                                       759            2,238
                                                                   -------------    -------------
     Cash provided by operating activities                              816,552        2,107,995
                                                                   -------------    -------------

Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
  Capital expenditures                                               (1,204,413)        (424,999)
  Security deposits                                                     (50,752)         (23,890)
  Marketable securities:
    Receipts from sales or maturities                                   168,887          148,794
    Payments for purchases                                              (12,772)        (385,609)
                                                                   -------------    -------------
       Cash  (used) by investing activities                          (1,099,050)        (685,704)
                                                                   -------------    -------------

Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
  Borrowing - mortgage                                                      -          1,200,000
  Increase - security deposits                                           49,703           23,503
  Payments - mortgages and other debt                                  (387,981)        (530,162)
                                                                   -------------    -------------
      Cash provided (used) by financing activities                     (338,278)         693,341
                                                                   -------------    -------------

Increase (decrease) in cash                                            (620,776)       2,115,632

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period                      2,951,013        1,003,130
                                                                   -------------    -------------

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                           $2,330,237       $3,118,762
                                                                   =============    =============

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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                               J. W. MAYS,  INC.
                  NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


1. Accounting Records and Use of Estimates:

   The accounting records are maintained in accordance with accounting
   principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP").
   The preparation of the Company's financial statements in accordance with
   GAAP requires management to make estimates that affect the reported
   consolidated statements of income and retained earnings, comprehensive
   income, and the consolidated balance sheets and related disclosures.
   Actual results could differ from those estimates.

   The interim financial statements are prepared pursuant to the requirements
   for reporting on Form 10-Q.  The July 31, 2002 balance sheet was derived
   from audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures
   required by GAAP.  The interim financial statements and notes thereto
   should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes
   included in the Company's latest Form 10-K Annual Report for the fiscal
   year ended July 31, 2002.  In the opinion of management, the interim
   financial statements reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature
   necessary for a fair statement of the results for interim periods.  The
   results of operations for the current period are not necessarily indicative
   of the results for the entire fiscal year ending July 31, 2003.

2.   Income Per Share of Common Stock:

   Income per share has been computed by dividing the net income for the
   periods by the weighted average number of shares of common stock
   outstanding during the periods, adjusted for the purchase of treasury
   stock.  Shares used in computing income per share were 2,033,280 for the
   three and six months ended January 31, 2003, and the three and six months
   ended January 31, 2002.

3. Comprehensive Income:

   SFAS No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income", establishes standards for
   the reporting of comprehensive income and its components.  It requires all
   items that are required to be recognized as components of comprehensive
   income be reported in a financial statement that is displayed with the same
   prominence as other income statement information.  Comprehensive income is
   defined to include all changes in equity except those resulting from
   investments by and distributions to shareholders.

4. Marketable Securities:

   The Company categorizes marketable securities as either trading, available-
   for-sale or held-to-maturity.  Trading securities are carried at fair value
   with unrealized gains and losses included in income.  Available-for-sale
   securities are carried at fair value with unrealized gains and losses
   recorded as a separate component of shareholders' equity.  Held-to-maturity
   securities are carried at amortized cost.  Dividends and interest income
   are accrued as earned.

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As of January 31, 2003, the Company's marketable securities were classified as follows:

                                                                                   Gross            Gross
                                                                                Unrealized       Unrealized        Fair
                                                                    Cost           Gains           Losses          Value
                                                               -------------  -------------    -------------  -------------
  Current:

<S>          <C>                                               <C>            <C>              <C>            <C>
            Certificate of deposit                                   $44,925           $-               $-          $44,925
                                                                =============  =============    =============  =============

  Noncurrent:
            Available-for-sale:
              Equity securities                                   $2,783,623     $1,135,618             $-       $3,919,241
                                                                =============  =============    =============  =============


  Investment income consists of the following:

                                                                    Three Months Ended              Six Months Ended
                                                                        January 31,                     January 31,
                                                               --------------  -------------    -------------  -------------
                                                                   2003           2002             2003           2002
                                                               --------------  -------------    -------------  -------------
            Interest income                                          $14,921        $25,900          $35,464        $59,563
            Dividend income                                           50,437         49,877          103,963         93,552
            (Loss) on sale of marketable securities                     (155)       (16,205)          (3,993)       (16,205)
                                                                -------------  -------------    -------------  -------------
                 Total                                               $65,203        $59,572         $135,434       $136,910
                                                                =============  =============    =============  =============

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5. Financial Instruments and Credit Risk Concentrations:

   Financial instruments that are potentially subject to concentrations of
   credit risk consist principally of marketable securities, cash and cash
   equivalents and receivables.  Marketable securities and cash and cash
   equivalents are placed with high credit quality financial institutions and
   instruments to minimize risk.

   The Company derives rental income from thirty-nine tenants, of which one
   tenant accounted for 17.61% and another tenant accounted for 14.81% of
   rental income during the six months ended January 31, 2003.  No other
   tenant accounted for more than 10% of rental income during the same
   period.

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6. Long-Term Debt:


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<CAPTION>
Long Term Debt:
                                                                   January 31, 2003                   July 31, 2002
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         Current
                                         Annual    Final           Due             Due               Due              Due
                                        Interest  Payment         Within          After             Within           After
                                          Rate      Date         One Year        One Year          One Year        One Year
<S>                                <C> <C>       <C>         <C>             <C>               <C>             <C>
                                        -------  --------    --------------  --------------    --------------  ---------------

Mortgages:
  Jamaica, New York property       (a)        5%  4/01/07          $266,667      $2,200,000          $266,667       $2,333,333
  Jamaica, New York property       (b)     6.98%  8/01/06           150,444       3,164,811           145,257        3,240,406
  Jowein building, Brooklyn, N.Y.  (c)      9 %   3/31/05           128,827         178,026           123,220          243,872
  Fishkill, New York property      (d)     8.25%  7/01/04           109,692       1,905,287           105,275        1,961,260
  Circleville, Ohio property       (e)      7 %   9/30/02                 -               -            72,445                -
                                                              --------------  --------------    --------------  ---------------
       Total                                                       $655,630      $7,448,124          $712,864       $7,778,871
                                                              ==============  ==============    ==============  ===============
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(a)  The Company, on September 11, 1996, closed a loan with a bank in the
   amount of $4,000,000.  The loan is secured by a first mortgage lien covering
   the entire leasehold interest of the Company, as tenant, in a certain ground
   lease and building in the Jamaica, New York property.  The interest rate on
   the loan was 8.50% for a period of five (5) years and six (6) months, with
   such rate to change on the first day of the sixty-seventh (67th) month of
   the term to a rate equal to the then prime rate plus .25%, fixed for the
   balance of the term.  As of April 1, 2002, the effective rate was reduced
   to 5.00% per annum.  The loan is to become due and payable on the first day
   of the month following the expiration of ten (10) years and six (6) months
   from the closing date.

(b)  The Company, on December 13, 2000, closed a loan with a bank in the
   amount of $3,500,000.  The loan is secured by a second position leasehold
   mortgage covering the entire leasehold interest of the Company as tenant in
   a certain ground lease and building in the Jamaica, New York property.
   The loan proceeds were utilized by the Company toward its costs of capital
   improvements of the premises in connection with the Company's lease of a
   significant portion of a floor in the building to the State of New York.

   The loan is structured in two phases:

      1.)  A fifteen-month construction term with interest only on the
      amount owing at a floating rate per annum equal to the prime rate.

      2.)  Upon completion of the renovations, the construction loan was
      converted to a ten (10) year second mortgage permanent loan on a
      fifteen (15) year level amortization, plus interest.  The interest
      rate on the permanent loan during the first five (5) years is fixed at
      6.98% per annum.  The interest rate during the five (5) year renewal
      term is at a fixed rate per annum equal to 2.25% above the five (5)
      year Treasury Note Rate then in effect.

   Payments are to be made, in arrears, on the first day of each and every
   month calculated (a) during the period of the construction loan,
   interest only, and (b) during the ten (10) year period of the term loan,
   at the sum of the interest rate plus amortization sufficient to fully
   liquidate the loan over a fifteen (15) year period.  As additional
   collateral security, the Company will conditionally assign to the bank
   all leases and rents on the premises, or portions thereof, whether now
   existing or hereafter consummated.  The Company has an option to prepay
   principal, in whole or in part, plus interest accrued thereon, at any

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   time during the term, without premium or penalty.  Other provisions of
   the loan agreement provide certain restrictions on the incurrence of
   indebtedness and the sale or transfer of the Company's ground lease
   interest in the premises.  Both credit facilities are subject to the
   bank's existing first position mortgage loan on the premises.  On August
   2, 2001, the Company took down the balance of the loan of $1,200,000.


(c)Mortgage is held by an affiliated corporation owned by members,
   including certain directors of the Company, of the family of the late
   Joe Weinstein, former Chairman of the Board of Directors.  Interest and
   amortization of principal are paid quarterly. Effective April 1, 2000,
   the maturity date of the mortgage was extended to March 31, 2005.  The
   interest rate remained at 9% per annum.  During the extended period the
   constant quarterly payments of interest and principal increased from
   $37,263 to $38,044.  The mortgage loan is self-amortizing.

(d)On June 2, 1999, the existing first mortgage loan balance on the
   Fishkill, New York property was extended for a period of five years.
   Under the terms of the extension agreement the annual interest rate was
   reduced from 9% to 8.25% and the interest and principal payments are to
   be made in constant monthly amounts based upon a fifteen (15) year
   payout period.

(e)The mortgage loan, which was self-amortizing, matured September 30,
   2002.  The final payment was made September 1, 2002.

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7. Long-Term Debt - Other:

     Long-Term debt - Other consists of the following:
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<CAPTION>
                                                                   January 31, 2003                  July 31, 2002
                                                            ------------------------------    -----------------------------

                                                                    Due             Due              Due             Due
                                                                  Within           After           Within           After
                                                                 One Year        One Year         One Year        One Year
<S>                                                          <C>             <C>              <C>             <C>
                                                             -------------   -------------    -------------   -------------

Lease security deposits                                            $52,771        $411,005          $14,745        $399,328
                                                              =============   =============    =============   =============
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Does not include three irrevocable letters of credit totaling $319,000 at
   January 31, 2003 and July 31, 2002, provided by three tenants.

8. Property and Equipment - at cost:

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<CAPTION>
                                                                    January 31,       July 31,
                                                                       2003             2002
                                                                ---------------  ---------------
<S>                                                              <C>              <C>
Property:
  Buildings and improvements                                       $45,187,472      $43,962,492
  Improvements  to  leased  property                                 9,158,009        9,158,009
  Land                                                               4,008,835        4,008,835
  Construction in progress                                                 -             68,520
                                                                  -------------    -------------
                                                                    58,354,316       57,197,856
  Less accumulated depreciation                                     25,666,582       25,104,318
                                                                  -------------    -------------
     Property - net                                                 32,687,734       32,093,538
                                                                  -------------    -------------

Fixtures and equipment and other:
  Fixtures and equipment                                               683,256          657,013
  Other fixed assets                                                   215,099          216,702
                                                                  -------------    -------------
                                                                       898,355          873,715
  Less accumulated depreciation                                        604,105          599,740
                                                                  -------------    -------------
  Fixtures and equipment and other - net                               294,250          273,975
                                                                  -------------    -------------

        Property and equipment - net                               $32,981,984      $32,367,513

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9.   Unbilled Receivables and Rental Income:

     Unbilled receivables represent the excess of scheduled rental income
     recognized on a straight-line basis over rental income as it becomes
     receivable according to the provisions of each lease.

     The Company had leased from an affiliate one of the stores which was
     closed in connection with its reorganization proceedings in 1982. The
     Company, by agreement with the affiliate, modified and assigned its lease
     to a third party.  The agreement with the affiliate provided for certain
     monthly payments to be made to the Company through August 30, 2002, the
     termination date of the agreement.  Rental income includes $69,629 for the
     six months ended January 31, 2003, and $206,805 for the six months ended
     January 31, 2002, representing rentals from the affiliated company.

     Rental income from the affiliate includes $103,402 for the quarter ended
     January 31, 2002.  There was no rental income from the affiliate for the
     quarter ended January 31, 2003 since the agreement with the affiliate
     terminated on August 30, 2002.

10.  Employees' Retirement Plan:

     The Company sponsors a noncontributory Money Purchase Plan covering
     substantially all of its employees.  Operations were charged $73,158 and
     $138,146 as contributions to the Plan for the three and six months ended
     January 31, 2003, respectively, and $67,651 and $131,238 as contributions
     to the plan for the three and six months ended January 31, 2002,
     respectively.

11.  Cash Flow Information:

     For purposes of reporting cash flows, the Company considers cash
     equivalents to consist of short-term highly liquid investments with
     maturities of three months or less, which are readily convertible into
     cash.

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Supplemental disclosure:                                 Six Months Ended
<CAPTION>
                                                            January 31,
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                          2003           2002
                                                  ------------------------------

<S>                                               <C>            <C>
Interest paid                                           $282,210       $357,098
Income taxes paid                                     $1,298,433       $397,049
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12.  Contingencies:

     There are various lawsuits and claims pending against the Company.  It is
     the opinion of management that the resolution of these matters will not
     have a material adverse effect on the Company's Consolidated Financial
     Statements.

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                               J. W. MAYS, INC.
         MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
                            AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

Results of Operations:

Three Months Ended January 31, 2003 Compared to the Three Months Ended January
31, 2002:

In the three months ended January 31, 2003, the Company reported net income of
$350,532, or $.17 per share.  In the comparable three months ended January 31,
2002, the Company reported net income of $345,429, or $.17 per share.

Revenues in the current three months increased to $3,476,508 from $3,178,490
in the comparable 2002 three months.

Real estate operating expenses in the current three months increased to
$1,738,281 from $1,524,116 in the comparable 2002 three months primarily due
to an increase in payroll, real estate taxes, insurance, maintenance and
utility costs.

Administrative and general expenses in the current three months increased to
$864,355 from $732,281 in the comparable 2002 three months due to an increase
in insurance, and legal and professional costs.

Depreciation and amortization expense in the current three months increased to
$298,032 from $281,305 in the comparable 2002 three months, primarily due to
depreciation on the additional improvements to the Jamaica, New York property.

Interest expense in the current three months exceeded investment income by
$73,317 and by $119,359 in the comparable 2002 three months. The decrease was
due to a reduction of the interest rate on a mortgage on the Jamaica, New York
property and by scheduled repayments of debt.

The bad debt recovery in the amount of $163,009 in the three months ended
January 31, 2003 relates to a prior year's bad debt write-off of one of the
retail tenants at the Jamaica, New York property.

Six Months Ended January 31, 2003 Compared to the Six Months Ended January 31,
2002:

In the six months ended January 31, 2003, the Company reported net income of
$667,608, or $.33 per share.  In the comparable six months ended January 31,
2002, the Company reported net income of $733,001, or $.36 per share.

Revenues in the current six months increased to $6,721,886 from $6,344,677 in
the comparable 2002 six months.

Real estate operating expenses in the current six months increased to
$3,378,578 from $2,999,207 in the comparable 2002 six months primarily due to
an increase in payroll, real estate taxes, insurance, maintenance and utility
costs.

Administrative and general expenses in the current six months increased to
$1,561,116 from $1,334,205 in the comparable 2002 six months due to an
increase in insurance, and legal and professional costs.

Depreciation and amortization expense in the current six months increased to
$589,942 from $561,610 in the comparable 2002 six months, primarily due to
depreciation on the additional improvements to the Jamaica, New York property.

Interest expense in the current six months exceeded investment income by
$144,651 and by $224,654 in the comparable 2002 six months. The decrease was
due to a reduction of the interest rate on a mortgage on the Jamaica, New York
property and by scheduled repayments of debt.

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The bad debt recovery in the amount of $163,009 in the six months ended
January 31, 2003 relates to a prior year's bad debt write-off of one of the
retail tenants at the Jamaica, New York property.


Liquidity and Capital Resources:

The Company has been operating as a real estate enterprise since the
discontinuance of the retail department store segment of its operations on
January 3, 1989.

Management considers current working capital and borrowing capabilities
adequate to cover the Company's planned operating and capital requirements.
The Company's cash and cash equivalents amounted to $2,330,237 at January 31,
2003.

One tenant occupies the entire Circleville, Ohio property comprising a
warehouse distribution building of approximately 193,000 square feet on
approximately 11.66 acreage of land.  The lease which commenced September 24,
1992, terminated September 30, 2002.  An extension and modification of lease
(term and rental) for the entire premises has been executed for a three year
period to September 30, 2005.  The tenant has the option to surrender up to
73,350 square feet of the 193,000 square feet, on or after May 31, 2003.

The Company has obtained a judgment at a Trial Court in the New York State
Court of Claims in the amount of $4,147,500, plus interest and legal fees,
against the State of New York in connection with a condemnation by the State
affecting a portion of the Fishkill, New York  property.  On appeal by the
State of New York to the Appellate Division of the State of New York, the
judgment was reversed and the award reduced to $24,105.  The Company had made
a motion to the Appellate Division to: (1) increase the award; and (2) for
leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals, both of which were denied, except
that the Appellate Division increased the award from $24,105 to $81,677.  The
Company is now seeking leave to appeal directly to the New York State Court of
Appeals.

As of July 31, 2002, one of the retail tenants at the Company's Jamaica, New
York location, under lease dated March 29, 1990, as amended, was in arrears in
the payment of fixed rent, additional rent and other operating expenses of
$163,009.  The tenant filed under Chapter 11 of United States Bankruptcy Code
on October 7, 2002.  The Company at the time had reason to believe that the
tenant did not intend to pay the $163,009 and, accordingly, elected at July
31, 2002, to write off the amount due of $163,009 as a bad debt.  The bad debt
recovery in the amount of $163,009 in the three and six months ended January
31, 2003 represents payment by the tenant of the above amount.

At December 4, 2002, the date of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
Quarter ended October 31, 2002, the retail tenant at the Company's Jamaica,
New York location that filed under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy
Code on October 7, 2002, had not paid the fixed rent and the additional rent
and other operating expenses due for the period August 1, 2002 through October
6, 2002, totaling $186,766.  At the time, the Company had reason believe that
the tenant did not intend to pay such amount and, accordingly, did not record
as income, during the three months ended October 31, 2002, the amount of
$186,766.  The tenant paid the amount of $186,766 less $100,000 credit to
vacate the premises by February 10, 2003, during the three months ended
January 31, 2003, and accordingly and the Company has recorded the amount as
income during the three and six month periods January 31, 2003.  The tenant
has paid the fixed rent and additional rent and other operating expenses for
the period October 7, 2002 through January 31, 2003.  The tenant vacated the
premises in March, 2003.  The annual fixed rent, additional rent and other
operating costs paid by the tenant were approximately $1,000,000.  The Company
is actively seeking a tenant(s) for the vacated space.

The City of New York, a tenant in the Company's Jowein building in Brooklyn,
New York, whose lease expires April 29, 2010, has elected to exercise its
option to terminate the Lease Agreement effective May 31, 2004.   The
approximate loss in annual revenue to the Company commencing June 1, 2004,
relating to the termination of the lease will approximate $2,350,000.  The
Company is actively seeking, through brokers, tenants to occupy the space to
be vacated as well as the additional 95,000 square feet of available rentable
space in the building.

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Cash Flows From Operating Activities:

Receivables:  The Company is due the amount of $314,988 as of January 31, 2003
as reimbursement for expenditures for renovations made on behalf of a tenant
at the Jamaica, New York building.  The amount of $314,988 is to be paid in
installments through April, 2004.  The original amount of the reimbursement
was $1,591,753 of which $1,276,765 has been received.

Prepaid Expenses:  Expenditures for the six months ended January 31, 2003
increased by $242,592 compared to the three months ended January 31, 2002, due
to an increase in real estate taxes and insurance premiums.

Cash Flows From Investing Activities:

Capital expenditures:  The Company had expenditures of $596,739 for the six
months ended January 31, 2003 for the upgrading of electrical service and the
renovation of a portion of the exterior of its Brooklyn, New York building.
The total cost was $680,134.  The total expenditures as of January 31, 2003
were $665,259.  The project was completed in January, 2003.  The Company also
had expenditures of $287,617 for the six months ended January 31, 2003 for the
renovation of a portion of the exterior of its Jamaica, New York building.
The total cost was $287,617.  The project was completed in December, 2002.

Controls and Procedures

We currently have in place systems relating to internal controls with respect
to our financial information.  We also have in place disclosure controls and
procedures with respect to ensuring that all material information required to
be filed in this Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended January
31, 2003, has been made known to management, and especially the Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, in a timely fashion.  Our
management periodically reviews and evaluates these internal controls and
disclosure controls and procedures with our internal auditor and our
independent auditors and has done so within 90 days of filing of this
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.  We have determined that the internal controls
and the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the date of
their evaluation in timely alerting them to material information (both of a
financial and a non-financial nature) relating to the Company, including its
consolidated subsidiaries.

We have determined that there have been no significant changes in our internal
controls and our disclosure controls and procedures or in other factors that
could significantly affect these controls subsequent to our most recent
evaluation.  While we believe that our internal controls and our disclosure
controls and procedures are effective, we understand that the SEC may be
promulgating additional rules relating to disclosure controls and procedures.
We cannot provide assurance that either our internal controls or our
disclosure controls and procedures will not change in the future to reflect
new rules of the SEC.

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Part II - Other Information

  Item 6 - Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

   (a)  List of Exhibits:
                                                           Sequentially
   Exhibit                                                   Numbered
    Number                     Exhibit                          Page

      (2) Plan of acquisition, reorganization, arrangement,
           liquidation or succession.                              N/A

      (4) Instruments defining the rights of security holders,
           including indentures.                                   N/A

     (10) Material contracts.                                      N/A

     (11) Statement re computation of per share earnings.          N/A

     (15) Letter re unaudited interim financial information.       N/A

     (18) Letter re change in accounting principles.               N/A

     (19) Report furnished to security holders.                    N/A

     (22) Published report regarding matters submitted to vote
          of security holders.                                     N/A

     (24) Power of attorney.                                       N/A

     (27) Financial data schedule.                                 N/A

     (99) Additional exhibits--Certifications Pursuant to
          Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002;
          18 U.S.C. sec. 1350:

          (i)  Chief Executive Officer

          (ii) Chief Financial Officer

   (b)  Reports on Form 8-K - No report on Form 8-K was required to be filed
        by the Company during the three months ended January 31, 2003.

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                                  SIGNATURES



     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the

registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the

undersigned thereunto duly authorized.




                                                J.W. MAYS, Inc.
                                                ---------------------------
                                                (Registrant)



Date     March 10, 2003                        Lloyd J. Shulman
                                               ----------------------------
                                               Lloyd J. Shulman
                                               President
                                               Chief Executive Officer



Date     March 10, 2003                        Alex Slobodin
                                               ----------------------------
                                               Alex Slobodin
                                               Exec. Vice-President
                                               (Principal Financial Officer)


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CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


In connection with the Report on Form 10-Q of J.W. Mays, Inc. (the "Company")
and its subsidiaries for the Quarterly Period ended January 31, 2003 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Report"), I, Lloyd J.
Shulman, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify under oath that:

 1.    I have reviewed the Report being filed;

 2.    Based on my knowledge, the Report does not contain any untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
     to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
     such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
     covered by the Report;

 3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
     information included in the Report, fairly present in all material
     respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
     of the Company as of, and for, the period presented in the Report;

 4.    I and the other certifying officers are responsible for establishing
     and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is
     defined in paragraph (c) of Rule 13a-14) for the Company and have:

     i.   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that
          material information relating to the Company, including its
          consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to them by others within
          those entities, particularly during the period in which the
          periodic reports are being prepared;

     ii.  Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls
          and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date
          of the Report ("Evaluation Date"); and

     iii. Presented in the Report their conclusions about the effectiveness
          of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluation
          as of the Evaluation Date;

 5.    I and the other certifying officers have disclosed, based on their
     most recent evaluation, to the Company's auditors and the audit
     committee of the board of directors (or persons fulfilling the
     equivalent function):

     i. All significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
        controls which could adversely affect the Company's ability to
        record, process, summarize and report financial data and have
        identified for the Company's auditors any material weaknesses in
        internal controls; and

     ii.Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
        other employees who have a significant role in the Company's
        internal controls; and

 6.    I and the other certifying officers have indicated in the report
     whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or
     in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls
     subsequent to the date of their most recent evaluation, including any
     corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material
     weaknesses.

                                          Lloyd J. Shulman
                                          ------------------------
                                          Lloyd J. Shulman
                                          President
                                          Chief Executive Officer

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CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


In connection with the Report on Form 10-Q of J.W. Mays, Inc. (the "Company")
and its subsidiaries for the Quarterly Period ended January 31, 2003 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Report"), I, Alex Slobodin,
Principal Financial Officer of the Company, certify under oath that:

 1.    I have reviewed the Report being filed;

 2.    Based on my knowledge, the Report does not contain any untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
     to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
     such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
     covered by the Report;

 3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
     information included in the Report, fairly present in all material
     respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
     of the Company as of, and for, the period presented in the Report;

 4.    I and the other certifying officers are responsible for establishing
     and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is
     defined in paragraph (c) of Rule 13a-14) for the Company and have:

     i.   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that
          material information relating to the Company, including its
          consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to them by others within
          those entities, particularly during the period in which the
          periodic reports are being prepared;

     ii.  Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls
          and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date
          of the Report ("Evaluation Date"); and

     iii. Presented in the Report their conclusions about the effectiveness
          of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluation
          as of the Evaluation Date;

 5.    I and the other certifying officers have disclosed, based on their
     most recent evaluation, to the Company's auditors and the audit
     committee of the board of directors (or persons fulfilling the
     equivalent function):

     i. All significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
        controls which could adversely affect the Company's ability to
        record, process, summarize and report financial data and have
        identified for the Company's auditors any material weaknesses in
        internal controls; and

     ii.Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
        other employees who have a significant role in the Company's
        internal controls; and

 6.    I and the other certifying officers have indicated in the report
     whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or
     in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls
     subsequent to the date of their most recent evaluation, including any
     corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material
     weaknesses.

                                          Alex Slobodin
                                          ------------------------
                                          Alex Slobodin
                                          Executive Vice President
                                          Chief Financial Officer

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                                                              EXHIBIT 99(i)
                                 CERTIFICATION
           PURSUANT TO SECTION 1350 OF CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 18 OF THE
             UNITED STATES CODE AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
                       OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the filing of the Report on Form 10-Q of J.W. Mays, Inc.
and its subsidiaries for the Quarterly Period ended January 31, 2003, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Report), Lloyd J. Shulman,
Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of
J.W. Mays, Inc., hereby certifies, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. sec. 1350, that:

   (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
        15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and

   (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
        material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
        of J.W. Mays, Inc.


Dated: March 10, 2003
                                        Lloyd J. Shulman
                                        -----------------------------------
                                        Lloyd J. Shulman
                                        Chairman, President, Chief Executive
                                        Officer and Chief Operating Officer



                                                             EXHIBIT 99(ii)
                                 CERTIFICATION
           PURSUANT TO SECTION 1350 OF CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 18 OF THE
             UNITED STATES CODE AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
                       OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the filing of the Report on Form 10-Q of J.W. Mays, Inc.
and its subsidiaries for the Quarterly Period ended January 31, 2003, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Report), Alex Slobodin,
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of J.W. Mays, Inc.,
hereby certifies, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
18 U.S.C. sec. 1350, that:

   (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
        15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and

   (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
        material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
        of J.W. Mays, Inc.


Dated: March 10, 2003
                                        Alex Slobodin
                                        ----------------------------
                                        Alex Slobodin
                                        Executive Vice President and
                                        Chief Financial Officer


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