Margaret Laird
          1885

Estate of Margaret Laird 1885
From LDS Microfilm #2057177

Supreme Court of Newfoundland.
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     ST. JOHN'S  }
To Wit:               } I do swear that I believe that Margaret Laird late of Saint John's widow deceased died without a Will; and that I will well and truly administer all and every the Goods of the said deceased and pay her debts so far as her Goods will extend; and that I will exhibit a true, full and perfect Inventory of the said Goods of the deceased, and render a true account of my Administration into the Registry of the said Court within six months from the date hereof, or when I shall be thereunto lawfully required; and that the whole of the Goods, Rights, Chattels, Assets, Credits and Effects of the said deceased which she died possessed of, within the jurisdiction of this Court, do not, according to the best of my knowledge, judgment and be-lief, amount to the value of One hundred --------- dollars

Sworn before me, at St. John's, the 21^st           }                    Helen J. Laird
day of January in the year of Our Lord             }
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty five  }
Geo. J. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits.

1885

Estate of Margaret Laird
late of St. John's
in the Central District.
widow deceased.

Dated 21^st day of January 1885
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Admin. granted to
Helen J. Laird of St John's
Spinster
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Sureties
John Boyd
and
Walter Clouston
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Est sworn under $100⁰⁰/100
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Supreme Court of Newfoundland.
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Be it Remembered, That on this Twenty first ------------------------day of January in the Forty Eighth ------------------ Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady VICTORIA, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c., and in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty personally appeared Helen J. Laird of St. John's Spinster John Boyd of same place merchant and Walter Clouston of same place Accountant --------------------- and did acknowledge themselves to be held and fimly bound to our said Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors, in the penal Sum of one hundred and Eighty nine dollars and Sixty nine cents Dollars, to be had, made and levied on their Goods, Chattels and Effects, jointly and severally, if Default is made in any of the conditions following:

NOW THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH, that if the above bounden Helen J. Laird --------------------- as Administrix of the Estate and Effects of Margaret Laird ---------------- late of Saint John's Widow ---------------------------- deceased do make, or cause to be made, a just, true, and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods, Credits and Effects of the said deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, possession, or knowledge of her the said Helen J. Laird ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- as such Administratrix or to the hands or possession of any other person or persons for her and the same do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, at or before the Twenty first day of July next ensuing the date hereof; and the said Goods, Chattels, Credits and Effects, and all other the Goods, Chattels, Credits and Effects of the said deceased, at the time of her death, or which at any time afterwards shall come into the hands or possession of her the said Helen J. Laird ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- or to the hands or possession of any other person or persons for her shall well and truly administer according to Law, and further shall make, or cause to be made, a just and true account of her said Administration, on or before the Twenty first day of January which will be in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hun-dred and Eighty Six and afterwards from time to time as she ---------------- shall be lawfully required. And all the rest, residue and remainder of the said Goods, Chattels, Credits and Effects, which shall be found remaining upon the said Administration Account, the same being examined and allowed by the said Supreme Court of Newfoundland, shall do any pay and dispose of in due course of Ad-ministration, or in such a manner as the Court shall direct; then this obligation to be void and of no effect, or else to be and remain in full force and virtue.
Signed and Sealed          }
in presence of                 }                                        Helen J. Laird
Geo. J. Adams                                                        John Boyd
Commr                                                                     Walter Clouston

(Note: Seals affixed to the right of each signature.)

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          I hereby certify that the notice written on the other side hereof was posted in my office from the day of the date hereof until the twentieth of December inst and that no caveat or other objection has been filed or posted
St Johns
Jan 20^th 1885
Geo J Adams
Asst. Clerk Sup Court
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Notice
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Three days from the date hereof I will apply to the Supreme Court or one of the Honorable the Judges thereof for Letters of Administration to the Estate and Effects of Margaret Laird late of St Johns deceased to be granted to Helen J Laird of St Johns spinster, neice of Deceased.
St Johns
_____                              November 24^th 1884
O.E.                                Oliphant Fraser
--------                              Proctor for Helen J. Laird
Nov 24/84
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To the Honorable the
Supreme Court or one
of the Honorable the
Judges thereof

The petition of Helen J. Laird of St Johns Spinster neice of the late ----- Margaret Laird of St Johns deceased.

Humbly Sheweth

          That Margaret Laird late of St - Johns aforesaid widow deceased died on or about the fifth day of July Anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty four intestate leaving her surviving her sister Jenett W Laird mother of your petitioner (who is now bedridden and unable to administer) and your petitioner

          That the said deceased at the time of her death was possessed of monies of the value of ninety four dollars and eighty three cents

          That no administration to the said estate has been granted or prayed for

          Petitioner therefore prays that

Letters

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Letters of Administration to the estate of the said Margaret Laird may be granted to her

          And as in duty bound she will ever pray
St Johns
January 13^th 1885
Witness                              }                    Helen. J. Laird
          Oliphant Fraser    }
Solicitor                            }

In the Supreme Court

St Johns      }
To wit         }
----------          Helen J Laird of St Johns aforesaid neice of the late Margaret Laird maketh oath and saith that the contents of the within petition are correct and true to the best of her Knowledge And belief and that she is the petitioner therein named
Sworn before me          }
at St Johns                    }
aforesaid this 13^th        }                    Helen. J. Laird
day of January AD       }
1885                            }
Otto Emerson            }
          Commr               }
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Supreme Court
Probate Side

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In the matter of the
intestate estate of
Margaret Laird of St
Johns Deceased
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Fiat for admin
J.J. Little
A.J.

Petition of Helen J. Laird
neice of Deceased for
Letters of Administration

I Oliphant Fraser
Proctor