John Smith
          1886

Estate of John Smith 1886
From LDS microfilm #2057237

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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ST. JOHN'S }
To Wit          } I do swear that I believe that John Smith, late of Manuels in the Central District of Newfoundland, Farmer, deceased, died without a Will; and that I will well and truly administer all and every the Goods of the said deceased and pay his debts, so far as his 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 his 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 he died possessed of, within the jurisdiction of this Court, do not, according to the best of my knowledge, judgment and belief, amount to the value of One Thousand Dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's, the eleventh day of
August in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight          Alice X (her mark) Smith
Hundred and Eighty-six (having been first read over
and explained.
Geo. J. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits

1886

Estate of John Smith
late of Manuels
in the Central District,
Farmer, deceased.

Dated 14^th August 1886

Admin          granted to
Alice Smith of
Manuels,Widow.

Sureties
John Boyd
John Shea

Estate sworn under $1000.00

To The Honorable Sir F.B.T. Carter K.C.M.G Knight Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland or to one of the Honorable the assistant Judges thereof.

          The Petition of Alice Smith of Manuels on the South Shore of Conception Bay, Widow

Humbly Sheweth

          That your Petitioner's Husband, John Smith, late of Manuels aforesaid, Farmer, died at that place on or about the twenty fifth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty five.

          That your Petitioner's said Husband left him surviving your Petitioner, Two Sons and Three daughters, all of whom are over the age of twenty one years.

          That at the time of the decease of the said John Smith he was possessed of property and effects of the probable value of Eight Hundred Dollars.

          That said deceased made no will.

          That no Probate or Letters of Aministration has as yet been granted to said Estate.

          Your Petitioner therefore prays that Letters of Administration to the said Estate may be granted to her.

          And as in duty bound will ever pray.

          St. John's, August 1886.

Witness the same having first been
read over and explained.

J. Augustus Clift
Solicitor

Supreme Court
Newfoundland

St. John's }
To wit      }Alice Smith of Manuels, but at present of St. John's, Widow, the Petitioner within named maketh oath and saith that the contents of the within written Petition are, to the best of Deponents knowledge and belief, correct and true.

Sworn before me at St. John's aforesaid          Alice X (her mark) Smith
this 16^th day of August A.D. 1886 - the same
having first been read over and explained.

Geo. J. Adams
Commissioner

Supreme Court
Newfoundland

In the matter of the Estate of
John Smith, late of Manuels,
Farmer, deceased.

Petition of Letters of Administration
to be granted to Widow.

Fiat per Admn as prayed.
J. J. Little
A.J.

Filed August 11/86

J. A. Clift
Proctor

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered, That on this Eleventh day of August in the 50^th 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-six personally appeared Alice Smith of Manuels, Conception Bay in the Central District of Newfoundland, Widow, John Boyd of St. John's, Merchant and John Shea of same place, Grocer, and did acknowledge themselves to be held and firmly bound to our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, in the penal Sum of Two Thousand 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 Alice Smith, as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of John Smith late of  Manuels, 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 Alice Smith as such Administratrix or to the hands or possession of any other person, or persons, for her and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, at or before the Eleventh day of February 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 his death, or which at any time afterwards shall come into the hands or possession of  her the said Alice Smith 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 Eleventh day of August which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty seven 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 and do pay and dispose of in due course of Administration, or in such a manner as the said Court shall direct; then this obligation to be void and of no effect, or else to be and remain in full force and virtue.

                                                                John Boyd
Signed and Sealed in                              John P. Shea
presence of
Geo. J. Adams
Commissioner

CERTIFICATE

I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof has been posted up in my office from the date thereof to the present and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.
Dated at St. John's this 18?^th day of August A.D. 1886.

Geo. J. Adams
A.C., S.C.

NOTICE

Three days after date, application will be made to one of the Honorable the Judges of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland for Letters of Administration to the Estate of John Smith, late of Manuels, Conception Bay, Fisherman, Farmer, deceased, to be granted to Alice Smith, Widow of said deceased.
(Initials O.E. in left margin)
Dated at St. John's this 26^th day of July 1886.

(Initials O.E.)
J. A. Clift
Proctor