Timothy Donovan

          1888

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND

ST. JOHN'S          }
To wit                   } I do swear that I believe that Timothy Donovan late of St. Johns in the Central District, Dealer 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 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  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 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 two hundred dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's, the 16^th day of                her
May in the year of Our Lord One Thousand    Catherine X Donovan
Eight Hundred and Eighty-eight (having been                 mark
first read over and explained.)

Geo. I. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits

Estate of Timothy Donovan

late of St. Johns

In the Central District

Dealer deceased

Dated 16^th May 1888

Admin granted to

Catherine Donovan
St. Johns, Widow

Sureties
John O'Dwyer
James N???y

Estate sworn under

$1200.00

To the Honorable the Supreme Court or any one of the Honorable judges thereof.

The petition of Catherine Donovan Widow

Humbly Sheweth

That Timothy Donovan of St. Johns Dealer died there the First day of May Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and eighty eight Intestate and having property to the probable value of one thousand dollars. That said deceased left him surviving your Petitioner who is his widow and one son who is twenty two years of age. That your petitioner is desirous of being appointed administratrix of the said deceased. That no administration of the said Estate has been hitherto granted and your petitioner therefore prays that administration of the said Estate be granted to her.
And your petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray &c &c &c

Robert J Kent
Solicitor

Witness having been read over and
explained
John P. Kent

In the Supreme Court

In the matter of the Estate
of Timothy Donovan late of
St. Johns Dealer deceased

          Catherine Donovan of St. Johns Widow maketh oath and saith that she is the petitioner in the above written petition named and that the several matters therein set forth are just correct and true.

Sworn before me at St. Johns
aforesaid this fourteenth day                               her
of May A.D. 1888 by the                    Catherine X Donovan
said Catherine Donovan (having been              mark
first read over and explained)
Geo. I. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits

Sup. Ct.

In the matter of the
Estate of Timothy
Donovan late of St. Johns
Dealer Deceased

petition for administration

Fiat  J.I. Little
C.J.

May 14/88

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND
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Be it Remembered That on this sixteenth day of May in the 51^st 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-Eight personally appeared Catherine Donovan of Saint John's in the Central District of Newfoundland, Widow, John O'Dwyer of same place, Publican and James Murray of same place Dealer 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 four hundred 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 Catherine Donovan as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Timothy Donovan late of St. Johns Dealer 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 Catherine Donovan 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 16^th day of November 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 Catherine Donovan 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 16^th day of May which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-nine 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.

Signed and sealed
in the presence of
John O'Dwyer
(Having been first read over and
explained)                                        James Murray

Geo. I. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits