Michael Lahey
          1888

Estate of Michael Lahey 1888
From LDS microfilm #2057239

In the Supreme Court
Probate side

In the matter of the Estate of
Michael Leahy late of S. John's
(formerly of the Newfoundland
Constabulary Force)
At the Instance of Ann Keefe of S. Johns wife of Robert Keefe claiming administration to the said Estate as one of the next kin of the said Michael Lahey
It is ordered that Mary Leahy and

children of the deceased Martin (sic) Leahy of S. Johns do shew cause if any they have why administration to the Estate and Effects of the said Michael Leahy should not be granted to the said Ann Keefe by filing in the Registrars office and serving? on the said Ann Keefe an answer? containing the grounds on which they resist such grant within four days after service of this citation; Otherwise the claim of the said Ann Keefe will be taken to be admitted by them.

S. Johns September 8 : 1888
F.B.T. Carter
C.J.

Supreme Court
Probate Side

In the matter of the
Probate of Michael
Leahy of S. Johns
deceased

Citation

Geo H. Emerson
Proctor for Ann Keefe

I accept service? of the ??? Copies of the within citation for Mary Leahy widow of Martin Leahy and

children of the said Martin Leahy

S. John's Sept 8/88

F? J. Morris
Attorney for Mary
Leahy and children

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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ST. JOHN'S } I do swear that I believe that Michael Leahy late of
To Wit          } St. Johns fn? Constable 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 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 three thousand dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's, the 11^th day of                    her
September in the year of Our Lord One Thousand       Ann X Keefe
Eight Hundred and Eighty-eight having been first               mark
read over and explained

P. Emerson
Commissioner of Affidavits

C.J. Sept ?????

1888

Estate of Michael Lahey

late of St. Johns

In the Central District

Ln? Constable deceased

Dated 11^th Sept 1888

Admin granted to Ann
Keefe wife of Robert Keefe

of

Robert Keefe

Sureties Andrew Curan and
John Monaghan

Estate sworn under
$3000.00

To the Honourable the Supreme Court or one of the Honourable the Judges thereof.

The Petition of Ann Keefe of Saint John's wife of Robert Keefe of same place, Cooper

Humbly Sheweth

          That your petitioners brother Michael Lahey of Saint Johns late of Newfoundland Constabulary force died at St. Johns on the second day of September instant - last past.
          That deceased died intestate and left him surviving as only next of kin your Petitioner and the children of a deceased brother one Michael Lahey. That deceased was never married - That deceased was possessed of property at the time of his death of the probable value of about Fourteen hundred and sixty dollars within the jurisdiction of your honourable Court.
          That neither Probate of any Will nor Administration to the Estate and Effects of deceased have as yet been granted to any one
          Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that Administration to the Estate and Effects of her deceased brother may be granted to her.
          And as in duty bound she will ever pray
          Saint Johns the 6^th day of Sept'r - AD 1888

Witness
Geo. H Emerson

Supreme Court
Probate Side

In the matter of the
Estate of Michael Lahey
late of Saint Johns
Police Constable deceased

Saint Johns }
???              }Anne Keefe of Saint Johns aforesaid wife of Robert Keefe of same place, Cooper --- maketh oath and saith that all the matters and things in the foregoing Petition set forth are correct and true to the best of this deponents knowledge and belief.

Sworn before me at Saint                                       her
Johns aforesaid this sixth                              Anne X Keefe
day of September A.D.                                          mark
1888 having been first read
over and explained

Prescott Emerson
Comm'r

Supreme Court
Probate Side

In the matter of the
Estate of Michael Lahey
late of S. Johns
fx - Constable

Petition for
Administration

(Official seal of Registrars Office
dated St. Johns Sep 6, 1888
Newfoundland)

(partly Illegible note added here)

??? having? ?? ???? ??
??? ??? to the ???
let admn be granted? to
Pet - (illegible signature)
Sep 10/88

Geo. H Emerson? - Solicitor

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this Eleventh day of September in the fifty second 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 Ann Keefe of St. Johns wife of Robert Keefe - the said Robert Keefe John Monaghan of same place Cooper and Andrew Curan of same place Cooper 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 Three thousand Dollars to be had, made and levied on his 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 Ann Keefe as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Michael Lahey late of St. Johns fx? Constable 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 Ann Keefe 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 March 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 Ann Keefe 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 September 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                                        Ann X Keefe
in the presence of                                        Robert X Keefe
having been read                                         Andrew Curen
over and explained                                      John Monaghan
P. Emerson
Comm'r