Joseph M. Arnette
          1889

Estate of Joseph M. Arnette 1889
From LDS microfilm #2057543

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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ST. JOHN'S
To Wit          I do swear that I believe that Joseph Marie Arnette, late of Cape Norman, Newfoundland, Fisherman, 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 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 Two Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's,                    George H. Field
aforesaid, this 6^th day of July
A.D. 1889.
Geo. J. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits

1889

Estate of Joseph Marie Arnette
late of Cape Norman
in the Northern District,
Fisherman, deceased.

Admin granted to
Rev. George H. Field of
Harbor Breton, Clerk in
Holy Orders.

Dated 12^th July 1889

Securities
Reginald T. Hargate
W. B. Greene
Niel Campbell

Estate sworn under $2250.00

I certify that the within notice was duly posted in the Clerk's Office on the day of its date and has since that date remained posted up and that no caveat has been thereto entered.
          This 25^th day of September 1888
Jos. P. Carty
Clerk Asst.

Notice

*After three days, application will be made to the Honourable the Supreme Court or one of the Honourable the Judges thereof for letters of administration to the Estate of Joseph Marie Arnette late of Cape Norman, Newfoundland, Fisherman, deceased, to be granted to the Reverend George H. Field of Flowers Cove Straits of Belle Isle.
          St. John's, Newfoundland 17^th day of September A.D. 1888
(stamp)
REGISTRARS OFFICE                    Whiteway & Johnson
ST. JOHN'S                                         Proctors for Rev.
SEPT 17, 1888                                   George H. Field
NEWFOUNDLAND
*Initials JPC in margin.

A

Cape Norman
Aug 13, 1888

I hereby give to the Rev. G. H. Field power of Attorney to act on my behalf for the Estate of the late Joseph Marie Arnette, as I find it impossible to go to St. John's to see after the affairs myself.

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Signed by me in f(ront page torn) - of Witnesses.

Witnesses:
John McGregor
Henry Locke

The the Honourable the Supreme
Court of Newfoundland or one
of the Honourable Judges thereof.

The Petition of the Reverend George H. Field, at present of St. John's but resident of Flowers Cove Strait at Belle Isle, Clerk in Holy Orders, in charge of the Flower's Cove Mission of the Church of England

Humbly Sheweth

          That Joseph Marie Arnette, late of Cape Norman, North Coast of Newfoundland, Fisherman, departed this life on or about the sixth day of January last (1888) at Cape Norman aforesaid, intestate, leaving him surviving his widow Amelia and one child, William, aged a little under four years.
          That the Estate of the said Joseph Marie Arnette at his decease did not, to the best of your petitioner's information and belief, exceed the sum of Twenty Two Hundred dollars in value.
          That the consent of the said widow Amelia Arnette that letters of administration of the estate of her said late husband should be granted to your petitioner is hereto annexed marked A.

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That no letters of administration of the said estate has been granted.
          That the said Amelia Arnette has requested your Petitioner to take letters of administration because she cannot herself come to St. John's save at much expense and trouble and because there is no Commissioner of Affidavits at or near Cape Norman.
          That a schedule of the estate of the said late Joseph Marie Arnette is hereto annexed marked B which contains as exact a statement of said estate as your petitioner can prepare after enquiry.
          Your petitioner humbly prays that letters of administration of the Estate of the said late Joseph Marie Arnette may be granted to him on his giving the usual security and as in duty bound he will ever pray.
          Dated at St. John's this 25^th day of September A.D. 1888

George H. Field

Schedule B referred to in the above written petition

Property at Cape Norman
consisiting (?????)
of

about                                                 120.
Money in Newfoundland Savings
Bank, St. John's, on
deposit in the name of
"Joseph Larrametto"                    2049.02    2169.02
                                                                          $2169.02

In the matter of the Estate of
Joseph Marie Arnette, late of
Cape Norman, fisherman,
deceased.

NEWFOUNDLAND
St. John's, To Wit          The Reverend George H. Field of Flowers Cove Strait of Belle Isle, Clerk in Holy Orders, the petitioner named in the above written petition maketh oath and saith that the matters and things therein and in the above Schedule B contained are just and true to the best of his knowledge and belief.

Sworn before me at
St. John's aforesaid this                              George H. Field
25^th day of September
A.D. 1888
Jos. P. Carty
Commissioner

Supreme Court

In re Estate of
Joseph M. Arnotte,
late of Cape Norman,
Fisherman, deceased.

Petition of the Rev. G. H.
Field for letters of
administration

Fiat
F. B. T. Carter
Ch. J.

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered, That on this 12 day of July 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-nine personally appeared The Rev George H. Field of Harbor Breton, Fortune Bay, Clerk in Holy Orders, Walter B. Green of St. John's in the C D of Newfoundland, Merchant and Neil Campbell of same place aforesaid, Accountant, 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 Four Thousand Five 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 Rev. George Henry Field as Administrator of the Estate and Effects of Joseph Marie Arnette late of Cape Norman, North Coast Newfld, Fisherman, 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 him the said Rev. George H. Field as such Administrator or to the hands or possession of any other person, or persons, for him and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, at or before the 12^th day of January 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 him the said Rev. George H. Field or to the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him shall well and truly administer according to Law, and further shall make, or cause to be made, a just and true account of his said Administration, on or before the 12^th day of July which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety and afterwards from time to time as he 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                              George H. Field (Seal)
in the presence of                               W. B. Greene (Seal)
Joseph P. Carty                                Neil Campbell (Seal)
Commissioner