John H Brandt
          1889

Estate of John H. Brandt 1889
From LDS microfilm #2057543

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Channel
To Wit          }          I do swear that I believe that Henry Brandt, late of Channel aforesaid, 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 Eleven Hundred dollars.

Sworn before me at Channel this                    John E. Corman
Thirteenth day of December,
A.D. 1889.

R. T. Squarey
Commissioner of Affidavits

1889

Estate of John H. Brandt
late of Channel
in the Southern District,
M.D., deceased.

Admin----granted to
John E. Horman of
Channel

Dated 21^st Decr 1889

Sureties
Nathan Smith
Chas.Mourant

Estate sworn under $1100.00

St. John's, Newfoundland

Notice

After three days from the date hereof application will be made to the Supreme Court or one of the Honourable the Judges for Letters of Administration to the Estate of John Henry Brandt late of Channel, Medical Practitioner, to be granted to John E. Horman of Channel aforesaid, Merchant.
October 9^th 1889
(SEAL)                                                          M. H. Carty
REGISTRARS OFFICE                              Solicitor for Applicant
OCT 9 1889
NEWFOUNDLAND
J.P.C.

No memorandum or other evidence as to what part of Sweden he belonged.
That the said John Henry Brandt left no next of kin in the Colony of Newfoundland.
That your Petitioner was an intimate and confidential friend of the said John Henry Brandt and saw to the burial of his body and defrayed all charges incident thereto.
That no letters of Administration of the said John Henry Brandt estate have been granted.
Your Petition humbly prays that Letters of Administration of said Estate be granted to him and as in duty bound will ever pray.
The Twenty Ninth day of November A.D. 1889
John E. Horman

Certificate

I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof written has been duly posted in my Office from the day of the date thereof until this date and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.
          St. John's, Nov 14/89

Jos. P. Carty
Asst. Clerk

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

The Petition of John E. Horman of Channel, Newfoundland, Merchant

Humbly Sheweth

That John Henry Brandt, a Native of Sweden but for many years a resident of Channel aforesaid, Medical Practitioner, died on the twenty third day of September A.D. 1889, at Channel aforesaid without having made a Will and at the time of his decease, the Estate of the said John Henry Brandt within the jurisdiction of your Honourable Court did not exceed the sum of One Thousand Dollars in value.
That the said John Henry Brandt left no memorandum or other evidence as to what part of Sweden he belonged.
That the said John Henry Brandt left no next of kin in the Colony of Newfoundland.
That your Petitioner was an intimate and confidential friend of the said John Henry Brandt and saw to the burial of his body and defrayed all charges incident thereto.
That no Letters of Administration of the said John Henry Brandt estate have been granted.
Your Petitioner humbly prays that Letters of Administration of said Estate be granted to him and as in duty bound will ever pray.
The twenty ninth day of November, A.D. 1889.
John E. Horman

Supreme Court

Newfoundland
Channel
S.S.
          John E. Horman, of Channel aforesaid, Merchant, the Petitioner named in the petition on the other side hereof written maketh oath and saith that the matters and things therein contained are just and true to the best of deponents knowledge and belief.
John E. Horman
Sworn before me at Channel
aforesaid this twenty ninth day
of November, A.D. 1889.
R. T. Squarey
Commissioner Affidavits
Supreme Court

1889

Supreme Court
Probate Side

In the matter of the
Estate of John Henry
Brandt late of
Channel, deceased.

Petition of John E.
Horman for Letters of
Admin.

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

(Stamp)
REGISTRARS OFFICE
ST. JOHN'S
DEC ?, 1889
NEWFOUNDLAND

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND
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Be it Remembered, That on this Thirtieth day of December in the Fifty Third 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 John E. Horman of Channel in the Southern District, Merchant, Nathan Smith, Telegrapher and Charles Mourant, Sub. Collector, H.M. Customs, both of Channel aforesaid 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 Two 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 John E. Horman as Administrator of the Estate and Effects of John Henry Brandt late of Channel aforesaid, 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 John E. Horman 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 Eleventh day of June 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 John E. Horman 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 Eleventh day of December 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                              John E. Horman (Seal)
in presence of                                     Nathan Smith (Seal)
R. T. Squarey                                    Chas. Mourant (Seal)
Commissioner, Affidavits
Supreme Court