Mary Costigan
          1889

Estate of Mary Costigan 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 Mary Costigan, late of St. John's in the Island of Newfoundland, Married Woman, deceased died without a Will; and that I will well and truly administer all and every the Goods of the said deceased, and pay her Debts so far as her 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 she 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 Four Hundred & Fifty dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's,                                                  Michael Costigan
this 13^th day of June A.D. 1889.
Geo. J. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits

1889

Estate of Mary Costigan
late of St. John's
in the Central District,
Married Woman,
deceased.

Admin -- granted to
Michael Costigan of
St. John's, Accountant.

Dated 13^th day of June 1889

Sureties
Moses Butt
John Skinner

Estate sworn under $450.00

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered, That on this 13^th day of June 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 Michael Costigan of St. John's in the Island of Newfoundland, Accountant, Moses Butt of the same place, Blacksmith and John Skinner of same place, Stone Cutter, 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 Nine 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 Michael Costigan as Administrator of the Estate and Effects of Mary Costigan late of St. John's aforesaid, Married Woman, 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 Michael Costigan 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 13^th day of September 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 her death, or which at any time afterwards shall come into the hands or possession of him the said Michael Costigan 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 13^th day of June 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                                                           Michael Costigan (Seal)
in presence of                                                                  Moses Butt (Seal)
Geo. J. Adams                                                                John Skinner (Seal)
Commissioner

Certificate

I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof written has been posted in the Registrar's Office from the day of the date thereof to this date and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.
Dated at St. John's this 13^th day of June A.D. 1889.
                                                  Jos. P. Carty
13^th June 1889                          Asst. Clerk

Notice

Three days from the date hereof application will be made to the Honorable the Supreme Court or one of the Honorable Judges thereof for Letters of Administration to the Estate and Effects of Mary Costigan, late of St. John's, married woman, deceased, to be granted to Michael Costigan, husband of said deceased.
Dated at St. John's this 11^th day of June A.D. 1889.

10^th June 1889                                                  F. J. Morris
J.P.C.                                                                Proctor for Applicant

To the Honorable the Supreme Court or one
of the Honorable the Judges thereof

The Petition of Michael Costigan of Saint John's in the Island of Newfoundland, Accountant,

Humbly Sheweth

That Mary Costigan, late of Saint John's aforesaid, late wife of your petitioner, died at that place on or about the twenty seventh day of March Anno Domini One Thousand Eight Hundred and and Eighty Nine, intestate.
That about four years ago your petitioner being very sick, at the request of his said deceased wife, placed in the Newfoundland Savings bank in the name and to the credit of said deceased a sum of money amounting to the sum of four hundred and thirty four dollars.
That at the time of her death the said deceased died possessed of property within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court of the probable value of four hundred and thirty four dollars.
That neither probate to any

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will nor letters of administration to the said estate has as yet been granted to any person.
Your petitioner therefore prays that your Honorable Court may grant to him letters of administration to the said estate and in duty bound he will ever pray &c &c.
Dated at Saint John's this 12^th day of June A.D. 1889.

Michael Costigan

Supreme Court
Probate Side

Newfoundland
St. John's SS
Michael Costigan of St. John's, accountant, the Petitioner named in the foregoing Petition maketh oath and saith that the several matters and things therein set forth are just, correct and true to the best of this Deponent's knowledge and belief.
Michael Costigan
Sworn to before me at
St. John's aforesaid this
12^th day of June A.D. 1889
Jos. P. Carty
Commissioner

Supreme Court
Probate Side

Petition of Michael Costigan
praying for Letters of
Administration of the
Estate of Mary Costigan late of
St. John's, deceased.

Fiat
J. J. Little
A.J.