Isaac Caines
          1895

Estate of Isaac Caines 1895
From LDS Microfilm #2057393

AFFIDAVIT
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND
Bonne Bay   To Wit          I Maria Caines of Bonne Bay aforesaid Widow do swear that I believe that Isaac Caines late of Bonne Bay, aforesaid, Trader 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 of which he died possessed, 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 seven hundred dollars.

So help me God

                                                                                  her
Sworn before me, at Bonne Bay,                  Maria X Caines
this fifth day of December A.D. 1894                    mark
(having been first read over and
explained)

S???? Avery?
Commissioner of Affidavits,
Supreme Court

1895

Estate of Isaac Caines
late of Bonne Bay
in the Southern District
Trader deceased

Admin granted to
Maria Caines of Bonne
Bay, Widow

Dated 21^st January 1895

Sureties John Silver,
J. P. Haliburton, Charles Moores,
Hugh McKenzie

Estate sworn under $2700.00

Notice

Three days from the date hereof application will be made to the Honourable the Supreme Court or to one of the Honourable the Judges thereof for Letters of Administration of the Es-tate of Isaac Caines late of Bonne Bay in the Southern District of the Island of Newfoundland Trader deceased to be granted to Maria Caines widow of said deceased.
           Dated at St. Johns this 29^th day of March A.D. 1894

(Illegible initials)          Morison Morine & Gibbs
                                        Solicitor for applicant

Certificate

I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof written has been posted in my office from the date thereof to this date and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.
          Dated at St. Johns this 5^th day of September A.D. 1894

Alex'r J. W. McNeily
Comm'r S.C.
(Very faint stamp of the Registrar's office)

To the Honourable the Supreme Court of Newfoundland or to one of the Honourable the Judges thereof

The Petition of Maria Caines of the Bonne Bay District of St. Barbe, Widow

Respectfully Sheweth as follows :-

Isaac Caines late of Bonne Bay Trader died there on or about the fourth day of February A.D. 1890 intestate leaving him surviving your petitioner, his widow, and two children, namely Thomas Caines and Catherine wife of Joseph Goosney.

The said deceased at the time of his death was possessed of property of the probable value of Two thousand seven hundred dollars.

No administration of the Estate of said deceased has been granted to any person.

Petitioner therefore prays that Administration of the Estate of said deceased may be granted to her

Dated at Bonne Bay this 7^th day of August A.D. 1894

In the Supreme Court
of Newfoundland

Bonne Bay
To wit
I Maria Caines of Bonne Bay Widow the petitioner named in the foregoing petition make oath and say that the several matters and things in the said petition contained and set forth are correct and true.

Sworn at Bonne Bay this
7^th day of August AD 1894
before me having been first
read over and explained

S Avery
Com Afts

In the Supreme Court

In the matter of the Estate
of Isaac Caines
late of Bonne Bay
Trader deceased

Petition for Admn

Fiat
Sep 6 / 94

J. J. Little
J.

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this Thirty first day of December in the          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 ninety five personally appeared Maria Caines of Bonne Bay, Widow, John Silver Merchant, John P. Haliburton Merchant, Charles Moores Planter, Hugh McKenzie Farmer and did acknowledge themselves to be held and firmly bound to our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors, in the penal sum of Five thousand four hundred 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 Maria Caines as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of late of Isaac Caines late of Bonne Bay, Trader 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 Maria Caines 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 31^st day of May 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 Maria Caines 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 31^st day of December which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and ninety five 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                                        John Silver
in the presence of                                        J. P. Haliburton
S??? Avery J.P.                                         Charles Moores
                                                                     Hugh McKenzie