Mary Duggan
          1895

Estate of Mary Duggan 1895
From LDS Microfilm #2057393

AFFIDAVIT
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND
Saint Johns   To Wit          I do swear that I believe that Mary Duggan late of St. Johns in the Central District 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 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 she 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 Five hundred dollars.

So help me God

Sworn before me, at St. John's,                              Wm. Duggan
this 30^th day of November A.D. 1895

Jos. P. Carty
Commissioner of Affidavits,
Supreme Court

1895

Estate of Mary Duggan
late of Saint Johns
in the Central District
Married woman deceased

Admin granted to
William Duggan of
Saint Johns

Dated Nov. 30 . 1895

Sureties John J. Burke
      John Doran

Estate sworn under $500.00

Three days from the date hereof application will be made to the Honorable the Supreme Court or one of the Honorable the Judges thereof for Letters of administration to the Estate and effects of Mary Duggan late of Saint Johns married woman deceased to be granted to William Duggan husband of said deceased.
          Saint Johns November 22^nd . 1895

E.P. Morris
Solicitor for applicant
A.J.W.M.?
Clerk

Certificate

I hereby certify that the within notice was duly posted in this office from the day of the date thereof until this date and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.
          Dated at Saint Johns this 22^nd day of November A.D. 1895.

Jos. P. Carty
A.C.S.C.

To the Honorable the Supreme Court or one of the Honorable the Judges thereof.
The Petition of William Duggan at present of Saint Johns gentleman humbly sheweth as follows.
That Mary Duggan late of Saint Johns wife of your Petitioner died at the above place on the 3^rd day of January AD 1894 intestate.
That at the time of her death deceased was possessed of property within the jurisdiction of this Court of the probable value of five hundred dollars.
That no probate to any will or letters of administration has been granted to any person.
          Petitioner therefore prays that Letters of Administration to the Estate and Effects of the said Mary Duggan may be granted to him and as in duty bound he will ever pray.
          St. Johns Nov? 13 / 1895
Wm Duggan

Newfoundland
St. Johns SS
I William Duggan of St. Johns the Petitioner named in the foregoing Petition make oath and say that the matters set forth in the said Petition are correct and true to the best of my knowledge and belief

Sworn before me at                                        Wm. Duggan
Saint Johns this 28^th
day of November AD 1895

Jos. P. Carty
Comm'r S.C.

Petition of
Wm Duggan
for letters of
administration
to Estate of
Mary Duggan

Order granted
By the Court
Nov. 27. 1895

Jos. P. Carty
A.C.S.C.

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this 30^th day of November 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 William Duggan of Saint Johns gentleman John Burke of Saint Johns Crier of the Supreme Court and John Doran also of St. Johns Carpenter 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 One 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 William Duggan as Administrator of the Estate and Effects of Mary Duggan late of Saint Johns 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 William Duggan 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 30^th 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 her death, or which at any time afterwards shall come into the hands or possession of him the said William Duggan 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 30^th day of November which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and ninety six 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.
                                                                      Wm Duggan
                                                                      John Burke
Signed and sealed                                         John Doran
in the presence of

Jos. P. Carty
Comm'r S.C.