John R. Hughes
          1895

Estate of John R. Hughes 1895
From LDS Microfilm #2057393

AFFIDAVITS
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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 John R. Hughes late of Saint John's in the Central District Sanitary Inspector 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 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 one hundred dollars.

So help me God

Sworn before me, at St. John's,
this 20^th day of                                                  Robert E. Hughes
May A.D. 1895

Jos. P. Carty
Commissioner of Affidavits
Supreme Court

1895

Estate of John R. Hughes
late of Saint Johns
in the Central District
Sanitary Inspector deceased

Admin granted to Robert E.
Hughes
of Saint John's in the
Central District

Dated Robert M Pratt
John T? Southcot [sic]

Dated 21^st May 1895

Estate sworn under $2100.00

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this 20^th day of May 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 five [sic] personally appeared Robert E. Hughes of Saint John's in the Central District, Sanitary Inspector Robert M Pratt of Saint Johns Civil Engineer and Jno S Southcot of St. Johns Architect 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 four thousand two 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 Robert E. Hughes as Administrator of the Estate and Effects of John R. Hughes late of Saint John's Sanitary Inspector 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 Robert E. Hughes 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 20^th day of November 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 Robert E. Hughes 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 20^th day of May 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.

Signed and sealed                                              Robert E. Hughes
in the presence of

Jos. P. Carty                                                    R. M. Pratt
Comm'r Affdts
                                                                           John T. Southcot

Notice

After three days application will be made to the Honourable the Supreme Court or to one of the Honourable the Judges thereof for Letters of Administration to the Estate of John R. Hughes late of St. John's deceased to be granted to Robert Hughes of Saint John's, son of said deceased.
          St. John's May 16th A.D. 1895
(Seal of Registrar's Office in left lower margin)
J.P.C.
D. Morison
Solicitor for Applicant

          I certify that the notice on the other side hereof was posted in my office on the day of the date thereof and has re-mained there until this day and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.
          S' John's May 20^th AD 1895

Jos. P. Carty
A.C.F.C.

          We the undersigned next of kin of John R. Hughes late of Saint Johns deceased hereby consent to Letters of Administration to the Estate of said deceased being granted to Robert Hughes of Saint Johns
          S' Johns May 17^th A.D. 1895

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

The Petition of Robert Hughes of Saint John's

Humbly Sheweth as follows

1. John R. Hughes late of Saint Johns Sanitary Inspector died there on or about the 28^th day of April last intestate leaving him surviving his widow Sarah Hughes and four children viz: Robert your petitioner Isabel wife of Thomas Oates (residing in Hearts Content) Elizabeth and Ethel Hughes.
2. Annexed hereto is the consent of the next of kin of said deceased to the granting of Letters of Administration to the Estate of said deceased to Robert Hughes son of said deceased.
3. The said deceased at the time of his death was possessed of property of the probable value of two thousand one hundred dollars.
4. No letters of Administration to the Estate of said deceased have been previously applied for.

Petitioner therefore prays that Letters of Administration to the Estate

of said deceased may be granted to him. And as in duty bound will every pray.
          Dated at Saint Johns this Seventeenth day of May A.D. 1895
Robert E. Hughes

Newfoundland

Saint Johns  }
To wit          } I Robert Hughes of Saint Johns aforesaid the Petitioner named in the foregoing petition make oath and say that the several matters and things therein contained and set forth are correct and true.
Sworn before me at                                        Robert E. Hughes
S. Johns aforesaid this
18^th day of May AD 1895

Jos. P. Carty
Comm'r Affdts

In the Sup Court

In the matter of
the Estate of John
R. Hughes late of
S' Johns deceased

Petition for Ad-
ministration

Fiat
by the Court

Morison Morine & Gibbs
Solicitors