Anna Ledingham
          1895

Estate of Anna Ledingham 1895
From LDS Microfilm #2057393

Certificate

          I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof has been posted in my office from the day of the date hereof and has remained there until this day and that no Caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.

Jos. P. Carty
ACFC

After three days application will be made to the Honorable the Supreme Court or to one of the Honorable the Judges thereof for Letters of Administration of the Estate of Anna M. B. Ledingham late of Saint Johns , married woman, deceased to be granted to John Ledingham of Saint Johns, Engineer, husband of deceased.

          Dated at St. Johns this 16^th day of July AD 1895

Morison Morine & Gibbs
Solicitors for Applicant
J.P.C.

In the Supreme Court

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

          The Petition of John Ledingham of St. Johns Engineer

Respectfully sheweth as follows:-

1. Anna M.B. Ledingham late of Saint Johns wife of Petitioner died there on the 18^th day of June last intestate
2. The said Anna M.B. Ledingham at the time of her death was possessed of property of the probable value of Seven thousand five hundred dollars

          Petitioner therefore prays that administration of the estate of said Anna M. B. Legingham deceased may be granted to him.

          Dated at St. Johns this twenty-third day of July A.D. 1895

John Ledingham

Newfoundland

St. Johns
To Wit          I John Ledingham of St. Johns Engineer 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 at St. Johns this                              John Ledingham
23^rd day of July A.D. 1895
Before me.

Jos. P. Carty
Comm'r Affdts

In the Supreme Court

In the matter of the
Estate of Anna M.B.
Ledingham deceased

Petition for Administration

Fiat
J.J. Little
J.

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this 23^rd day of July 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 John Ledingham of Saint John's Engineer, John Anderson also of Saint Johns Merchant and Robert MacIntosh also of Saint Johns Merchant 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 Fourteen 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 John Ledingham as Administrator of the Estate and Effects of Anna M.B. Ledingham 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 John Ledingham 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 23^rd day of January 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 John Ledingham 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 23^rd day of July 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                                        John Ledingham
in the presence of                                        John Anderson
                                                                     R. MacIntosh
Jos. P. Carty
Comm'r Affdts

AFFIDAVIT
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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HEWFOUNDLAND
Saint Johns   To Wit          I do swear that I believe that Anna M.B. Ledingham late of Saint 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 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 Seven thousand five hundred dollars.

So help me God

Sworn before me, at St. John's,                              John Ledingham
this 23^rd day of July  A.D. 1895

Jos. P. Carty
Commissioner of Affidavits
Supreme Court

1895

Estate of Anna M.B. Ledingham
late of Saint Johns
in the Central District
Married woman deceased

Admin granted to
John Ledingham
of Saint Johns in the Central
District

Dated August 2, 1895

Sureties John Anderson
Robert MacIntosh

Estate sworn under $7500.00