James Feaver
          1900

Estate of James Feaver 1900
From LDS Microfilm #2057448

AFFIDAVIT
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND, St. Johns
To Wit:          I William Feaver of St. Johns, Blacksmith, do swear that I believe that James William Feaver of St. Johns aforesaid blacksmith^accountant (initials in right margin WFC) 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 one hundred dollars.

So help me God

Sworn at St. Johns
this 22^nd day of May                                                            William Feaver
A.D. 1900

Before me,

W. F. Carroll
Commissioner of Affidavits, Supreme Court

280

1900

Estate of James William
Feaver
late of St. Johns
in the Central District
Accountant deceased

Letters of Administration granted to
William Feaver of St. Johns
Blacksmith

Dated May 22, 1900

Sureties Albert Martin
           Samuel Milley

Estate sworn under $ 2050.00

Three days from the date hereof application will be made to the Honorable the Supreme Court or to one of the Honorable the Judges thereof for latters of Administration to the Estate of James William Feaver late of St. Johns deceased to be granted to William Feaver of St. Johns, Blacksmith.
          St. Johns May 15^th 1900
J?M.B.                    Knight &Blandford
                                 Solicitors for W^m. Feaver

Certificate

This is to certify that the notice on the other side hereof written has been posted in the office of the Chief  Clerk & Registrar from the day of the date thereof to the present date and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.
          St. Johns May 19 : 1900

D. M. Browning
C. C. & R.

To the Honourable the Supreme Court or one of the Honourable the Judges thereof.

          The petition of the undersigned William Feaver of St. Johns in the Island of Newfoundland Blacksmith

Humbly Sheweth

1. That James William Feaver of St. Johns aforesaid Accountant died at that place intestate on or about the 2^nd day of May A.D. 1900 leaving him surviving his Father, your Petitioner, Mother, three brothers and three sisters.
2. That the probable value of the Estate of the deceased does not exceed $2050.00 as described in the Schedule hereinafter written marked "A".
3. That no Letters of Administration have been granted to the Estate of deceased.

          Petitioner therefore prays that letters of Administration may be granted unto him.

          And as in duty bound he will ever pray &c.
          St. Johns May 19 : 1900

William Feaver

"A"

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland

In the Estate of James William Feaver deceased

Inventory and Valuation of the Property of the said deceased

William Feaver

Newfoundland
St. Johns S.S.
I William Feaver of St. Johns aforesaid Blacksmith, the party in the foregoing Petition make oath and say as follows: viz:

1. That the contents of the said Petition are correct and true.
2. That the Schedule marked "A" is a correct Inventory and Valuation of the Estate of the deceased

Sworn before me at                                                  William Feaver
St. Johns aforesaid
this 19^th day of May
A.D. 1900

D. M. Browning
Commissioner of affidavits, S.C.

In the Supreme Court
of Newfoundland

In the Estate of James
William Feaver deceased

Petition &c for admiⁿ

Fiat
Jos. J. Little
C.J.

May 19 : 1900

In the Supreme Court
of Newfoundland

In the estate of James William Feaver of St. Johns Accountant, deceased

          We Albert Martin of St. John's in the Central District of Newfoundland lumber merchant and Samuel Milley of St. John's in the Central District of Newfoundland severally make oath and say:
          That we are the proposed sureties on behalf of the intended Administrator of the property of James William Feaver deceased in the within Bond named for the faithful administration of the said property of the said deceased and I the said Albert Martin of St. Johns in the Central District make oath and say that I reside at St. Johns aforesaid and am worth property to the amount of Four thousand dollars over and above all encumbrances and over and above what will pay my just debts and every other sum for which I am now bail or for which I am liable as surety or endorser or otherwise.
          And I the said Samuel Milley for myself make oath and say that I reside at St. Johns aforesaid and am worth property to the amount of Four thousand dollars over and above all encumbrances and over and above what will pay my just debts and every other sum for which I am now bail or for which I am liable as surety or endorser or otherwise.

The above named Albert Martin                                                  Albert H. Martin
and Samuel Milley were severally                                                 Samuel Milley
sworn before me at St. Johns this
22^nd day of May A.D. 1900

W. F. Carroll
Commissioner of Affidavits
Supreme Court

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this          day of May in the 64^th 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 Nine Hundred personally appeared William Feaver of St. Johns Blacksmith Albert Martin of St. Johns Lumber Merchant and Samuel Milley of the same place Dry Goods 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 Four thousand one 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 William Feaver as Administrator of the Estate and Effects of James William Feaver late of St. Johns Accountant 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 Feaver 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 19^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 William Feaver 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          day of which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand nine hundred 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                                                            William Feaver
in the presence of                                                             Albert H. Martin
                                                                                         Samuel Milley
W. F. Carroll
Comm'r Affdts
Supreme Court