Alma March
          1900

Estate of Alma March 1900
From LDS Microfilm #2057616

Certificate

I certify that the notice written on the other side hereof has been posted in the office of the Chief Clerk and Registrar since the day of the date thereof and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.
          St. Johns October 15 . 1900

Geo. J. Adams
Clerk

Notice

Three days after 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 to the Estate of the late Alma March of St. Johns Married Woman to be granted to Stephen R. March of St. Johns Merchant & husband of deceased.
          St. Johns October 10 : 1900
Herbert Knight
Solicitor for Applicant
WJC?
A.C.S.C.

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

The Petition of Stephen R. March of St. Johns in the Central District Merchant.

Humbly Sheweth

That your Petitioners wife, Alma Agnes March, of St. Johns in the Central District, died there on the 17^th day of July last past, intestate, leaving her surviving her husband, your Petitioner.
That the said Alma Agnes March left property within the jurisdiction of your Honourable Court of the probable value of seven hundred dollars.
That hereto annexed is a schedule which contains a true and current inventory and valuation of the property of the said Alma Agnes March at the time of her death so far as I have at present ascertained the same.
That no probate of any will or letters of administration to the Estate of the said Alma Agnes March have been granted or applied for.
Your Petitioner therefore prays that Letters of Administration to the Estate and effects of the said Alma Agnes March may be granted to him.
And as in duty bound your Petitioner will ever pray.
Dated at St. Johns the 13^th day of October AD 1900.

Stephen R. March

In the Supreme Court

Newfoundland
St. Johns S.S.
I, Stephen R. March of St. Johns aforesaid, Merchant, the Petitioner in the foregoing Petition named, make oath and say that the matters and things in the said Petition contained are just correct and true to the best of my knowledge information and belief.
Sworn before me at                                        Stephen R. March
St. Johns aforesaid this
13^th day of October
A.D. 1900.

W. J. Carroll
Commissioner of
Affidavits

1900

In the Supreme Court

In the matter of the Estate
of Alma A. March of St. Johns
Married Woman deceased

Petition for Administration of

Stephen R. March

Fiat
Jos. J. Little
C.J.

OCT 15 1900 Filed
F?? clerk
Herbert Knight
Solicitor

Know all Men by these Presents: THAT WE Stephen R. March of St. Johns in the Electoral District of St. Johns Merchant Hon'ble John B. Ayre of the same place, Merchant and the Honorable Robert K. Bishop of same place Merchant are jointly and severally bound unto our Sovereign Lady, Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c, in the sum of Fourteen hundred dollars to be paid to our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors, for which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and each of us for the whole, our and each of our executors and administrators, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals.
Dated the          day of October in the year of our Lord 1900

The Condition of this Obligation is such that if the above named Stephen R. March as administrator of all the estate and effects, rights and credits of Alma March late of St. Johns in the Electoral District of St. Johns in the Island of Newfoundland, deceased, (who died on or about the 17^th day of July 1900) do, when lawfully called on in that behalf, make or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the estate and effects, rights and credits, of the said deceased, which have or shall come into the hands, possession or knowledge of the said Stephen R. March or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, into the Registry of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, whenever required by the law so to do, and the same estate and effects, fights and credits, and all the other estate and effects, rights and credits of the said deceased at the time of her death, which at any time after shall come into the hands or possession of the said Stephen R. March or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him do well and truly administer according to law, that is to say, do pay the debts which the said deceased did owe at her decease; and further do make or cause to be made, a just and true account of his said administration within twelve months from this date, or whenever required by law so to do, and all the rest and residue of the said estate and effects, rights and credits, do deliver and pay unto such person or persons respectively as shall be entitled thereto under any law now in force or that may hereafter be in force in Newfoundland; and if it shall hereafter appear that any last will and testament was made by the deceased, and the executor or executors therein named do exhibit the same unto the said Court, making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly, if the said Stephen R. March being thereunto required, do render and deliver the said letters of administration (approbation of such testament being first had and made) in the said Court; then this obligation to be void and of no effect, or else to remain in full force and virtue.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered                                       Stephen R. March
in the presence of                                                          R. K. Bishop
                                                                                      John B. Ayre

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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In the Estate of Alma March deceased We The Honorable John B. Ayre of St. Johns Merchant and the Honorable Robert K. Bishop of St. Johns Merchant severally make oath and say:
That we are the proposed sureties on behalf of Stephen R. March the intended administrator of all and singular the estate and effects, rights and credits, of Alma March deceased, in the within bond named, for the faithful administration of the said estate and effects, rights and credits, of the said deceased; and I the said John B. Ayre for myself make oath and say that I am worth property to the amount of fourteen hundred dollars, over and above all incumbrances 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 Robert K. Bishop for myself, make oath and say, that I am worth property to the amount of fourteen hundred dollars, over and above what will pay my just debts, and every other sum for which I am now bail and for which I am liable as surety or endorser or otherwise.

The above named John B. Ayre                              John B. Ayre
and Robert K. Bishop were                                    R. K. Bishop
severally sworn before me, this
15^th day of October A.D. 1900
at St. Johns in the Electoral
District of St. Johns.

Geo. J. Adams
Clerk

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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In the Estate of Alma Agnes March of St. Johns in the Central District Married Woman, Deceased

Inventory and Valuation of the Property of the said Deceased.

I
make oath and say that I am
and that the above is, to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, a just and true Inventory and Valuation of the Property of the said deceased at the time of death, as far as I can at present ascertain.

Sworn at in the
Electoral District of
this  day of
A.D. 1900 , before me.

Clerk

*The Inventory and Valuation may be verified under the Petition.

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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In the Estate of Alma March deceased I Stephen R. March of St. Johns in the Electoral District of St. Johns in the Island of Newfoundland, Merchant make oath and say that Alma March late of St. Johns in the Electoral District of St. Johns in the Island aforesaid, deceased, died intestate; that I will well and faithfully administer the estate and effects, rights and credits of the said deceased, by paying just debts and distributing the residue of her estate and effects according to law; that I will exhibit a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the said estate and effects, rights and credits, and render a just and true account thereof whenever required by law so to do; that the said deceased died at St. Johns aforesaid on the 17^th day of July one thousand nine hundred; that at the time of her death, the said deceased had a fixed place of abode in the Island aforesaid; and, that the gross value of the said estate and effects, rights and credits of the said deceased is seven hundred dollars and no more, according to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Sworn at St. Johns in the Electoral                              Stephen R. March
District of St. Johns on the 15^th day
of October A.D. 1900, before me

Geo. J. Adam
Clerk

In the Supreme Court

In re
Alma March
                    deceased

OATH OF ADMINISTRATOR

Administration granted to
Stephen R. March
on the 15^th day of
October 1900

Value of Estate $ 700.00
Sureties
Hon. John B. Ayre
Hon. Rob't K. Bishop