Patrick O'Brien
          1900

Estate of Patrick O'Brien 1900
From LDS Microfilm #2057616

Notice

After three days application will be made to the Honorable Supreme Court or one of the Honorable Judges thereof for Letters of Ad-ministration to the Estate of the late Patrick O'Brien of Aquaforte in the Southern District Planter, deceased, to be granted to Thomas O'Brien of St. Johns, Shoemaker.
          Dated at St. Johns this 28^th September A.D. 1900.
Hugh H. Carter
Solicitor for Applicant
D.F.K.?
A.C.S.C.

Certificate

I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof written was duly posted in the office of the Chief Clerk and Registrar on the day of the date thereof and has remained there until this date. No caveat or other ob-jection has been entered thereto in the meantime.
          Dated at St. Johns aforesaid this 15^th day of December

D. M. Browning
C.C & R

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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(Margin comment:)
Approved
J. Hill?
CJ

Be it Remembered That on this 24^th day of January in the 63^rd 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 John Anderson of St. Johns, Merchant, John Jackson also of same place, Merchant, and Henry Conan of St. Johns, Accountant, 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 John Anderson as Administrator of the Estate and Effects of Patrick O'Brien late of Aquaforte in the Southern District Planter 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 Anderson 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 24^th day of July 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 John Anderson 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 24^th day of January which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand nine hundred and one 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 Anderson
in the presence of                                                            John Jackson
W. F. Carroll                                                                  Henry E. Conan
Comm'r Affdts, S.C.

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

The Petition of Thomas O'Brien of Saint Johns, Shoemaker

Humbly sheweth

That your Petitioner's late father, Patrick O'Brien of Aquaforte, Planter, died at Saint Johns aforesaid on the Seventeenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and ninety two without having made a Will and leaving him surviving two sons and five daughters, namely, your Petitioner, the eldest, and Patrick residing at Aquaforte aforesaid, Mary, married to Edward Larkin, Esther, married to Henry Devereaux, Kate, married to Patrick Hogan, all residing in Saint Johns, aforesaid, Theresa, married to William Woods, residing at Charlevoix, Michigan, United States of America, Agnes, married to William Cahill, residing at Chicago, United States of America.
That at the time of his death, the deceased was possessed of property of the probable value of Five hundred dollars.
That neither Probate nor Administration has been previously granted to the Estate of the said deceased.

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Petitioner therefore prays that Your Lordships will be pleased to grant him Letters of Administration to the Estate of the said Patrick O'Brien.
And as in duty bound he will ever pray &c

St. Johns                                                            Thomas O'Brien
4^th December 1899

In the Supreme Court

Newfoundland
St. Johns, To Wit
I Thomas O'Brien of Saint Johns aforesaid, Shoemaker, make oath and say that the contents of the foregoing petition are correct and true to the best of my knowledge and belief and that I am the Petitioner therein named.

Sworn before me at                                                            Thomas O'Brien
St. Johns aforesaid
this 4^th day of December
A.D. 1899
Geo. J. Adams
A.C.S.C.

1899

Petition for Letters of
Administration to the
Estate of the late
Patrick O'Brien of
Aquaforte, Planter

I Mary Larkin of Saint Johns married woman do hereby consent to Letters of Administration to the estate of my father Patrick O'Brien of Aquaforte, Southern District, Planter, deceased, being granted to my eldest brother, Thomas O'Brien, of St. Johns, aforesaid, Shoemaker.
          Dated at St. Johns, aforesaid, this 15^th day of December A.D. 18?? (Year off the page)

Witness                                                            Mary Larkin
Hugh ? Carter

In the Supreme Court

The Chief Justice

In the matter of the Administration of the estate of the late Patrick O'Brien of Aquaforte in the District of Ferryland, Planter, deceased.

Between
Thomas O'Brien                                                  Plaintiff

Patrick O'Brien, Esther Devereaux
and Kate Hogan                                                   Defendant

          Let all parties concerned in the Administration of the estate of the above named deceased attend before me in Chambers at the Court House in St. Johns on Saturday the 16^th day of December instant at ten o'clock a.m. upon the application of Thomas O'Brien, eldest son of said deceased who claims an order for administration of the said estate to be granted to him.
          If you do not attend in person or by solicitor at the time and place above mentioned, such order will be made and proceedings taken as may be just and expedient.
Dated at St. Johns this 5^th day of December A.D. 1899

Jst. Jos. J. Little
C.J.

Hugh H? Carter
Solicitor
34 Duckworth St., St. Johns

This summons was taken out by Hugh H. Carter of St. Johns Solicitor for the within named Thomas O'Brien.

The defendants may appear hereto by ??? appearance either personally or by Solicitor at the office of the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court.

Office Copy

Supreme Court

In the matter of the estate
of the late Patrick O'Brien
of Aquaforte, deceased.

Thomas O'Brien   Plff

and

Patrick O'Brien
Esther Devereaux
and
Kate Hogan   Dfdts

Dated 5^th Dec'r 1899

AFFIDAVIT
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND
St. Johns To Wit:          I John Anderson of St. Johns aforesaid Merchant do swear that I believe that Patrick O'Brien late of Aquaforte in the Southern District Planter 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 Five hundred dollars.

So help me God

Sworn at St. Johns aforesaid
this 24^th day of January                                                  John Anderson
A.D. 1900

Before me,

W. F. Carroll
Commissioner of Affidavits, Supreme Court

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1900

Estate of Patrick O'Brien
late of Aquaforte
in the Southern District
Planter deceased

Letters of Administration granted to
John Anderson Merchant

Dated January 24^th 1900

Sureties John Jackson
            H. E. Conan

Estate sworn under $ 500.00

The Hon'r Jos. J. Little    Chief Justice
Geo. H. Emerson    Judge
D. Morison          Judge

D. M. Browning
Chief Clerk and Registrar