Allan L. Smith
          1900

Estate of Allan L. Smith 1900
From LDS Microfilm #2057616

AFFIDAVIT
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND
Greenspond, To Wit:          I John P. Smith of Greenspond, aforesaid, Doctor of Medicine, do swear that I believe thatAllan L. Smith, late of Hearts Content, Doctor of Medicine, 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 One thousand dollars.

So help me God

Sworn at Greenspond aforesaid
this 23^rd day of January                                                            John P. Smith
A.D. 1900

Before me,

(Illegible signature)
Commissioner of Affidavits, Supreme Court

269

1900

Estate of Allan L. Smith
late of Hearts Content
in the Northern District
Doctor of Medicine deceased

Letters of Administration granted to
John P. Smith of Greenspond,
Doctor of Medicine

Dated 7^th February 1900

Sureties
Edwin Edgar
W. ?? White

Estate sworn under $ 1000.00

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

D. M. Browning
Chief Clerk and Registrar

Notice

Three days from the date hereof application will be made to the Honourable Supreme Court or to one of the Honourable Judges thereof for Letters of Administration to the Estate and effects of Allan L. Smith late of Hearts Content, Doctor of Medicine to be granted to J. P. Smith of Greenspond Doctor of Medicine, Father of said deceased.
          St. Johns, January 16^th, 1900
HUTCHINGS & BLACKWOOD
Solicitor for applicant
W. C. C
A.C.S.C.

TO THE HONOURABLE SUPREME COURT OR ONE OF THE HONOURABLE JUDGES THEREOF.

The Petition of John P. Smith of Greenspond, Doctor of Medicine

Humbly Sheweth

1. That your petitioner's son, Allan L. Smith, late of Hearts Content, Doctor of Medicine, died at that place on the 23^rd day of December, leaving him surviving your petitioner as sole next of kin.
2. The value of the Estate of Allan L. Smith does not exceed $1000.
3. No Administration of the Estate, or Probate of any Will of the said Allan L. Smith has been at any time granted by your Honourable Court.

Your Petitioner therefore prays that your Honourable Court or your Lordship will be pleased to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate and Effects of the said Allan L. Smith.
And as in duty bound your petitioner will ever pray.
Dated at Greenspond this 23^rd day of January A.D. 1900.

John P. Smith

Certificate

I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof written, has been duly posted in the office of the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court of St. John's, from the day of the date thereof until this date, and that no caveat or other objection thereto has been filed thereto.
          St. Johns, February 6^th A.D.1900

Geo. J. Adams
A.C.S.C.

Newfoundland
Greenspond, to wit
I John P. Smith of Greenspond, aforesaid, Doctor of Medicine, make oath and say as follows:

1. That I am the petitioner named in the foregoing petition.
2. The contents thereof are correct and true.

Sworn before me at                                                  John P. Smith
Greenspond, aforesaid,
this 23^rd day of January
A.D. 1900

A H? Emerson
Commissioner of Affidavits, Supreme Court

Supreme Court

The petition of John P. Smith
of Greenspond, Doctor of
Medicine, praying for Letters of
Administration of the Estate of
Allan L. Smith, late of Hearts
Content, Doctor of Medicine,
deceased.

Petition

Fiat, usual security

Feby 6, 1900

D. Morison
J

In the Supreme Court

In the matter of the Petition of J. P. Smith of Greenspond, Doctor of Medicine, praying for Letters of Administration to the Estate of Allan L. Smith, late of Hearts Content, Doctor of Medicine, deceased.

Newfoundland
Greenspond
to Wit
We Edwin? Edgar of Greenspond, aforesaid, Merchant, and William White of the same place, Clerk, jointly and severally make oath and say as follows:
That we are jointly and severally worth the sum of two thousand dollars, clear of all our respective liabilities.

Sworn before me at                                                            Edwin Edgar
Greenspond aforesaid                                                         Wm. H. White
this 30^th day of January
A.D. 1900

(Illegible signature)

Supreme Court

In the matter of the petition
of J. P. Smith, of Greenspond,
Dr. of Medicine, praying for
Letters of Administration, to the
Est. of Allan L. Smith, late of
Hearts Content, Doctor of
Medicine, deceased.

AFFIDAVIT OF JUSTIFICATION

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this 23^rd 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 P. Smith of Greenspond, Doctor of Medicine, Edwin Edgar, Merchant, of the same place, and William White, Clerk, of the same place, 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 Two 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 P. Smith as Administrator of the Estate and Effects of Allan L. Smith, late of Hearts Content, Doctor of Medicine, 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 P. Smith, 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 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 P. Smith, 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 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 P. Smith
in the presence of                                                            Edwin Edgar
(Illegible signature)                                                         Wm. H. White