Mary Coady
          1901

Estate of Mary Coady 1901
From LDS Microfilm #2057616

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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In the Estate of Mary Coady DECEASED
I Walter A. Strapp of Harbor Grace in the Electoral district of Harbor Grace in the Island of Newfoundland, Medical Doctor, make oath and say that Mary Coady late of Harbor Grace in the said Electoral District in the Island aforesaid, Widow, deceased, died intestate; that I will well and truly administer the estate and effects, rights and credits of the said deceased and pay her 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 Harbor Grace aforesaid on the 23^rd day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty one; 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 Two hundred dollars and no more, according to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Walter A. Strapp

Sworn at Harbor Grace in the Electoral
District of Harbor Grace on the
6^th day of November
A.D. 1901, before me

W. J. Lynch
Commissioner, S.C.

In the Supreme Court

In re
Mary Coady
deceased

OATH OF ADMINISTRATOR

Administration granted to
Walter A. Strapp
on the 8^th day of
November1901

Value of Estate $ 200.00

Sureties: John F. Lawton
               Maurice Fleming

Notice

Three days from the date hereof application will be made to the Honorable the Supreme Court or one of the Honorable the Judges thereof for letters of administration to the estate of Mary Coady late of Harbor Grace CB widow, deceased to be granted to Walter A. Strapp of Harbor Grace aforesaid Medical Doctor or whoever else the court may appoint.

DMB          St. Johns Aug 24 / 01
                    Jno ???te
                    Sol'r for applicant

Certificate

I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof has been posted in the office of the Chief Clerk & Registrar from the day of the date thereof to this date and that no caveat or other objection has been filed or entered thereto.

St. Johns Aug 31 / 01

D. M. Browning
Clerk

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

The petition of Walter A. Strapp of Harbor Grace, Medical Doctor,

Humbly Sheweth as follows :-

1. That Mary Coady late of Harbor Grace C.B. widow, deceased, died at that place on or about the 23^rd day of April A.D. 1881, intestate.
2. That she left her surviving four children viz: two sons; John and James Coady and two daughters: Mrs. Kehoe and Mrs. Thos. Griffin
3. That James and John have since died at Harbor Grace, intestate, and were unmarried.
4. That your petitioner is a creditor upon the estates and interests of both James and John Coady, aforesaid for the sums of $16.00 and $14.00, respectively, for medicines furnished and for medical services rendered.
5. That the consent of the surviving next of kin to a grant of letters of administration to your petitioner is hereto annexed mrked "A".
6. That no administration to any estate of said deceased has as yet been granted to any person.
7. Your petitioner therefore humbly prays that letters of administration to the said estate of deceased may be granted to him.

          And as in duty bound he will ever pray &c
          Dated at Harbor Grace C.B. this 21^st day of October A.D. 1901.

Walter A. Strapp

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland

Newfoundland
Harbor Grace S/S
I, Walter A. Strapp of Harbor Grace, C.B., Medical Doctor, make oath and say as follows :-

1. I am the petitioner named in the foregoing petition.
2. The several matters therein contained, as well as the contents of the inventory hereto annexed, marked "B", are correct and true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Sworn at Harbor Grace                                        Walter A. Strapp
C.B., aforesaid, this 21^st day
of October A.D. 1901

Before me

??? Hogan
Com, Sup. Court

A

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland

In the matter of the estate
of Mary Coady, late of Har-
bor Grace, C.B., widow, deceased
and of the petition of Walter
A. Strapp, M.D. for administration
to her estate.

We, the undersigned next of kin of the late Mary Coady, deceased, and of the late James and John Coady, deceased, hereby consent to letters of administration to the estate of the said late Mary Coady, deceased, being granted to Walter A. Strapp of Harbor Grace, Medical Doctor.
          Dated at Harbor Grace, C.B. this 21^st day of October A.D. 1901.

Witnesses Mary Kehoe
                 Agnes^herX_markGriffin

In the Supreme Court of Nfld

Newfoundland
Harbor Grace S/S
I, Thomas Hanrahan, make oath and say as follows :-

1. That I am the subscribing witness to the above consent paper.
2. That I was present and saw Mary Kehoe and Agnes Griffin of Harbor Grace, C.B., married women, next of kin of the said late Mary Coady, deceased, sign the said consent papers, and that Mary Kehoe and Agnes Griffin are the proper signatures of the said Mary Kehoe and Agnes Griffin.

Sworn at Harbor Grace, C.B.                                        Thomas Hanrahan
this 21^st day of October A.D.
1901.
Before me
??? Hogan
Com. Sup. Court

"B"

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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In the Estate of Mary Coady late of Harbor Grace, widow, DECEASED.

Inventory and Valuation of the Property of the said Deceased.

1901

In the Supreme Court
of Newfoundland

In the matter of the estate
of late Mary Coady late of
Harbor Grace, C.B., widow
deceased,
And of the petition of
Walter A. Strapp, M.D.
for administration to the
estate.

Petition, affdt of ???
consent paper and inventory
of said estate

Fiat - on usual security

Nov 2 / 01

Geo. H. Emerson
J.

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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In the Estate of Mary Coady deceased
We John T. Lawton of Harbor Grace, aforesaid, School Teacher, and Maurice Fleming of same place, Planter, severally make oath and say:
That we are the proposed sureties on behalf of Walter A. Strapp, the intended administrator of all and singular the estate and effects, rights and credits, of Mary Coady 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 T. Lawton for myself make oath and say that I am worth property to the amount of Two hundred 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 Maurice Fleming for myself, make oath and say, that I am worth property to the amount of Two 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 T. Lawton and                              John T. Lawton
Maurice Fleming were severally sworn                             Maurice Fleming
before me at Harbor Grace, aforesaid,
this 6^th day of November A.D. 1901.

W. J. Lynch
Commissioner, S.C.

Know all Men by these Presents: That we Walter A. Strapp of Harbor Grace in the Electoral District of Harbor Grace, Medical Doctor, John T. Lawton, of the same place, School Teacher, and Maurice Fleming of the same place, Planter, and are jointly and severally bound unto our Sovereign Lord, Edward VII, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c, in the sum of Four hundred dollars, to be paid to our said Sovereign Lord, the King, His 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 Sixth day of November in the year of our Lord 1901.

The Condition of this obligation is such that if the above named Walter S. Strapp as administrator of all the estate and effects, rights and credits of Mary Coady late of Harbor Grace in the Electoral District of Harbor Grace in the Island of Newfoundland, Widow, deceased, (who died on or about the 23^rd day of April A.D. 1881) 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 his hands, possession or knowledge, 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 law so to do, and the same estate and effects, rights and credits, and all 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 his hands or possession, 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 then the Legacies contained in the said Will annexed to the said Letters of Administration to the said committed, so far as such property will thereunder extend and the law bind and further, do make, or cause to be made, a full true and just account of administration within twelve months or sooner if the said Walter A. Strapp being thereunto required, and all the rest and residue of the property shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons as shall be by law entitled thereto; then this obligation to be void and of no effect, or else to remain in full force and virtue.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered                                        Walter A. Strapp
in the presence of                                                           John T. Lawton
W. J. Lynch                                                                  Maurice Fleming
Commissioner, S.C.