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| Newfoundland St. Johns to wit | |
| The first day of May AD 1879 On the day and year above written, a Writ of Our Lady the Queen [was] issued out of this Court in the follow- ing words that is to say ! - Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen Defend- er of the Faith, &c., &c. To Robert Bolan and James Power and all persons entitled to defend the possession of that piece or parcel of land and tenement late- ly occupied by one Hearn bounded South by land of Robert Morry and and public Road, West by land of John Bolan, North by land of Thomas Bolan and Kough, East by the Harbor of Caplin Bay in the Southern District of Newfoundland, to the possession whereof Ann Hart claims to be on and since the first day of May AD 1878 entitled, and to eject all other persons wherefrom; these are to will and command you, or such of you as deny the alleg- ed title, within the eight days after service hereof, to appear in our Supreme Court to defend the said property, or such part thereof as you |
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| may be advised; and in default thereof judgement may be signed, and you turned out of possession. Witness the Honorable Sir Hugh W. Hoyles, Knight, Chief Justicte of the Su- preme Court, the First day of May in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight Hundred and Seventy nine. By the Court (sgd) H T Wood Commissioner Supreme Court JS Winter Plaintiff's Attorney Commercial Buildings St. John's |
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| And no appearance has been entered or defence made to the said writ therefore it is considered that the said Ann Hart do recover possession of the land in the said Writ men- tioned with the appurtenances. St Johns, June 9, 1879 By the Court Prescott Emerson C. C. Regt. |
Transcriber's Notes:
1/ Layout, wording and punctuation as per original document except for some additional punctuation inserted to clarify ambiguous wording in the long sentences typical of that era.
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