Estate of Charles William Scott (24th December 1919): Alexander Patterson, Robert Walls, Salvatori, Scott & Company, The Trinidad Stores, Gordon Grant and Company Limited, Port of Spain, Detailed Inventory of Estate with valuation of personal items which includes jewellry, furniture, revolver and more, Partnership Deed between Joseph Salvatori, Dominique Terrami and Charles M. Scott, City Chambers Edinburgh, A.S Creughton Attorney at Law, Standard Life Assurance Company policy details, Some Trading Accounts of Salvatori, Scott and Company in 1919, Declaration and Inventory of the Receiver General, Application for Probate of Estate with supporting documents, Magaret Scott, Notary document with seal, Testamentary document of Charles William Scott, Thomas Boyd, James Elderfield McCrackken, Phillip Leonard Pitman, Robert Mahand, Narcissus Pedro Moore, George Brown, Valuation of property located Marine Square and Frederick Street, Port of Spain, H.D Farnes, Stock and Share Broker (Oil Shares), Public Notice of Intention to Probate Estate, The Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company Limited (11th February 1920 - 20th August 1920)

Sub-Series — Volume: Probate B32

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Scope and Contents

From the Fonds:

The fonds consist of bound volumes related to land transactions in Trinidad and Tobago. The fonds includes Caroni Deeds (1965 - 1996), Texaco Deeds (1964 - 1996), Texaco Titles (1958 - 1987), Notes of Title (1843 - 1964), Deeds (1956 - 1975), Titles (1958 - 1986), Supreme Court Proceedings – Probate (1896 - 1934) and Probate Proceedings (1944 - 1969). Probate documents-

The documents included in the bound volumes are used to apply for the Probate... and Letters of Administration Grants to deal with property/estates owned previously by various people upon their death. There are copies of wills, various certificates, and lists of the various assets and correspondence. Included as well are documents that assist in grasping a full account of items that comprise their estates.

Titles-

The documents include reports on the ownership and the history of the transfers for various parcels of land. Included are correspondence with enclosures from the financial institutions giving instructions for the preparation of the Deeds and other instruments of title together with requisitions on title (eg. Land and building Tax receipts and Certificates of Assessment).

Deeds-

Contains Mortgages charged on Vehicles and parcels of Lands. There are also Deeds of release, Deeds of Conveyance and Leases with annexed cadastral sheets, Memorandum of Transfer, Deeds of Mortgage, Lease Agreements and Debentures.

Notes of title-

Comprise abstracts of the transactions that have occurred on various parcels of land and the documents of title that evidence these transactions. Also includes Statutory Declarations giving background information on some of the transactions and cadastral sheets outlining the respective properties.There are also some Certificates including Death and Marriage Certificates for the owners of the properties.

Texaco Deeds-

The vast majority of the documents cover reduced rate loan facility given to Texaco employees during their employment at Texaco. There are on occasion some documents included, which cover Leases for the rental of a property owned by Texaco.