Estate of James Oliver Duncan Davidson: Letters from Davidson and Gardner (Advocate Law Firm), Handwritten Valuation of Grafton Estate in Tobago including cultivated and unculivated land, coconuts and cocoa, Handwritten letters from Robis Reid, Attorney at Law, Receipt from Tobago Telephone Service, Last Will and Testamen of Alexander Robertson, Alastair Oswald Morison Maczenzie, Trading with the Enemy Act, Trading with the Enemy (Amendment) Act, James Douglas Robinson, Confirmation of the Estate and Inventory of Henry Oliver Duncan Davidson, Inventory from Scotland of Henry Oliver Duncan Davidson, Declaration and Inventory for Receiver General (14th January 1916 - 1st August 1922)

Sub-Series — Volume: Probate B34

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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.