Estate of John Maurice Riley (5th March 1925) : Inventory of Estate of deceased including personal accounts in Royal Bank of Canada, stocks, bonds, various expenditires, Letters from Salvatori Scott & Company, Particulars of Property, Dominique Terrani, Application for Probate, General Affidavit of Applicant, Nil Inventory of Property, Affidavit to Execution of Will, Last Will and Testament of John Maurice Riley, Valuation of household furniture and effects at No. 59 Dundonald Street, Port of Spain, Letter from The Royal Bank of Canada, Letter from Whitehall 19, St. Vincent Street Port of Spain, Handwritten notes of instruction, Letter from the Registrar or the Supreme Court informing that a caveat was lodged on the Estate, Louis J. Riley, Wesley Wilcox Morris, Grant of Probate, Legal Opinion. (31st January 1925 - 23rd January 1926)

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.