VPRS 870 Administration Bonds

Persons to whom letters of administration for a deceased estate are granted are required, under the Administration and Probate Act to execute a bond with two sureties as security for their administration of the estate. The amount of the bond was related to the amount at which the deceased estate was sworn with the Court being given the powers to vary the amount and terms of the bond. To fulfil the terms and conditions of the bond, an inventory of the deceased estate and accounting of its administration was to be lodged with the Master in Equity within a specified time period.This series consists of the administration bonds lodged with the Supreme Court by persons administering deceased estates under a grant of Letters of Administration.