This is a motion paper issued on 7 May 1872 concerning the administration of the estate of the deceased Vanjoor. It was moved by Braddell, the legal representative for Kader Kunny, who move an order for the Attorney General of the court to pay his client a sum of $762.75 to the credit of the estate of the deceased.This document is part of a collection of legal documents from the 19th and early 20th centuries which provides a glimpse into the work of the notable personalities who left their mark on Singapore’s legal history, and the economic and other transactions undertaken by ordinary immigrants in 19th century Singapore that tell stories of misfortune and indebtedness which would otherwise have disappeared from history.
