Briefs: Wills, Trusts, Inheritances and Gifts, 18th-19th Centuries
Briefs are written legal documents presented to a court arguing why one party to a case should prevail over the other. The majority of documents in this subsection concern inheritance rights to estates, while others concern the execution of wills, gifts, and trusts bestowed upon children, widows, and other family members.
Expedientes jurídicos: Testamentos, herencias y obsequios, siglos XVIII al XIX
Los expedientes jurídicos son documentos legales redactados y llevados ante un tribunal para presentar querellas y argüir por qué una de las partes de un caso debe prevalecer sobre la otra. La mayoría de los documentos de esta subsección tratan sobre los derechos de herencia de bienes y otros abarcan asuntos relacionados a la ejecución de testamentos, obsequios y fideicomisos otorgados a menores, viudas y otros miembros de la familia.
![Brief on behalf Pedro Maestra of the village of Artá, the father and administrator of the property of his children Pedro, Antonio and Juan and his wife, Juana Guiscafre, versus Montserrat Morey, the widow of Nicolás Guiscafre, her children Rosa and Francisca Guiscafre and Lorenzo Severa of the village of Artá, concerning certain inheritance rights in the estate of Lorenzo Guiscafre. [Ca. XVIII century]. [Contains family tree of the Guiscafre family].](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ll:llhsp:llhsp_brief_09:00976/full/pct:6.25/0/default.jpg#h=211&w=285)
Brief on behalf Pedro Maestra of the village of Artá, the father and administrator of the property of his children Pedro, Antonio and Juan and his wife, Juana Guiscafre, versus Montserrat Morey, the widow of Nicolás Guiscafre, her children Rosa and Francisca Guiscafre and Lorenzo Severa of the village of Artá, concerning certain inheritance rights in the estate of Lorenzo Guiscafre. [Ca. XVIII century]. [Contains family tree of the Guiscafre family].
![Brief on behalf José de Cortada Bru, Constable of the Royal Audience of Catalonia and Teresa de Senjust Cortada de Planella versus Vital de Vallgornera, Prince of Niscemi, concerning certain inheritance rights in the estate of Gerónimo de Vallgornera y de Cardona. [July 30, 1730]. [Contains family tree of the Vallgornera family].](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ll:llhsp:llhsp_brief_11:00540/full/pct:6.25/0/default.jpg#h=223&w=312)
Brief on behalf José de Cortada Bru, Constable of the Royal Audience of Catalonia and Teresa de Senjust Cortada de Planella versus Vital de Vallgornera, Prince of Niscemi, concerning certain inheritance rights in the estate of Gerónimo de Vallgornera y de Cardona. [July 30, 1730]. [Contains family tree of the Vallgornera family].
![Brief on behalf Cisio Bahi, a farmer of the village of Castillo de la Pera and a Magistrate of the city of Girona, versus the congregation of the Holy Virgin of Los Dolores of the village of Figueres and others, concerning certain inheritance rights in the estate of Teresa Bahi, formerly Teresa Brandia Moliner. [April 1, 1723].](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ll:llhsp:llhsp_brief_13:00756/full/pct:6.25/0/default.jpg#h=224&w=313)