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.
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![Brief on behalf Juana de Silva Piñatelli Aragón Pinós, Duchess of Hijar and Countess of Belchite versus Teresa de Pimentel Benavides, the widow of Jaime de Silva Fernández de Hijar Pinós Cabrera Fenollet, Duke of Hijar and Count of Belchite, concerning certain inheritance rights in the estate of said Jaime de Silva Fernández de Hijar. [January 12, 1703].](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ll:llhsp:llhsp_brief_11:00094/full/pct:6.25/0/default.jpg#h=220&w=317)
Brief on behalf Juana de Silva Piñatelli Aragón Pinós, Duchess of Hijar and Countess of Belchite versus Teresa de Pimentel Benavides, the widow of Jaime de Silva Fernández de Hijar Pinós Cabrera Fenollet, Duke of Hijar and Count of Belchite, concerning certain inheritance rights in the estate of said Jaime de Silva Fernández de Hijar. [January 12, 1703].
![Additional brief on behalf Margarita Pou Trobat, the widow of Juan Pou, a farmer of the village of Parlevá, versus Francisco Tomas Trobat of the city of Barcelona, as the father and administrator of the property of his children, concerning certain inheritance rights in the estate of Sebastian Trobat. [March 30, 1707].](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ll:llhsp:llhsp_brief_11:00345/full/pct:6.25/0/default.jpg#h=223&w=300)
Additional brief on behalf Margarita Pou Trobat, the widow of Juan Pou, a farmer of the village of Parlevá, versus Francisco Tomas Trobat of the city of Barcelona, as the father and administrator of the property of his children, concerning certain inheritance rights in the estate of Sebastian Trobat. [March 30, 1707].
![Brief on behalf Teresa de Vallgornera y de Gilabert, the widow of Gerónimo de Vallgornera y de Cardona, versus José de Senjust y de Pagés Donsel, the son of Francisco de Senjust y de Pagés, concerning certain inheritance rights in the estate of said Gerónimo de Vallgornera y de Cardona. [Ca. XVIII century].](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ll:llhsp:llhsp_brief_11:00511/full/pct:12.5/0/default.jpg#h=445&w=324)
Brief on behalf Teresa de Vallgornera y de Gilabert, the widow of Gerónimo de Vallgornera y de Cardona, versus José de Senjust y de Pagés Donsel, the son of Francisco de Senjust y de Pagés, concerning certain inheritance rights in the estate of said Gerónimo de Vallgornera y de Cardona. [Ca. XVIII century].
![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)