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<br /> , Hafmann ,Elizabetha HQf;nann Txefenbach ,�lari� Hofmaa�n �ellert and Louisa HQfmann and to the
<br /> °� survivor of them,nephPws and nieces of the said Charles A.Hofmann ,deceased,and all residing
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<br /> i� in Germ�,ny;and a one-half (2) interest in fee v�as dev3sed to William Sievers and Otto Sievers
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<br /> and �o tY��e survivor of them,they bsing brothers of the plaintiff herein a� residing in the
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<br /> United 8tates of America.
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<br /> 2HE COURT FURTHER FINDS THAT Au�ust �ahs,one of the devisees under the last will and test
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<br /> � ment of Ciiar7.es A.Hr�fmann,deceased,departed this life in Gexmany on the 19th.day of March, �
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<br />' lived in German de ar�ted this ].ife on the Is da �
<br /> y , p 3 t y of August ,lq15 ,both of Whose deaths occur ed
<br /> , prior to the death of the testator ,Charles A.HQfmann,and that by reas�n of said deaths and �
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<br /> y provisions of the Zast will and testament of Charles A.Hofmann,de- �
<br /> ceased,aaid August Gohs and Caxl Gohs �iaving predeceased th� testator ,took no interest whatev r
<br /> in the estate of the said Cha,rles A.Ho£mann,but their surviving brother,Christian (�ohs took a
<br /> �� undivided one-four�h (�) interest in fee of the real estate hereinbefore described,subject toi
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<br /> � the li�'e estate of the plaintiff herein;that said Christian Gohs departed this Zife,intestate �
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<br /> i�; at his home in Gerrr�any on ti�e 23rd day of February ,192�,and left surviving hira as his heirs �
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<br /> �` at iav�� and only heirs at law,Mina Gohs ,i�is surviving widoti�v,and Adolph Gohs ,his eon of Iawful �
<br /> `' age ,both residents of Germany. That no proceedings have ever been had,taken,or com:nenced for � �
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<br /> �' the administration upon the estate af the said Christian Gohs ,in the State of Nebraska,nor �
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<br /> � has his estate ever �been administered upon in the 5tate of Nebraska. �
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<br /> �' THE COURT FURTFir.R FINI�� THAT the interest of �Iina Gohs and Adolph Gohs,in ar�d to the real i
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<br /> i; es�ate herein described,has been conveyed to the plaintiff herein by good and su��'icient �
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<br /> �� deed,and that there are no other persons who have any interest in and to the portion of said �
<br /> '� estate conveyed by said �dina Gohs and Adolph Gohs. �
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<br /> THE t70URT FUi�THER FINDS that Louisa Hofmann ,another of t7ie devisees under the la st will
<br /> �; and testament of Ch�,rles A.Hofmann,deceased,departed this life at her home in Germany an the ��
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<br /> �' 21st day of Jul.y,1916,1ong prior to the death of 'the testator,Charles A.Sofmann,whereby and ��
<br /> ' by reason of the provisions of the last will and testament of the said Charles A.Hofmann,said
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<br /> ;. Louisa Hofmann,having predeceased hirn,took no interest in the real estate of wi�ich the said �
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<br /> ;': Cnaxles A.Hofmann died the owner ,but her suzYi.vi�g brothers and sisters ,the d efendants ;
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<br /> � C��ristian Hofmann ,Carl Hofmann,Wilhelm Hofmann ,ElizabethaHofmann no�r Elizabetha Hofmann Tie- �
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<br /> ;, genbach ,and �Iaria Hofmann ,now �Iaria Hofrnann Gell�rt ,took an undivided one-:fourth (�) interest �
<br /> t� thereof,subject to the life estate therein �f the plaintiff.`That the interest of said Christi �
<br /> !' Hofmanr.,Carl H�fmann,Wilhelm Hofmann,Elizabetha Hofmann Tiefenbach and �aria Hofmann Gellert
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<br /> �' has been conveyed by good and sufficient deed to the plaintiff herein and th�,t there are no �
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<br /> !� otner persons wno have any interest in a1d to the one-fourth (�) interest in and t� said prop rty
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<br /> `; conveyed by the last na:ned 'neirs ,who all reside in Germany.
<br /> THL C�URT FURTHER FINDS that at tne ti:ne of administering tne estate of said Charles A.Hof
<br /> ' mann,the executrix alid not known of the death of August Gohs ,Carl Gohs and Louisa Hofmanr�;,or '
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<br /> ,; any of them and presumed tha� they were still living and that it was ,therefore , made to appea
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<br /> ;� in all af the proceedings had anct taken in tne administration of tne said estate in the Count
<br /> '; Court of Hall County,Nebraska,inclutiing the final de�ree of settlement of sai� estate which
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<br /> �! is of record in the office of the Register of Deeds of Hall County,Nebrwska. That said August
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<br /> ;; BohsAand Louisa Hofmann had no interest in said estate and tnat by reason of the said proceedi gs
<br /> �� aA.d final decree ,a. cloud has been cast u�on plaintiff� s title to said real estate ,and plainti
<br /> j� has been deprived of tixe full ,free and complete use and enjoyment of the sa,me ,and that in
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<br /> �; truth and in fact the said August Gohs,Ca,rl Gohs and Louisa Hof�nann had no interest in said
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