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<br />YU AND DEGREE RECORD No. � I
<br />DECREE:-
<br />In The County Court of Hall County, Nebraska.
<br />In tine matter of the Estate of)
<br />(SS. D E C R E E.
<br />Hopy A.Chapman, Deceased.)
<br />Now on this 7th day of July, 1917, this cause carne on for hearing upon the petition of Emma
<br />L. Chapman, praying that the Court determine and find the date of the death of said Hopy A.Chapma4,
<br />deceased, t':hat the said Hopy A. Chapman died intestate, that the heirs of the said Hopy A.Cha
<br />be determined, and their respective degrees of kinship fixed, and tnat the right of descent of
<br />the real estate of the said Hopy A. Chapman, deceased, be determined, and it appearing to the Cou
<br />from the proofs on file that due and legal notice by publication, as by law and the orders of
<br />this Court, required, has been given to all creditors, heirs, and persons interested in the es-
<br />tate of said deceased, of the filing of said petition and of tae time and place fixed for the
<br />hearing thereon,as fixed by this Court, wnicn time was for more than thirty days, and less than
<br />sixty days, after tie filing; of said petition, and triere 'being no objections made thereto, the
<br />said cause was duly submitted to the Court, upon said petition, and the evidence produced by the
<br />petitioner in support tihereoF, and the Court, being now fully advised in the premises, finds that
<br />the allegations of said petition are true; that the said hOpy A.Chapman died intestate, in Hall
<br />County, Nebraska, on the 18tn day of February, 1594, and that at tie time of her death, the said
<br />Hopy A.Cnapman was a resiuent and inhabitant of Hall County, Nebraska; that the said Hopy A;
<br />Chapman died seized of an estate of inheritance located in Hall County, Nebraska, consisting of
<br />the ownership in fee of the northeast quarter (NEJ) of section number four (4) in township number
<br />turi (10) norta of range number eleven (11), west of the Sixth Principal Meridian, and containing
<br />!one iundred sixty and 85/100 acres, according to the Government survey thereof; that more than
<br />two years have elapsed since the death of the said Hopy A. Ciapinan, and that no application has
<br />ever been made in the state of Nebraska, for the appointment of an administrator of her estate;
<br />that no administration of the estate of the said Hopy A. Chapman has ever been had in the state
<br />of Nebraska; that the petitioner is now the owner of an estate of inheritance in the real estate
<br />nereinbefore described, and is a proper and competent person to institute and prosecute this
<br />proceeding. .
<br />The Court furtner finds treat the said Flopy A. Chapman, deceased, left surviving her, Horatio
<br />P. Chapman, her husband, and that sne left surviving her as her only heirs at law, the following
<br />named persons, Roma Chapman, a daughter, of lawful age, of Omaha, Nebraska; James F. Chapman, a
<br />son, of lawful age, of Jensen, Utah; Walter P. Chapman, a son, of lawful age, of Filer, Idaho;
<br />and Erma ref. Williamson (formerly Erma M.Cnapman)a daughter, of lawful age, of Salt Lake City,
<br />Utah; that the said northeast quarter of section number four, in township number ten, north of
<br />range number eleven, west, in Hall County, Nebraska, of which the said Hopy A. Chapman died seized
<br />as the
<br />owner
<br />in fee,
<br />was not
<br />tie home
<br />or homestead
<br />of the said
<br />deceased
<br />and her family,
<br />at
<br />the
<br />time of
<br />her
<br />death, and
<br />teat,
<br />upon tike
<br />death of the
<br />said Hopy
<br />A.Chapman,
<br />under the laws
<br />of
<br />descent .
<br />then in force in the state of iiabraska, the above described real estate passed and descended in
<br />equal snares to the said Roma Chapman, James F. Chapman, Walter P. Chapman, and Erma M. William-
<br />son, one - fourth to each, as tenants in common, subject only to the estate by courtesy herein of
<br />the said Horatio P.Cliapman, as surviving hus:,and of the said Hopy A. Criapman,deceased; that the
<br />petitioner, Emma L. Chapman, has acquired by purchase and is now the owner of said premises, sub-
<br />ject only to the estate by courtesy therein, of tree said Horatio P.Chapman.
<br />The Court further finds tna,t at the time of the deati of the said Hopy A. Chapman, said real
<br />estate herainbefore described, `ras of the gross value of Four Thousand Dollars, and is now of
<br />the ;gross value of Sixteen Thousand Dollars.
<br />The
<br />Court further finds that the said Hopy A. Chapman,
<br />deceased,
<br />left no debts,
<br />and
<br />that her
<br />funeral
<br />expenses were fully paid by her surviving husband,
<br />Horatio P.
<br />Chapman, and
<br />that
<br />if any
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