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<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
<br />In the matter of the estate of)
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<br />Mattie A. Vantine, Deceased.)
<br />DECREE.
<br />Now, on this 10th day of December, 1917, this cause came on for hearing upon the petition
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<br />of DeWitte H. Vantine, heretofore filed herein, praying that the Court determine.and find the dat
<br />of the death of Mattie A. Vantine, that she died intestate, that her heirs at law be determined
<br />by the Court, and their respective degree of kinship fixed, and that the right of descent of the
<br />real estate of said Mattie A. Vantine, deceased, be determined, and for such other orders:.'as
<br />might be necessary in the premises, and it appearing to the Court from the proof on file, that
<br />due and legal notice, as by law and the order of this Court required, has been given by publica-
<br />tion to all creditors, heirs and persons interested in the estate of said deceased, of the time
<br />filing said petition and the time and place fixed for a hearing thereon, which time was more th
<br />thirty days and less than sixty days after the filing of said petition, and there being no objec
<br />tions thereto, said cause was submitted to the Court upon the petition, and evidence produced by
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<br />said petitioner in support thereof, and the Court, being fully advised in the premises, finds th
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<br />said Mattie A. Vantine died intestate at her home in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, on Sep-
<br />tember 1st, 1908, and that she was at the time of her death and for many years prior thereto had
<br />been a resident of said Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska; that said deceased died seized of an
<br />estate in inheritance in real estate located in Hall County, Nebraska, consisting of an undivided
<br />one -half interest in Lot Number Eight (8) Block Six (6) in the original town (now City) of Grand
<br />Island, Hall County, Nebraska, and that the other undivided one-half interest therein was owned
<br />by the said DeWitte H. Vantine, her surviving husband, and that at the time of her death, said
<br />premises were the homestead of said deceased and her said husband, and that there was a mortgage
<br />of One Thousand ($1000) Dollars thereon, which mortgage has, since the death of said deceased,
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<br />been paid by said DeWitte H.Vantine, and that more than nine years have elapsed since the death
<br />of said Mattie A. Vantine, and no application has been made in the state of Nebraska for the ap-
<br />pointment of an administrator of her estate, nor has administration upon her estate ever been had
<br />in the state of Nebrasks; that the petitioner herein is the owner of an estate of inheritance in
<br />a part of said above described premises and real estate, and is a competent and proper person
<br />to file said petition and presecute these proceedings.
<br />The Court further finds that the said Mattie A. Vantine left surviving her no children, issu�,
<br />or descendants, but did leave surviving her as her only heirs at law, the following named persons
<br />DeWitte H. Vantine, her surviving husband, being the petitioner herein, and
<br />Samuel Armor,.her brother,
<br />Susan M. Ferguson, Sarah A. Chalfin, Mary A. Brown, her sisters, all of said sisters being widows
<br />at the time of her death., and also left surviving her the following named persons, being the sur-
<br />viving children and heirs at law of one Eliza Willis, a sister of said Mattie As�Vantine, the said
<br />Eliza Willis having died on .Tune 14, 1903, her heirs at law being
<br />Samuel E. Willis, her son, Albert A. Willis, her son, and Benjamin F. Willis, her son, the last
<br />three named persons being nephews of said Mattie A. Vantine, deceased; that afterwards, to -wit, i
<br />the month of May, 1909, the said Benjamin F.Willis, nephew of said Mattie A.: Vantine, died intes-
<br />tate in Post Falls, Idaho, leaving surviving him as his only heirs at law, the following named
<br />persons: Benjamin R.Willis, his son, now twenty years of age, Leo H. Willis, his son, now eight-
<br />een years of age, and Lennie Willis (now Stone). his widow, who is over twenty-one years; that no
<br />I administration has been had upon the estate of`"eenjamin F. Willis, deceased, in the state of
<br />Nebraska.
<br />The Court further finds that said above described real estate was of the value of more than
<br />$200 at the time of the death of said Mattie A. Vantine, and that upon the death of said deceased
<br />her undivided one -half interest therein passed and descended, by operation of law, to her above
<br />named heirs at law, as follows: One-Half interest in the said undivided one -half interest of sail
<br />deceased, to her surviving husband, DeWitte H.Vantinem together with a life estate in all of said
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