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IGLBZ C C 1 4r, D 1 at Hastings, this 31st day of August,A.D.,1918. 3 49 1 � John Snider, (SEAL) Judge of the County Court. That on the 31st day of August,1918, said Maggie E. Christopher duly qualified as such Executrix by taking and filing oath: and filing bond as directed by the Court and then became, has been ever since and is now, the duly appointed,qualified and acting Executrix of said estate. That on said day an order was duly entered by the Court fixing the 5th day of October,1918, or within three months thereafter as the time for filing claims and that all claims not filed within the time so limited should be forever barred, and directing that notice thereof be given by publication in the Adams County Democrat for four successive weeks. That thereupon notice to creditors was duly €:riven and published as required by law and in compliance with the order of the Court. The Court further finds that the time for filing claims has expired and that all claims filed and allowed against said estate and the costs of administration have been fully paid:;. and IT IS HEREBY ORDFRED AND ADTUDCTD that all claims not filed against said estate are forever barred. That said Maggie E.Christopher, Ixecutrix, submitted her account and vouchers and no one appearing to object.thereto or contest the same, the Court finds that said account is just and true and should be and is hereby allowed and approved and ordered recorded as her final account. The `Court further finds that said Columbus C.Christopher, deceased, left surviving him as his only heirs at law, devisees and legatees under the will, and only persons interested in said estate, the following named persons to -wit: Maggie E.Christopher,widow, Hastings,Nebraska; William Edward Christopher, son, Trumball,11ebraska; Edith Belle Brown,(nee Christopher), Daughte3 Doniphan,Nebraska; Eva May Christopher ,daughter,Hastings,Nebraska; and Vern Elmer Christopher, son,Hastings,Nebra.ska; that all of said persons are of legal age and past their majority, and said deceased left surviving him no other son or daughter, nor the child or children of any de- ceased son or daughter. The Court further finds that said Maggie E. Christopher, widow, is entitled to all of the personal property including notes, mortgages, stocks, bonds, moneys and all other securities. The Court further finds that said Columbus C.Christopher, deceased died seized in fee of the following described real estate to -wit: The West One -half (W.1) of the South West Quarter (SW4) of Section Twenty -eight (28) and the North East Quarter (N.E.4) of Section. Thirty -two (32), all in Township Nine (9) North, Range Ten (10), West of the 6th P.M.. Hall County,Nebraska. Also an undivided one -half interest in and to the South Forty -six (46) feet of the West One -half (W.-,T') of the North One -half (N.-AT) of Block Four (4), in Alexander's Addition to Hastings,Nebraska. And the Court finds that under the provisions of said Will. said Maggie E.Christopher is entitled to the sole use, rental, income, occupancy and control of all of said real estate during her natural life. That as to the fee title to said real estate said will "Third. I hereby give,devise and bequeath provides as follows to -wit: unto myV wife.Maggie H. Christopher, for her use and benefit during her natural life all the real estate or interests in real estate of which I may be possessed at time of my death, and at her death, the said real estate shall be divided equally between my four children, William Edward Uhristopher, Edith Belle Brown, Eva May Christopher, and Vern Elmer Christopher, or shoyald any of the said children not survive my said wife, stich s': are or shares shall decend to their children by right of representations The Court further finds that the value of the property devised and bequeathed to each of the devisees and legatees under the will _is less then the amount exempt to each by law and is in no manner liable for an inheritance tax..