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<br />FINAL DECREE
<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
<br />In the matter of the estate of)
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<br />John Sprague, FINAL M?CRFE.
<br />Deceased.
<br />Now, on this 6th day of December,1919, this cause came on to be heard upon the final report
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<br />petition of William L. Sprague, Administrator of the above estate, for a settlement thereof, and
<br />it appearing from the proof on file herein that due and legal notice as required by law and the
<br />orders of this Court has been given to all persons interested in said estate of the time and
<br />place for hearing thereon, that said time has expired and no objections have been made or filed
<br />thereto, and the Court, upon examination, finds said report in all respects correct, that said
<br />Administrator has accounted for all properties coming into his hands belonging to said estate,
<br />and has aid all of tie debts of said state
<br />including the costs o adman stration thereof', and that same should be allowed and approved.
<br />The Court further finds from the proof on file herein that due and legal notice as by law and
<br />the orders of this court required has been given to all creditors, and others having claims
<br />against said estate, of the place where and-.time when said claims should be filed, and that said
<br />time has expired, and that all claims
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<br />ainst said estate have been fully paid, and that unfiled
<br />claims, if any exist, should be forever barred and precluded.
<br />The Court further finds that the said John Sprague died at his home in Hall County, and while
<br />resident and inhabitant of said county,.on June 8,1918; that he died intestate, and that he left
<br />surviving him as his heirs and only heirs at law the following named persons, all of whom are mo
<br />than 21 years of age, viz., Margaret A.Sprague, his widow; William L.Sprague, his son; Mary E.
<br />Sprague, his daughter; John C.Sprague, his son; Effie Watkins (formerly. Sprague), his daughter;
<br />Winnifred Boone (formerly Sprague), his daughter; George E.Sprague, his son; Edna L.Kendall
<br />(formerly Sprague, his daughter; and Kenneth O.Sprague, his son; that he died seized as the
<br />owner of the following described real estate situate in Hall County, Nebraska, to- wit ::The South
<br />west Quarter of Section 21,,in Township 10 North, Range 11 West of the 6th P.M., in Hall County,
<br />Nebraska, and that at the time of his death the said premises was the homestead of said deceased
<br />and of his said widow, Margaret A.Sprugue; that as provided by the law of descent in the state
<br />of Nebraska. the said above described premises passed and descended, by operation of lava, sin and
<br />ivided one -third thereof in fee to Margaret A.Sprague, widow, and the undivided two - thirds there
<br />to said above named children and heirs at law, one - twelfth part to each in fee simple, subject,
<br />hosever, to the life estate in all of said premises in favor of said Margaret A. Sprague, survi-
<br />ving widow of said deceased.
<br />The Court further finds that said Administrator hue accounted for all and singular of the
<br />property coming into his hands as above set forth, and has paid all of the debts of said de-
<br />ceased, and the expenses of administration, and the support heretofore allowed to the widow .
<br />of said deceased, and that there remains in his hands for distribution the sum of $1233.87, -and
<br />same should be distributed as follows::One -third part, or $411.29, to Margaret A.Sprague, widow,
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<br />and one - twelfth part thereof, amounting to $102..82, to each of said above named children, to -wil:
<br />William L. Sprague, Mary E. Sprague, John C. Sprague, Effie Watkins, Winnifred Boone, . George E.
<br />Sprague, Edna L.Kendall, and Kenneth O.Sprague, and he is directed to make said distribution
<br />in said several amounts to them.
<br />IT IS THLRFFORE BY THE COURT ADJUDGED, DECREED, AND CONSIDERED that the final report of said
<br />Administrator is in all things hereby allowed and confirmed;tbat all debts and claims not filed
<br />against said estate, 4-f any exist, are forever barred and precluded; that the above described
<br />real estate passed and descended, by operation of law, to the said above named heirs at law of
<br />said deceased, as hereinabove found, subject to the life estate of Margaret A.Sprague, widow.,
<br />therein,.and is so awarded to them in fee simple as tenants in common; that said balance of
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