003-327 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse

X32 1 DECREE IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY,NEBRASKA. In the matter of the estates of Nellie L.Blair and Everett Blair, DECREE* both deceased. Now,on this 27th day of April,1923,this cause came on for hearing upon the petition of Rosa Neisius,heretofore filed herein,praying for a settlement of the estate of both Nellie L.Blair and Everett Blair,both deceased,a finding that both of them died intestate,and for a determination of their respective places of residence,the respective heirs at law of both of said descendants,their degree of kinship and the right of descent of the real estate owned by themxespectively,and said petitioner being represented by Horth & Ryan,her' attorneys,and the court having heard and examined the evidence in support of said petition,and the said cause being duly submitted to the court,and the court duly advised in the premises,finds that due and legal notice,by publication in the "Grand Island Independent, "a legal newspaper my said county for three successive weeks prior to this hearing,as by and the orders of this court required,has been given to all the heirs at law,creditore,and other persons interested in both of said estates,of the filing of said petition and the object and prayer thereof,and no one appearing to object thereto,and no objectionbeing filed to same,the said cause was submitted to the court on said petition,proof of notice,and the evidence in support thereof,and the court,being duly advised in the premises,finds that the allegations of the petition are true,and that the said petitiioner has acquired an interest in the estates of said dededents,by purchase,through mesne conveyances,of the lands and interests thereof,owned by both of said deoedents,and by con. tract and warrant to convey same and marketable title thereto,and as such interested person is qualified,under the law,to file said petition and prosecute this cause. The court further finds that said Nellie L.Blair (formerly Nellie L.Rundlett) died intestate in Ellis,Kansas,and while a resident thereof,at a date unknown to petitiioner and to this court, but that she died some time prior to April 9,1904,and that she was,at the time of her death, the owner by inheritance from her mother,one Alice J•Rundlett,decea.sed,of a fee simple title to an undivided one -third interest in the west half of the southeast quarter of Section Twenty -four (24),Township Twelve (12),North,Range Twelve (12) West,Hall County,Nebraska,and that she left surviving her,as her only heirs at law,her infant son,Everett Blair,and her husband,William S. Blair.That upon her death,undex, the laws of descent then in force in Nebraska,the said above one -third interest in said above described land passed and descended,in fee, simple,to her said surviving son,Everett Blair,subject to the curtesy rights,for life,of one -third thereof to her said surviving husband. That their degree of kinship to said deceased was that of surviving son' and husband. The court further finds that shortly after the death of the said Nellie L.Blair,at a date unknown to petitioner and to this court,but prior to April 9,1904,the said Everett Blair died intestate,at Ellis,Kansas,and while a resident thereof,and that said Everett Blair was,at the time of his death,the owner,as heir:at law of said Nellie L.Blair,of the fee simple title in an undivided one -third interest in said above described premisee,subject to the curtesy rights therein of his said father,the said William S.Blair,and that said Everett Blair left surviving him,as his only heir at law,his father,the said William S.Blair,and that under the law of descent then; in force in the state of Nebraska,the said undivided one -third interest of said above described premises passed and descended,by 6perationof law,to the said William S.Blair,in absolute title,'' he,the said William S.Blair,bearing the degree of kinship to said deceased of surviving father. The court further finds that the title and interest of said petitioner in said premises,by purchase and conveyance,came down through a common source,from said Alice J.Rundlett,deceased, to said Nellie L.Blair,and from said Nellie L.Blair,deceased,to said Everett Blair,and from said Everett Blair,deceased,to said William S.Blair,and that by reason thereof and of the common . u