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1 1 1 G 2572 —MoeP. Printiag Co., Omaha County Court of Hancock County,in the State of Illinois,in due form of law,and the same duly filed and entered upon the probate records of the Count Court of Hall Count Nebrask Y Y' a• � Witness my hand the seal of said court at Grand Island,Nebraska,this 23rd day of January, E 1925. ( SEAL) J. H. Mullin, County Judge. IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY,NEBRASKA. In the matter of the estate and DECREE. will of Joseph H. Smith,deceased. Now on this 23rd day of Jan uary,1925,this cause came on for hearing before the court upon the petition filed herein by Frances Smith,widow,and the court being fully advised in the p remises,finds due and legal notice has been given to all persons interested in the manner and form provided by law for three successive weeks,by publication in the Grand Island Independent,a legal newspaper published and of general circulation in Hall County,Nebraska,and that no objectionsha ve been filed thereto. The court finds from the evidence adduced,that Joseph H.Smith died at Augusta,Hancock County,' Illinois,on the 24th day of May,1922,a resident of said eo=- y and state,leaving a last will and testament which was duly and regularly admitted to probate in said court on the 17th day of July,1922,as the will of deceased,a duly authenticated copy of which has been filed in this court. That the said Joseph H. Smith died seized of the title in f ee of the North East Quarter of section Eight (S),in Township Ten (10),North,Range Twelve (12),West of the Sixth principal meridian in Hall County,Nebraska,and that said instrument should be allowed as the last will of deceased in this court. The court finds that the deceased left no issue,no father or mother. That he left as his sole heirs at law,hid devises under his will,his widow,Frances Smith, his brothers,Benjamin H.Smith,and John T.Smith,and his sisters,Harriett Ellis and Martha Moore, and his nieces,Nannie M.Norton,Mar y Stoner and Minnie Joyner,and his nephew,Morris Emery Moore,all of fall legal age,a.nd no others. That under t #e terms of the will of the deceased, the widow,Frances H.Smith,takes an undivided one -third interest,and Harriett Ellis,John T.Smith, Benjamin H.Smith,and Martha Moore,each take an undivided two- fifteenths interest,and Nannie M. Norton,Mar y Stoner,Minnie Joyner,and Morris Emery Morris,each take an undivided one- thirtieth interest in said lands. That no debts exist against said estate. That more than two years have elapsed since the death of the said Joseph H.Smith,and no application has been made for administration and no debts are now provable against his estate.That his estate is notliable for inheritance taxes under the laws of the State of Nebraska.That there is no personal estate in Nebraska,and no necessity exists for the appointment of an administrator. It is therefore considered by the court that the said Joseph H.Smith died at the time and place above found,a resident of Hancock County,in the State of Illinois. That he left an estate i �n Nebraska as above found. That he left a last will and testament which has been full admitted to probate in the Countjc Court of Hancock County,Illinois,an authenticated copy in due form of law being filed in this court,and that the same is hereby admitted to probate and allowed as the last will and testament of the deceased in this state.That said estate is not liable for inher- itance taxes. That all claims against his estate are forever barred. That the estate of the de- ceased in Nebraska,pass to the devises and heirs at law as above named in the shares above set forth, the same being in accordance to the terms of the will of the deceased.That further admin. istration be dispeheed with. (SEAL) J. H. Mullin County Judge. IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL CO UNTY,NEBRASKA. State of Nebraska,) County of Hall. ss. CERTIFICATE.