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<br />o. a. HALL COUNTY
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<br />IT IS THER7FORE ORDERED,ADJUDGED AND DECREED BY THE COURT THAT the said Mark Lyons died
<br />in Hall County,Nebra.ska,on the 15th day of April,A. D. 1096; that more than two years have elapsed
<br />between the death of the said Mark Lyons and the filing of the petition herein;that no applica-
<br />tion for the appointment of an administrator of his estate has ever been made,nor .-. has there
<br />been any adminWTation upon the estate of the said deceased in the State of Nebraska;that said
<br />deceased died seized as the owner in fee simple of the real estate hereinbefore described situa
<br />in Hall County,Nebraska;that the petitioner is a competent and qualified person to prosecute
<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY,NEBRASKA.
<br />In the Matter of the Estate
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<br />of "ya.rk Lyons,deceased.
<br />Now on this 13th day of April A. D.1925, this cause came on for
<br />hearing upon the petition of Stephen Lyons praying for the settlement of the estate of the
<br />said. deceased for determination his heirship
<br />of and the right of descent of his real estate
<br />and the degree of kinship of his heirs at law and a decree settling his estate,and its appear-
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<br />ing to the Court from the proof on file herein ghat due and legal notice has been given by pub -
<br />lication for three successive weeks as by law and the order of-this Court provided to all cred -;
<br />itors,heirs at law and- other persons interested in said estate of the filing of said petition
<br />and of $he time and place fixed for the hearing of the same,which was no less than thirty days,'
<br />nor more than sixty days after the filing of said petition and there being no objections theret
<br />this cause was duly submitted to the Court upon the petition and the evidence and support there,"
<br />of and the Court fully advised in the premises finds that the allegations of said petition are
<br />true and that said petitioner,Stephen Lyons,is a son of the deceased,and is a son of the de-
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<br />ceased,and is a competent and proper person to prosecute this proceeding; that the said Mark
<br />Lyons departed this life at his ho; e in Hall County,Nebra.ska,on the 15th day of April A.D. 1596,
<br />and at the tiTe of his death was a resident and inhabitant of Hall County,Nebraska,and died
<br />seized a,s the owner in fee simple title of the following described real estate,situate in Hall j
<br />' Count y, Nebrask a, to -wi t. The West H alf (W2) of t h e Northwest Quarter (N P�) of Section Ten (10) 9
<br />Township Ten (10) North Range Twelve (12) West of the 6th P.M.,and Lots Eleven (11) and Twelve
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<br />(12) in Block Ten (10) in the First Addition to the Village of 'good River,Hall County,Nebraska,
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<br />that more than
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<br />two years have elapsed since his death and that no application has ever been made in the State
<br />of Nebraska for the appointment of an administrator of his estate and n@ petition filed for
<br />that purpose and that no administration has ever been had upon the estate of the said Mark Lyons,
<br />deceased.
<br />r The Court further finds that the said Mark Lyons left surviving him as his heirs and only
<br />heirs at law the following named persons:Ellen Lyons,his widow,and that the said widow, Ellen
<br />Lyons,is now deceased;Mark Lyons and Stephen Lyons,sons,and that there were no other children
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<br />nor children of deceased children other than the above left surviving him.
<br />The Court further finds that under the laws of the State of Nebraska in force at the time {
<br />of the death of the said Mark Lyons,deceased,the real estate hereinbefore described passed
<br />and descended by absolute title share and share alike to the above Stephen Lyons and Mark Ly-
<br />ons,sons of Mark Lyons,deceased,sub ' ect to the homestead and dower rights of the widow,Ellen
<br />Lyons,and she has since died.
<br />The Court further finds that the funeral expenses of the said Mark Lyons,deceased,have been '
<br />fully paid and that all debts of the said deceased and of his estate if any such there were
<br />have been forever barred and precluded and that the costs of these proceedings have been fully
<br />paid.
<br />IT IS THER7FORE ORDERED,ADJUDGED AND DECREED BY THE COURT THAT the said Mark Lyons died
<br />in Hall County,Nebra.ska,on the 15th day of April,A. D. 1096; that more than two years have elapsed
<br />between the death of the said Mark Lyons and the filing of the petition herein;that no applica-
<br />tion for the appointment of an administrator of his estate has ever been made,nor .-. has there
<br />been any adminWTation upon the estate of the said deceased in the State of Nebraska;that said
<br />deceased died seized as the owner in fee simple of the real estate hereinbefore described situa
<br />in Hall County,Nebraska;that the petitioner is a competent and qualified person to prosecute
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