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<br />74661 TATE JOURNAL COMPANY, LINCOLN NEB. - ^�
<br />DECREE.
<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY,NEBRASKA-
<br />In the matter of the estate )
<br />. DECREE.
<br />of Arthur Zbinden,
<br />Deceased.
<br />Now,on_ this 20 day of Becember,1928,this cause came on for hearing upon the petition of
<br />John J.Ross,petitioner hereinpraying for settlement of the estate of said deceased,and det-
<br />ermination of his heirs at law,and right of descent of said real estate,and the degree of kir
<br />skip of said heirs at la.w,and it appearing from the proof on file herein that due and legal
<br />notice by publication for three consecutive weeks,as by law and the order of this Court re-
<br />quired,has been given to all heirs at law,creditors,and other persons interested in said
<br />estate of the filing of said petition and the time and place for hearing same,which time was
<br />more than thirty days and less than sixty days after the filing of said petition,and there
<br />being no objection thereto the cause was duly submitted to the Court upon said petition and
<br />the evidence,and the Court,being first duly advised in the premises,finds that the allegatior,
<br />in the petition are true,that said Arthur Zbinden died intestate ont he 8th day of September,
<br />1924,and that on the date of his death he was a bona fide resident of Hall County,Nebraska;
<br />that at the time of his death he was the owner of the said real estate herein described in
<br />Hall County,Nebraska;that more than two years have elapsed since his death,a,nd that no appli
<br />tion has been made in the state of Nebraska for the appointment of an administrator of said
<br />estate,and no administration has been had of said estate.
<br />The Court finds that said deceased left surviving him the following and only heirs at law
<br />to -wit; Elsie Zbinden,widow,Ferne Zbinden,daughter,Jason 3binden,son,and Bessie May Zbinden,
<br />daughter.
<br />The Court finds that said Arthur Zbinden died seized of the following described real estat,o;
<br />Lot Six (6) in Block Fourteen (14) of Baker's Addition to the city of Grand Island in Hall !!
<br />County,Nebraska,which said real estate did pass and descend,on the date of the death of said
<br />Arthur Zbinden,by operation of law,to the following named heirs at law as follows; Elsie ZbirGden,
<br />widow,a,n undivided one -third interest;Ferne Zbinden,Jason Zbinden,and Bessie May zbinden,eacY
<br />an undivided two - ninths interest ,subject,however,to the homestead interest therein which pas.ed
<br />and descended by operation of law to Elsie Zbinden,surviving widow of said Arthur Abinden, 11
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<br />deceased.
<br />The Court further finds that no petition or application has been filed in the state of
<br />Nebraska for the appointment of an administrator of the estate of said deceased,and that no
<br />administration has been had upon his estate in the state of Nebraska,and that more than two
<br />years have alapsed since his death,and that he died intestate,and that his funeral expenses
<br />have been paid,and that all debts of Said deceased,and his estate,have been paid,and are
<br />forever barred and precluded,and that the costs of this proceeding have been paid.
<br />The Court further finds that the petitioner herein,John J.Ross,is the owner by fee simple
<br />title of said real estate,and that he derived title to said real estate by direct and mesne
<br />conveyances,and is duly authorized by law to make this application in this Court.
<br />IT I5,THEREFORE,BY THE COURT ADJUDGED,CONSIDERED,AND DECREED that said Arthur Zbinden diec
<br />intestate more than two years prior to the filing of the petition _herein,that no , applicatior
<br />the appointment of an administrator of his estate has been made in the state of Nebraska,or
<br />elsewhere,nor has there been any administration of his estate in the state of Nebraska,or
<br />elsewhere,and that he died seized in fee simple of the following described realestate,to -wit;
<br />Lot 6,in Block 14,of Baker's Addition to the city of Grand Island,in Hall County,Nebraska;th,
<br />__ ____he_ left ___surviving him,as his sole and only heirs at law,the following named; Elsie Zbinden,
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