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<br />the owners of an estate of inheritance in the real estate hereinbefore described,and were
<br />competent and proper persons to prosecute this proceeding;that the funeral expenses of said
<br />deceased and the debts of said deceased,and the costs of this proceeding,have been fully
<br />paid,and if any debts exist against the estate of said deceased;the same have long since
<br />been barred by the statutes of limitation of the state of Nebraska in such cases made and
<br />provided;that the estate of said deceased is not subject to an inheritance tax under the
<br />laws of the state of Nebraska,nor is it subject to a Federal estate tax under the laws of
<br />the United States,and that the petitioners are entitled to a decree and order of the court
<br />as in their petition prayed.
<br />IT IS,THEREFORE,ORDERE?,ADJUDGED AND DECREED BY THE COURT that said Frances E.Kirkpatriek
<br />departed this life,intestate,in Hall County,Nebra.ska,on the first day of March,1906,atidat
<br />the time of her death the said Frances E.Kirkpatrick was a resident and inhabitant of Hall
<br />County,in the state of Nebraska;that more than two years have elapsed between the date of
<br />the death of said Frances E.Kirkpatrick and the filing of the petition herein;that no applica•
<br />tion or petition has ever been filed for administration upon the estate of said deceased in
<br />the state of Nebra.ska,nor has the estate of said deceased ever been administered upon;that
<br />said Frances E.Kirkpatrick was a widow at the time of her death,and that she left surviving
<br />her,as her heat a t'law,and her sole andonly heir, at law,Kate Darr,a daughter of said d e-
<br />ceased;that said Frances E.Kirkpatrick died seized as the owner,by fee simple title absolute
<br />of the undivided one —half of the north half of the southeast quarter,and the south half of
<br />the northeast quarter of said Section 18,in Township 12 North of Range 11 West,in Hall
<br />County,Nebraska,and that upon her death said real estate passed and descended,und er the
<br />intestate laws of the state of Nebraskain force at the time of the death of said Frances
<br />E.Kirkpatrick,to said Kate Darr,her daughter,by absolute title;that the petitioners at the
<br />time of filing the petition herein were competent and proper parties to prosecute this pro -
<br />ceeding for the purpose of determining the time and place of the death of said deceased,
<br />that she died intestate,for a determination of who were her heirs at law,their degree of
<br />kinship to her,and the right of descent of the real estate owned by said deceased at the
<br />time of her death,and for the barring of claims against said estate,and that said estate is
<br />not subject to an inheritance tax under the laws of the state of Nebraska,not to a Federal
<br />estate tax under the laws of the United States.
<br />IT IS FURTHER ORDERED,ADJUDGED AND DECREED BY THE COURT that all debts of the said Fran-
<br />ces E.Kirkpatrick,if any such exist,are forever barred and precluded,and that further ad-
<br />ministration of the estate of the said Frances E.Kirkpatrick,deceased,is hereby dispensed
<br />with,and the estate of the said Frances E.Kirkpatrick,deceased,is hereby forever settled
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<br />and closed.
<br />Pau 1 N. Kirk �
<br />County Judge.
<br />State of Nebraska,
<br />)ss.
<br />Hall County ) In the County Court of Hall County,Nebraska
<br />I,Paul N.Kirk,County Judge of Hall County,Nebraska,do hereby certify that I have compared
<br />the foregoing copy of FINAL DECREE IN THE ESTATE OF Frances E.Kirkpatrick,Deceased.with the
<br />original record thereof,now remaining in said Court,that the same is a correct transcript
<br />thereof,and of the whole of such original record;that said Court is a Court of Record hav-
<br />ing a seal,which seal is hereto attached;that said Court has no Clerk authorized to sign
<br />certificates in his own name,and that I am the legal custodian of said Seal and of the Re-
<br />cords of said Court,and that the foregoing attestation is in due form of law.
<br />IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court,
<br />at Grand Island,this 20th day of April 1929.
<br />(SEAL) Paul N.Kirk
<br />County Jud e.
<br />Filed for record this 20 day of April 1929,at 1:30 o'clock A.M.,U�
<br />Register of Deeds
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