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<br />in the City of Hastings,County of Adams,and State of Nebraska.
<br />Present: W.Halsey Bohlke,Judge of the County Court.
<br />IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE )
<br />OF FINAL DECREE.
<br />3 W.H.LANNING(WILLIAM H.
<br />LANNING) DECEASED. )
<br />On tnis 25th day of Octo ber,1929,this matter came on for hearing upon the petition of
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<br />Thomas Frahm,R.R.Damerell,and C.G.Lane,executors of the estate of W.H.Lanning,whose true
<br />name was William H.Lanning,deceased,for allowance of their final account as such executors,
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<br />and for distribution of said estate.
<br />Upon consideration of the files,the evid§nce,and after a careful examination of the aceourts
<br />and reports and inventories heretofore filed by said executors,the court finds that notice
<br />of the time and place of hearing on said petition,has been given in due form,to all persons
<br />interested insaid estate as provided by law and the order of this Court;that no such persons;
<br />have appeared and objected to the final accounting of said executors or to the allowance
<br />and granting of said petition.
<br />That W.H.Lanning departed this life testate,on the 9th day of April,1919,and that at the
<br />time of his death he was a resident of the County of Adams,State of Nebraska;that on the 14th
<br />day of April,1919,an instrument purporting to be the last Will and Testament of said W.H.Lanning,
<br />deceased,was filed in this court together with a petition offering it for probate and allow
<br />ance,and after notice in due form,of thetime and place of hearing said petition had been given
<br />to all persons interested in said estate,as provided by law,and the order of this court,
<br />said instrument was on the 7th day of May,1919,duly proved,approved,probated and allowed
<br />as the last Will and Testament of the said W.H.Lanning,and was ordered to be recorded in the
<br />records of said County Court.
<br />That on the 7th day of May,1919,said Thomas Frahm,R.R.Damerell and C.G.Lane,were duly
<br />appointed by an order of this court,as executors of said estate,and that the said persons
<br />have continued as such executors throughout the entire administration of said estate,and have
<br />from time to time filed herein,reports of their acts and doings as such executors.
<br />That all debts,claims and demands against said estate have been fully paid and satisfied; 1"i
<br />that thetime fixed by the court for filing claims against said estate has expired,and any an
<br />all claims not filed are barred;that the costs and expenses of said estate,and the adminis-
<br />tration thereof,have been fully paid and satisfied;trat all legal texes and assessments
<br />against said estate have been fully paid and satisfied,including a State Inheritance tax,
<br />stock transfer taxes,and income taxes;that said estate was duly reported to the Treasury
<br />Department of the United States Government on Form 706,with reference to the Federal Estate
<br />Tax;that on or shortly before the 24th day of June,1922,after the report of the investigatior'
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<br />of said estate was made by an Internal Revenue Officer,the Treasury Department of the Feder
<br />Government,made,and executed a certificate which was transmitted to said executors by mail,
<br />and waich provided that said estate was not subject to the Federal Estate Tax,which certi-
<br />ficate was filed herein and is a part of the records of this matter.
<br />That said executors,after their qualification as such,filed herein a complete inventory
<br />of all the assets of said estate,and have sim e filing said inventory,made to this court,
<br />complete accounting and reports of all their acts and doings;that all of said accountings
<br />and reports should be approved and allowed by this court,and that said executors have done
<br />everything necessary and proper for the complete and legal administration of said estate.
<br />That Jennie L.Black,sister of the deceased who is mentioned in paragraph 2,and also in
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