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<br />DECREE
<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA.,
<br />In the Matter of the Estate )
<br />) D E C R E E
<br />of Melissa Marsh,- Deceased. )
<br />Now on this l9th day of April, 1933, this cause came on for hearing upon the verified petition of
<br />Clara M.Scott, heretofore filed herein, praying that the date and place of death, residence at
<br />death, heirship and the degree of kinship of Melissa Marsh, deceased, may be determined and that
<br />It may be adjudged and decreed by the Court that Carroll (also known as Carrol) M.Marsh, husband
<br />of deceased and Arthur E.Marsh, Clarence W.Marsh, Clara M.Scott and Mary E.Magnuson, children of
<br />the deceased are the sole and only heirs at law of said deceased, and that the degree of their
<br />kinship to the deceased is that of husband and children respectively; and that the real estate
<br />hereinafter described did descend as follows: to-each of said children an undivided one - twelfth
<br />interest in fee simple in the Lots hereafter described, subject to the homestead estate of said
<br />Carroll VI.Marsh, and to said Carroll M.Marsh also an undivided one -sixth interest in fee simple in
<br />said Lots and that all debts, if any there be, against said estate, be barred.
<br />And the Court being fully advised in the premises, finds that due and legal notice has been given
<br />to all persons, both heirs at law and creditors of said deceased, of the time and place fixed by
<br />the Court for hearing upon said petition, by publication thereof, for three successive weeks in
<br />the Grand Island Independent, a daily newspaper published and of general circulation in Hall County,
<br />Nebraska, as heretofore ordered by the Court.
<br />After the taking of testimony and hearing the argument of counsel, the Court being fully advised
<br />in the premises finds, as follows: The Court finds generally that the allegations contained in the
<br />petition are true; that Melissa Marsh died intestate on August 30, 1927 at her home and residence
<br />in Hall County, Nebraska; that at the time of her death said Melissa Marsh was a resident and In-
<br />habitant of said Hall County; that she left surviving her as her sole and only heirs at law„ Arthur
<br />Clarence W.Marsh,
<br />E.Mardh, A Clara M.Scott and Mary E.Magnuson, children of the deceased, and her husband, Carroll
<br />(also known as Carrol) Marsh; that the degree of kinship of the petitioner and said other heirs
<br />at law is that of children and husband as respectively stated; that at the time of her death, the
<br />deceased was seized of an estate of inheritance and was the owner in fee simple of an undivided
<br />one half interest in Lots 2 and 7 in Block 6, in Kernohan & Decker's Addition to the City of Grand
<br />Island, in Hall County, Nebraska; that under the intestate laws of the State of Nebraska, Zaid
<br />real estate passed and descended on her death in fee simple to her children, Arthur E.Marsh,
<br />Clarence W.Marsh, Clara M.Scott and Mary E.Magnuson, each taking an undivided one - twelfth interest
<br />in said Lots, subject to the homestead estate therein of said Carroll M.Marsh, and to said Carroll
<br />M.Marsh, also an undivided one -sixth interest in said Lots as surviving husband and that said
<br />children and husband were her sole and only heirs at law. That said petitioner at the time of
<br />filing her petition was the owner of an estate of inheritance in said real estate and was the
<br />owner in fee simple of an undivided one- tvielfth interest in said Lots above described owned by
<br />Melissa Marsh at the time of her death, and was a proper and competent person to prosecute this
<br />proceeding; that more than two years have elapsed since the death of said Melissa Marsh; that no
<br />application has been made in the State of Nebraska for the appoint4ient of an administrator of the
<br />estate of the deceased, either�by- her heirs or by persons claiming to be creditors of said de-
<br />ceased; that the funeral expenses and all debts of said deceased have been fully paid, and if any
<br />debts exist against the estate of said deceased, the same have long since been barred by the statue
<br />of limitation of the State of Nebraska; that the estate of said deceased is not subject to any
<br />Federal estate taxes or any inheritance tax of the State of Nebraska, and that the petitioner is
<br />entitled to a decree and order of the Court as in her petition prayed; that the costs of this
<br />proceeding in the sum of $ have been paid.
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