THE AUGUETINE CO. 19800 -12.86
<br />CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE
<br />STATE OF NEBRASKA
<br />SS At a session of the County Court held in the County Court Room in
<br />COUNTY OF HALL
<br />Grand Island,in said County,on tike 10th day of July,A.D. ,1930.
<br />Present Paul N.Kirk,County Judge
<br />In the utter of the Estate
<br />of
<br />Louise Sothman,deceased
<br />I,Paul N.Kirk,Judg e of the County Court in and for said County,do here-
<br />by certify that on the 16th day of June,1930,the instrument purporting to be the last will and
<br />testament of Louise Sothman,deceased,was filed for probate in this Court.That on the 10th day of
<br />Ju1y,1930,said instrument to which this certificate is attached was duly proved,probated and
<br />allowed as the last will and testament of the real and personal estate of said Louise Sothman,
<br />deceased,and the same was ordered to be recorded in the records of the Court aforesaid.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court this 10th
<br />day of July,1930.
<br />(SEAL) Paul N.Kirk,
<br />County Judge
<br />and Chris Harfst named therein was,upon his giving bond in the sum of $15,000.002as ordered by
<br />this Court,appointed executor thereof;the Court further finds that the deceased at the time of
<br />her death,was a widow and that she left the following heirs -at -law: Charles F.Sothman,a san,Eliza
<br />Clara Harfst ,a daughter,Paul H. Sothman,a son,Helen Marie Sothman,a daughter,William H. Sothman and
<br />Marie Sothman,grandchildren,being children of a deceased son William Sothman.
<br />FIFTH
<br />That on the 10th day of July,1930,an order of this Court was made allowing creditors three months
<br />in which to file their claims against said estate and the executor:,one year in which to settle
<br />said estate from the 7th day of August,1930,and further ordering that notice of the same be pub -
<br />ltbladd in the Grand Island Herald,a legal newspaper printed and published in said County for three
<br />successive weeks prior to the 7th day of August,1930,and it appears by proof on file that notice
<br />of said order was published as ordered by this Court.
<br />SIXTH
<br />The Court further finds that on the loth day of July,1930, the said Chris Harfst as executor,filed
<br />in Court his inventory of the property of said estate,and that according to said inventory,the
<br />deceased died seized and possessed of the following described property,towit:
<br />Lot Three (3) in Block One Hundred Thirty -three (133) of Koenig and Wiebe's Addition to the gity
<br />of Grand Island, Nebraska.
<br />Lot Eleven (11) in Block Four (4) of Ashton Place,an Addition to the City of Grand Island,Nebraska.
<br />50 shares of capital stock of the Grand Island National Bank of GrandIsland,Nebraska,and Other
<br />chattel property of the value of $9,052.60
<br />SEVENTH
<br />The Court further finds that according to the terms and provisions of said Last Will and Testament
<br />said property descends as follows,to -wit:
<br />Lot Three (3) in Block One Hundred Thirty -three (133) of Koenig and Wiebe's Addition to the City
<br />of Grand Island,Nebraska,to Helen Marie Sothman in fee simple;to William H.Sothman and Marie
<br />Sothman,children of a deceased son 'William Sothman,the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) each;
<br />the remainder of said estate,share and share alike,to Charles F. Sothman,Eliza Clara Harfst and Paul
<br />H. Sothman,in fee simple.
<br />EIGHTH
<br />The Court further finds that no claims were filed against said estate,that the time for filing
<br />claims has long since expired and that all just debts,including expenses of the last sickness,
<br />death and burial of said testatrix,have been paid as well as the court costs,and costs of probate
<br />and expenses in connection therewith of said Last Will and Testament and that if there are any
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