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<br />I hereby devise the West half (W-p) of the Northeast Quarter (NE') of Section Thirteen (13),
<br />Township Nine ( Q) , North., Range Ten (10 ), West of the 6th P.M., in Hall County, Nebraska, to my be-
<br />loved son, Eddie Graf, in fee simple.
<br />Vi.
<br />I hereby devise to my beloved son, Leonard 'Graf, the South half (SI) of the Southwest Quarter
<br />(SW$) of Section Seventeen (17), 1'oT2mship Nine (Q), North, Ra:nge Nine
<br />(9) West of the 6th P.M., in
<br />Hall County, Nebraska, in fee simple.
<br />V11.
<br />I hereby devise to my beloved daughter, Laurine England, the North half (N,�) of the Southwest
<br />Quarter (SWI.) of Section Seventeen (17), Township Nine (9),North,Range Nine (Q),West of the 6th
<br />P.M., in Hall County, Nebraska., upon the condition, however, that she shall use the proceeds of
<br />the Royal Highlander ?policy for the payment of the items hereinbefore specified, and in the
<br />event she shall fail so to do, then the devise to my spid daughter, Laurine England, shall be
<br />charged with the payment of the sum of $1000.00 to
<br />Emma Graf
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<br />my estate.
<br />V111.
<br />In the event any of my said. children shall �redecea.se me leaving children, or the issue of
<br />any deceased child, then the devises shall not lapse, but the children and the issue of any
<br />deceased child shall take by right of representation; but in the event any one of my children
<br />shall predecease me leaving no children, or the issue of any deceased child him or her surviving,
<br />then the devise hereby made to said child or children shall lapse.
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<br />The rest, residue and remainder of my estate, of any and all natures whatsoever and wheresoever
<br />situated, I hereby give, devise and bequeath to my four children hereinbefore named, share and share
<br />alike.
<br />X.
<br />I hereby nominate, constitute and apr)oint my beloved daughter, Laurine England, to be the
<br />Executrix of this, my Last Will and Testament.
<br />Dated at Grand Island,Nebraska., this 25th day of February, 1939•
<br />Harold A.Prince Emma Graf
<br />Clinton C.- eers
<br />We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do hereby certify that Emma Graf, the testatrix, she
<br />then being; of sound mind and under no complusion, executed the foregoing instrument in our presence
<br />and. in the presence of each cf us, at the same time declaring that said instrument
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<br />was her last Will and Testament, and we, at her request, and in her presence, and in the presence
<br />of each other, subscribe our names hereto as attesting witnesses.
<br />Harold A.Prince
<br />linton C. Beers
<br />HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA F I L E D JUN 23 1941 PAUL N.KIRK COUNTY JUDGE
<br />STATE OF NEBRASKA ass. CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE OF 1,1ILL
<br />HALL COUNTY
<br />At a Session of the County Court held in the County Court Room in Grand Island, in said
<br />Co,?nty, on the 16th day of July, A.D. , 1941.
<br />Present Paul N.Kirk County Judge
<br />In the Matter of the Estate of
<br />Emma Graf, Deceased.
<br />I, Paul N.Kirk, Judge of the County Court, in and for said County, do hereby certify that on
<br />the =03rd day of June, 1941, the instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Emma
<br />Graf, deceased, was filed for probate in this Court. That on the 16th day of July, 1941, said in-
<br />striAment to which this certificate is attached was duly proved, 1,�robated and allowed as the last
<br />will and testament of the real and personal estate of said Emma Graf deceased, and the same was
<br />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
<br />16th d.ay of July, 1941. (SEAL) Paul N.Kirk
<br />County Judge
<br />HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA F I L E D JUL 16 1Q41
<br />IN THE' COUNTY COURT 07 HALL COUNTY,NEBRASKA
<br />•IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE )
<br />OF ) FINAL DECREE
<br />EMMA GRAF, DECEASED. )
<br />'Now on this 25th day of March, A.D. 1942, this cause came on for hearing on the FINAL REPORT
<br />of Laurine England, Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of the said Emma Graf, deceased, and
<br />it appearing to the Court from the proofs on file that notice has been given to all interested
<br />persons of the filing of said report, as required by law and by the order of this court, and it
<br />further appearing to the Court after full examination, that the account exhibited by the said
<br />Executrix is correct in all things and ought to be an,-roved and. allowed, and it further ap ?,wring
<br />that said Executrix has accounted for all of the estate which has come into her hands, it is
<br />THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED A14D DECREED that the report of the said Laurine England., Executrix
<br />of the Last Will and Testament of the said Emma Graf, Deceased, be and the same is hereby aptroved
<br />as and for her FINAL REPORT.
<br />The Court further finds that notice stir, -s given to all creditors of said estate in the manner
<br />provided by law, of the date and place fixed for presenting claims against the estate of said
<br />deceased; that time for filing claims has expired; that all claims filed and allowed against said
<br />estate have been fully paid and satisfied; that the fi.ineral expenses of said deceased and costs
<br />of administering said estate have been fully paid and that all out- standing claims against said
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<br />estate, not filed, if any such there be, are forever barred and excluded.
<br />IT IS FURTHER. ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED BY THE COURT, that all persons are forever barred
<br />from filing or setting up any claims or demands against the estate of the said Emma Graf, deceased,
<br />and that such estate is fully settled and closed.
<br />The Court finds th,-t the said Emma Graf, died leaving as her only heirs at law, the following
<br />persons, to -wit: Eddie Graf, a son, August Graf, a son, Laurine England, a daughter, Leonard
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