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130 THEAUGUSTINECO. 20112.2.41 FINAL DECREE IN THE COUN'T'Y COURT OF HALL COUN`1'Y, NEBRASKA In the Matter of: j THE ESTATE OF ) FINAL DECREE JOHN L.JOHNSON, ) Deceased. ) NOW, on this 28th day of March, A.D., 1942, this cause came on for hearing upon the final report filed herein by Sarah Elizabeth Johnson, the duly ap °-)ointed, qualified and acting administratrix of the estate of John L.Johnson, deceased, together with the petition for the approval and allowance of said report, settlemerit of said estate and her discharge herein; and the Court having examined the records and files herein, including said final report, .heard the evidence in support thereof, and being fully advised in the premises and from proof on file, finds that: 1. Notice of said hearing has been duly given to all persons interested in said estate by publication in the Grand Island Daily Independent three successive weeks, as required by law: 2. The final report is true and correct in all the respects, and is hereby approved is hereby settled and closed, and and allowed said adminis- as the final report of administration, estate tratrix is discharged, and surety on her official bond is released from any further liability in said. matter; 3.�e notice has been given to all persons having claims against said estate of the time and place, or a hearing thereon by publication in the Grand Island Daily Independent three successive weeks, as provided by law, and all persons having claims against said estate, not filed within the time fixed by the Court, if any such there be, should be forever barred and excluded from setting up or asserting any such claims against said estate; 4. No claims have been filed against said estate; all expenses connected with the funeral and last illness of the said John L.Johnson, deceased, have been paid in full; and all other expenses of said estate have been paid in full, including Court costs, publication fees and attorney fees,, and the receipts are in proper order; 5. All personal property in said estate should be assigned to Sarah Elizabeth Johnson, widow of John L.Johnson, deceased, and administratrix herein, in lieu of and as payment in full of any and all sums advanced by her personally in the management of said estate and for other costs and expenditures advanced by her and for a widow's allowance as allowed by the Court; further, the heirs of the estate of John L.Johnson, deceased, have all agreed to said set -off and assignment of all of the personal property in said estate to the said Sarah Elizabeth Johnson, and that among the heirs present in Court this date while said assignment was carefully explained, entered into and decreed by the Court were the three minor heirs herein, Mary Ellen Johnson, Dolores Berlin and Barbara Ann Berlin, as well as their duly appointed., qualified and acting guardian, Sarah Elizabeth Johnson. 6. John L.Johnson passed away intestate on the 25th day of September, A.D., 1940, being at that time a resident of Hall County, Nebraslr.a., and possessiong property in said County, and leaving sur- viving him as his heirs -at -law and sole and only heirs -at -law, the following: Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Johnson, a widow, Hall County, Nebraska, over twenty -one years of age, who is the sole and. only wife of John L.Johnson, deceased, and is the mother of all of the children herein set out as sons and. daughters of John L.Johnson, deceased; Ralph A.Johnson, a. son, Boelus, Nebraska, over twenty -one years of age; John L.Johnson,Jr., a son, St.Michael, Nebraska, over twenty -one years of age; Miss Dorothy E.Johnson, a daughter, Grand Island,Nebraska, over twenty -one years of age; Miss Lucille J.Johnson, a. daughter, Sacramento, California, over twenty one years of age; Miss Edna. L.Johnson, a daughter, Denver, Colorado, over twenty -one years of age; Raymond E.Johnson, a son, St. Michael, Nebraska, over twenty -one years of age; Miss Mary Ellen Johnson, a daughter, St.Michael, Nebraska., wno is a minor of eighteen years of age, having been born on the 21st day of March, 1924 ;, Miss Dolores Berlin, a granddaughter, Grand Island, Nebraska, who is a minor of nineteen years of age, having been born on the 28th day of December, 1922, she being a daughter of Mrs. Esther CD Johnson Berlin Hueneke, deceased, daughter of John L.Johnson and who predeceased him in death; Miss Barbara Ann Berlin, a granddaughter, St.Michael, Nebraska, who is a minor of thirteen years of age, having been born on the 15th day of November, 1928, she being a daughter of Mrs.Esther Johnson Berlin Hueneke, deceased daughter of John L.Johnson and who predeceased him in death; 7. At the time of his death, John L.Johnsor: was the fee owner of the following described real estate; (1) The South Half of the Northeast Quarter (S2NE4) of Section One (1), Township Eleven (11) , North, R: nge Eleven (11) , West of the 6th P.M., in Hall County, Nebraska, con- taining approximately 90 acres, more or less, according to government survey; and, (2) The South Half of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter (S;46NE4); the South Half of the East Half of the Northwest Quarter (S�V NWT); the East half of the Southwest Quarter (E'Sld4); the West Half of the Southwest Quarter (W2SWj); and the Southeast Quarter (SE$); all in Section Six S6), Township Twelve (12), North,Range Twelve (12), West of the 6th P.M., in Hall County, Nebraska, containing approximately 388 acres, more or less, according to government survey, subject to a mortgage of record to The Travelers Insurance Company, of Hartford, Connecticut; 8. By virtue of the Statutes of Descent in the Compiled Statutes of the State of Nebraska, in full force and effect at the date of the death of John L.Johnson, deceased, the said ab ve described real estate herein set out descended, at the time of the death of John L.Johnson his sole and. only heirs -at -law as herein set out in the following shares: Sarah Eliz Beth Johnson; an undivided one -third (1/3) interest, or an undivided eight twenty - fourths (M4) interest, she being the sole and only surviving wife and widow of John L. Johnson, deceased, and she being the mother of all of the children of John L.Johnson,deceased; Ralph A.Johnson, John L.Johnson,Jr., Dorothy E.Johnson, Lucille J.Jornnson, Edna L.Johnson, Raymond E.Johnson, and Mary Ellen Johnson; each one of them an undivided one - eighth (1 /8) of a. two - thirds (2/3) interest, or an undivided two twenty- fourths (2/24) interest;