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<br />I, Paul N.Kirk, Judge of the County Court, in and for said County, do hereby certify that on the
<br />6th day of January, 1943, the instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of James
<br />McLellan, deceased, was filed for probate in this Court. That on the 3rd day of February, 1943,
<br />said instrument to which this certificate is attached was duly proved, probated and allowed as the
<br />last will and testament of the real and personal estate of said James McLellan,deceased, and the
<br />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
<br />3rd day of February, 1943-
<br />Paul N. Kirk
<br />(SEAL) County Judge
<br />HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA F I L E D FEB 3, 1943 PAUL N.KIRK COUNTY JUDGE.
<br />i IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA
<br />In the matter of the estate )
<br />NO. 3274
<br />of ) FINAL DECREE.
<br />)
<br />JA14ES McLellan, Deceased. )
<br />Now, on this 21st day of July, 1943, this cause came on for hearing upon the final report of
<br />Gertrude McLellan, Executrix of the last will and testament of James McLellan, deceased, and upon
<br />her petition for settlement of said estate.
<br />The Court, having examined said report and the records and files in said estate, and being duly
<br />advised, finds that due and legal notice has been given to all persons interested in said estate of
<br />the time and place fixed for hearing upon said final report, as heretofore ordered by the Court,
<br />and no one appearing to object, the Court examined the same together with the vouchers on file
<br />and testimony in support thereof, and being duly advised, finds said report true and correct in
<br />all things and that said report be approved and allowed as and for the final report of said
<br />executrix.
<br />The Court finds that said James McLellan departed this life on the 21st day of December, 1942,
<br />and at the time of his death was a resident and inhabitant of Hall County, kebraska, that a
<br />petition was filed in the County Court of Hall County, Nebraska, praying for the allowance and
<br />probate of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of James McLellan,deceased,
<br />and the Court thereupon fixed the 3d day of February, 1943, as the date for making proof thereon,
<br />due and legal notice thereof was given, and on the 3d day of February, 1943, said instrument was
<br />duly proven, allowed, and admitted to probate in this Court as and for the last will and testa-
<br />ment of James McLellan, deceased, and letters testamentary were duly issued thereon to Gertrude-
<br />WILL AND DECREE .
<br />I, James McLellan, of Hall County, Nebraska, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do make
<br />and publish this, my last will and testament, in the manner and form following, that is to say:
<br />FIRST.
<br />I direct that my just debts, if any, the expenses attending my burial, and the costs of
<br />administering my estate, be first paid.
<br />SECOND.
<br />I give, devise, and bequeath all the rest, residue, and remainder of the personal estate of
<br />which I shall die the owner to my wife, Gertrude McLellan, to have and to hold the same forever.
<br />THIRD.
<br />I give, devise, and bequeath to my said wife, Gertrude McLellan, in the event she survives me,
<br />the life use, rents, income, and profits, from all of the real estate of which I shall die the
<br />owner. -
<br />FOURTH.
<br />I give and devise to my adopted daughter and son, Lois McLellan and Hurst McLellan, and to the
<br />survivor of them, living at the time of my death, without right, power, or authority, in them, or
<br />either of them, to in any manner sell, alienate, or incumber the same, within the period of ten
<br />years after my death, all of the real estate of which I shall die the owner, subject only to the
<br />life estate bequeathed to my said wife in the third paragraph hereof.
<br />FIFTH.
<br />I nominate and appoint my said wife, Gertrude "allan, as executrix of this will, and request
<br />that she be not required to furnish surety upon her official bond as such.
<br />IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 29" day of April, 1930
<br />Witnesses;
<br />Bernice E.Matthews James McLellan
<br />Nor th
<br />We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do hereby certify that James McLellan, the testator,'
<br />subscribed his name to the foregoing instrument in our presence and in the presence of each of us,
<br />and, at the same time and in our presence and hearing, declared the same to be his last will and
<br />testament, and we, at his request and in his presence, have hereunto subscribed our names as
<br />attesting witnesses.
<br />Bernice E.Ma.tthews
<br />R.R.Horth
<br />Of Grand Island,Nebraska.
<br />ENDORSEMENT: LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JAMES McLELLAN.
<br />HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA F I L E D JAN 6 1943 PAUL N. KIRK COUNTY JUDGE.
<br />State of Nebraska
<br />Hall County ) )ss. CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE OF WILL.
<br />At a Session of the County Court held in the County Court Room in Grand Island, in said County,
<br />on the 3rd day of February, A.D. , 1943.
<br />Present Paul N. Kirk, County Judge
<br />In the Matter of the Estate of
<br />James McLellan, Deceased.
<br />I, Paul N.Kirk, Judge of the County Court, in and for said County, do hereby certify that on the
<br />6th day of January, 1943, the instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of James
<br />McLellan, deceased, was filed for probate in this Court. That on the 3rd day of February, 1943,
<br />said instrument to which this certificate is attached was duly proved, probated and allowed as the
<br />last will and testament of the real and personal estate of said James McLellan,deceased, and the
<br />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
<br />3rd day of February, 1943-
<br />Paul N. Kirk
<br />(SEAL) County Judge
<br />HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA F I L E D FEB 3, 1943 PAUL N.KIRK COUNTY JUDGE.
<br />i IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA
<br />In the matter of the estate )
<br />NO. 3274
<br />of ) FINAL DECREE.
<br />)
<br />JA14ES McLellan, Deceased. )
<br />Now, on this 21st day of July, 1943, this cause came on for hearing upon the final report of
<br />Gertrude McLellan, Executrix of the last will and testament of James McLellan, deceased, and upon
<br />her petition for settlement of said estate.
<br />The Court, having examined said report and the records and files in said estate, and being duly
<br />advised, finds that due and legal notice has been given to all persons interested in said estate of
<br />the time and place fixed for hearing upon said final report, as heretofore ordered by the Court,
<br />and no one appearing to object, the Court examined the same together with the vouchers on file
<br />and testimony in support thereof, and being duly advised, finds said report true and correct in
<br />all things and that said report be approved and allowed as and for the final report of said
<br />executrix.
<br />The Court finds that said James McLellan departed this life on the 21st day of December, 1942,
<br />and at the time of his death was a resident and inhabitant of Hall County, kebraska, that a
<br />petition was filed in the County Court of Hall County, Nebraska, praying for the allowance and
<br />probate of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of James McLellan,deceased,
<br />and the Court thereupon fixed the 3d day of February, 1943, as the date for making proof thereon,
<br />due and legal notice thereof was given, and on the 3d day of February, 1943, said instrument was
<br />duly proven, allowed, and admitted to probate in this Court as and for the last will and testa-
<br />ment of James McLellan, deceased, and letters testamentary were duly issued thereon to Gertrude-
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