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DECREE !` IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA 387 In the Matter of the Estate ) of ) D E C R E E HANNAH E.MERCER, Deceased. ) - - - - - - NOW on this 1st day of December, 1943, this cause came on for hearing upon the petition of Charles W.Mercer, praying for a settlement of the estate of said deceased, for a determination of her heirship and the right of descent of her real estate, and the degree of kinship of her heirs -at -law and a decree settling her estate. Arid it appearing to the court from the proof on file and from the evidence submitted that due and legal notice has been given by publication for three successive weeks, as by law and the order of this court provided, to all creditors, heirs -at -law and other persons interested in said estate, of the filing of said petition and of the time and place fixed for the hearing on the same, and there being no objections thereto, this cause was duly submitted to the court upon the petition and the evidence in supoort thereof, and the court being fully advised in the premises finds that the allegations of said petition are true, and that said petitioner, Charles W.Mercer, is the owner of an undivided one -third interest in said real estate, and is a competent and proper pe-•son to prosecute this proceeding. The court further finds that the said Hannah E.Mercer departed this life intestate on the 27th day of July, 1931, and at the time of her death, she was a resident and inhabitant of Hall County, Nebraska; that she died seized as trie owner in fee simple title of the North half (NI) of Lots One (1), Two (2), and Three (3) in Block 'Lwo (2), First Addition to the village of Wood River, Hall County, Nebraska; that more than two years have elapsed since her death, and that no appli- cation lips ever been made in the State of Nebraska for the appointment of an administrator of her estate, and no petition has been filed for that purpose, and no administration has been had upon her estate. The court further finds that the said Hannah E.Mercer left surviving her, as her only heirs -at- law, the following named persons, to -wit: Charles W.Mercer, her husband, and Gladys E.Clark and Lucile E.Johnson, her daughters, all of whom are of legal age. The court further finds that under the laws of the State of Nebraska in force at the time of the death of the said Hannah E.Mercer, the said real estate above described passed and descended by absolute title, share and share alike, to the said Charles W.Mercer, Gladys E.Clark and Lucile E.Johnson, subject, however, to the homestead rights of tree said Charles W.Mercer in said premises. The court further finds that the funeral expenses of the said decedent have been fully paid, and that all debts of said deceased and of her estate, if any such existed, are forever barred and precluded, and the court finds that the costs of this proceeding have been paid. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED by the court,that the said Hannah E.Mercer died intestate in Hall County, Nebraska, on the 27th d,,;y of July, 1931; that more than two years have elapsed since the date of the death of the said Hannah E.Mercer; that no application for appoint- ment of an administrator of her estate has been made, and that there has been no administration on her estate in the State of Nebraska; that the said deceased died seized as the owner of the real estate hereinabove described, situate in Hall County, Nebraska; that the said Charles W. Mercer is a competent and cualified person to prosecute this proceeding;.that the deceased left as her heirs -at -law and only heirs-at-law, the said Charles W.Mercer, her husband, Gladys E.Clark and Lucile E.Johnson, her daughters; that upon the death of the said Hannah E.Mercer, the real estate above described passed and descended by absolute title to Charles W.Mercer, Gladys E.Dlark and Lucile E.Johnson, in eaua.l shares to each, subject to the homestead rights of the said Charles W.Mercer in said premises. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED by the court that all debts her estate, if any such existed, are forever barred and precluded; that the ing have been paid and that further administration of said estate is hereby estate is finally settled and forever closed. Paul N.Kirk County Judge. of said deceased and of costs of this proceed - dispensed with and said IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY,NEBRASKA CERTIFICATE. STATE OF NEBRASKA ) I, Paul N.Kirk, County Judge of Hall County, Nebraska, do hereby certify HALL COUNTY )ss' tha.t I have compared the foregoing copy of Decree entered IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HANNAH E.MERCER, DECEASED, with the original record thereof, now remaining in said Court, that the same is a correct transcript thereof, and of'the whole of such original record; that said Court is a Court of Record having a seal, TArhich seal is hereto attached; that said Court has no Clerk authorized to sign certificates in his own name, and that I am the legal custodian of said Seal and of the Records of said Court, and that the foregoing attestation is in due form of law. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court at Grand Island, this 13th day of December, 1943. Paul N.Kirk (SEAL) County Judge Filed for record this 13 d.ay of December, 1941, at 10:20 o'clock A.M. 9i � Register n of 0 - ..l- n-'..J FINAL DECREE DECREE IN THE COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of PACIA L.C.BOETTCHER, Deceased COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA FINAL DECREE NOW on this 13th day of December, 1943, this matter came on to be heard upon the final account and petition for settlement thereof of E.Gertrude Younkin, administratrix of the Estate of Pacia L.C.Boettcher, Deceased, and tale evidence, and was submitted to the court; on consideration whereof, the Court finds that due and legal,notice of the time and place for hearing on said final account and petition for discharge has been given to all persons interested in said estate, as provided by law. Thereupon the Court, being fully advised in the premises, finds as follows: