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<br />IN THE COUNTY COUr:T OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA
<br />IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE )
<br />OF ) DECREE,
<br />MARY ELIZABETH BARNHIZER, ' DECEASED. )
<br />Now on this 29th day of December, 1943, this matter came on to be heard upon the pleadings and
<br />the evidence and. was submitted to the Court, on consideration whereof the Court finds that due and
<br />legal notice of this proceedings has been given to all persons interested in said matter, both
<br />creditors and. heirs, as required by law. That all of the statements and allegations set forth in
<br />said t-)etition are true; that the said Mary Elizabeth Barnhizer died intestate in Ogle County, Illi-
<br />nois on January 6, 1935, seized and possessed at the time of her death of the following described
<br />real estate, to- Tait:
<br />The Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NE-1 SA) and the South Half of the Northwest
<br />Quarter (S�N11 ) of Section Four (4), To. °nship Ten tlO),North,Range Ten (10),West of the 6th
<br />P.M., in Hall. County, Nebraska.
<br />That no application has been made in the State of Nebraska for the appointment of an adminis-
<br />trator of the estate of said deceased., That the husband of the said Mary Elizabeth Barnhizer
<br />predeceased her. That she did not remarry and that her only heirs were and are her children
<br />namely, Paul O.Barnhizer and Minnie Gertrude Barkdoll; and. the Court hereby finds and determines
<br />that said. children are the sole and only heirs at law of the said Mary Elizabeth Barnhizer, de-
<br />ceased, anc. that said real estate descended to said children an undivided one -half to each.
<br />IT IS THEREFORE CONSIDERED AND ADJUDGED BY THE COURT that the real estate above described be
<br />and the same hereby is assigned to the said Paul O.Barnhizer and Minnie Gertrude Barkdoll; an
<br />undivided one -half to each. It is further considered and. adjudged by the Court that all claims
<br />and demands against the estate of t1ae deceased, Whether due or to become due, whether absolute or
<br />contingent, be a.nd the some hereby are forever barred.
<br />Paul N.Kirk
<br />County Judge
<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA
<br />CERTIFICATE.
<br />STATE OF NEBRASKA )ss. I, Paul N.Kirk, County Judge of Hall County, Nebraska., do hereby ce°tify
<br />HALL COUNTY ) that I have compared the foregoing copy of Decree entered IN THE MATTER
<br />OF THE ESTATE OF MARY ELIZABETH BARNHIZER, DECEASED, with the original record thereof, no-,AT re-
<br />maining in saic? Court, th:nt the same is a. correct transcrit)t thereof, and, of the T,rhole of such
<br />original record; t1<t said Court is a. Court of Record having a seal, which seal is hereto
<br />attached; that said Court has no Clerk authorized to sign certificates in his own name, and that
<br />I am the legal custodian of said Seal and of the Records of said Court, and th, ^,t the foregoing
<br />attestation is in due form of law.
<br />IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and. affixed the seal of the County Court
<br />at Grand Island, this 31st day of December, 1943.
<br />Paul N.Kirk
<br />(SEAL) County Judge
<br />Filed. for record this 4 d.ay of January, 1944, at 11:00 o'clock A.M.
<br />Register of Dee s
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<br />FINAL DECREE__
<br />IN THE COUi= COURT OF HALL COUNTY,NEBRASKA
<br />STATE OF NEBRASKA )
<br />)ss At a session of the County Court held in and for said County,at the
<br />HALL COUNTY ) County Court Room,in the City of Grand Island,County of Hall,and Staote
<br />of Nebraska.
<br />Present :Paul N.Kirk,Judge of the County Court.
<br />In the Matter of the Estate )
<br />of ) FINAL DECREE
<br />Lebbeus A.Stevenson,dec'd )
<br />On this 5 day of January,1944, at 10 o'clock A.1�. , this matter comes on for hearing upon tale Final
<br />Account and Petition for Final Settle,.ient,of William D.Devereaux,administrator.The whole matter
<br />coming on before the Court for final determination,the Court being fully advised and informed in
<br />the premises finds:
<br />l.That due and legal notice of the time and place for this hearing has been given to all persons
<br />interested by publication as provided by law,and proof of said publication is on file herein.
<br />2. That Lebbeus A.Stevenson departed this life intestate on July 9,1943,being at the time of his
<br />death a resident and inhabitant of Hall County,Nebraska,and the oviner of real and personal prop -
<br />.erty located therein.
<br />3.That on July 19,1943,a petition was filed in this Court by Maud E.Harding,Thomas F.Stevenson
<br />and Miarie Pankau,the children of the deceased,asking for the appointment of William D.Devereaux
<br />as administrator of said estate,and for administration proceedings in said matter.That on August
<br />11,1943,after notice of hearing thereon had been given by publication according to law,an order
<br />was entered directing that ]Letters of Administration be issued to William D.Devereaux as Admin-
<br />istrator,upon him taking the oath required by law and filing bond in the penal sum of $2000.00,to
<br />be approved by the Court.
<br />4. That on August 11,1943,said William D.Devereaux duly qualified as Administrator by filing his
<br />oath and bond,whereupon Letters of Administration were issued to him on August 11,1943,and ever
<br />since said date he has been t1le duly appointed,qualified and acting administrator of said estate.
<br />• 5.That on August 11,1943,an order was entered by the Court fixing the period of within three months
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