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FINAL DECREE <br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA <br />451 <br />IN THE MATTER OF ) <br />THE ESTATE OF ) FINAL DECREE <br />CARRIE PHIFER, deceased ) <br />STATE OF NEBRASKA ) <br />COUNTY OF HALL ss. <br />At a session of the County Court held in and for said County of Hall <br />and State of Nebraska, this 12th day of April, 1944. <br />Present: Charles Bossert, County Judge. <br />BE IT REMEMBER-ED1: That on the 20th day of March, 1944, Susie J.Phifer, Administratrix of the <br />Estate of Carrie Phifer, deceased, filed in this Court her final account as Administratrix and a <br />petition praying that said account be allowed, for a decree of heirship, an order of distribution, <br />a final settlement thereon and an order of discharge. <br />For these purposes, the 12th day of April, 1944, at 10 o'clock A.M. at the County Court Room <br />in said. County was assigned as the time and place for hearing said petition, examining and allow- <br />ing said account, and it was ordered that the pendency of said petition be given to all persons <br />interested in said estate by publishing such notice in the Grand Island Independent, a legal news- <br />paper printed in said County, for three weeks prior to said day of hearing; and it appears by <br />proof on file that said notice was given as ordered by Court and that no objections to said final <br />account have been made or filed. <br />Upon examin ation of the record and the evidence in this matter and being duly advised in the <br />premises, the Court finds as follows: <br />FIRST. <br />That Carrie Phifer departed this life on the 9th day of October, 1943, at her home in Grand <br />Island, Hall County, Nebraska, intestate, and at the time of her death she was a resident of <br />Hall County, Nebraska. <br />SECOND. <br />That on the 16th day of October, 1943, Susie J.Phifer, sister of said Carrie Phifer, deceased, <br />filed in this Court a petition praying for the appointment of Susie J.Phifer as Administratrix <br />of the Estate of said deceased, and. on the 16th day of October, 1943, an order of this Court was <br />made - therein, assigning the 10th day of November, 1943, at 10 o'clock A.M. at the County Court, <br />Room in said County, as the time and place for hearing said petition and ordering that notice <br />of pendency of said petition and hearing thereon be given to all persons interested in said <br />matter by publishing said notice in the Grand Island Independent, a legal newspaper printed in said <br />County, for three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing; and it appears by proof on file <br />that notice of said order was given as ordered by this Court. <br />THIRD. <br />The Court further finds that S,zsie J.Phifer named in said petition, was upon her giving bond in <br />the sum of $100.00, as ordered by this Court, appointed Administratrix as prayed; the Court further <br />finds that the deceased at the time of her death, was an unmarried maiden lady and both her parents <br />had preceeded her in death, and that she left the following heirs -at -law and only heirs -at -law, to- <br />wit: Susie J.Phifer, her sister. <br />FOURTH. <br />That on the 10th day of November, 1943, an order was made herein allowing creditors three months <br />from and after the 8th day of December, 1943, in which to file their claims against said estate <br />and said Administratrix one year in which to settle said estate, and further ordering that a notice <br />to creditors be published in the Grand Island Independent, a legal newspaper published and circu- <br />lating in Hall County, Nebraska., for three successive weeks prior to the 8th day of December, 1943, <br />and that a hearing on claims filed against said estate would be held in the office of the County <br />Judge of Hall County-, Nebraska, on the 10th day of March, 1944, at 9 o' cl6ck A.M.; and it appears <br />by proof on file that notice of said order was published as ordered by this Court. <br />FIFTH. <br />The Court further finds that on the 12th day of November, 1943, said Susie J.Phifer, as Adminis- <br />tratrix, filed in Court her inventory of the property of said estate, and that according to said <br />Inventory, the deceased died seized and possessed of the following described property, to -wit: <br />Lot Eight (8) in Block ThirteEn (13) in Boggs and Hill's Addition to Grand Island,Nebraska, <br />in Hall County, Nebraska, the title of record appearing in the name of Carrie E.Phifer who is <br />one and the same person as the above named decedent. <br />An undivided one -half interest in the East Half of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter <br />(E2EiNE4) of Section Four (4) in Township Twelve (12) North,Range Eight (8),west of the <br />6th P.M. in Merrick County, Nebraska. <br />SIXTH. <br />The Court further finds that according to the laws of descent and distribution, said property <br />descended unto Susie J.Phifer in fee simple absolute. <br />SEVENTH. <br />The Court further finds that on the 10th day of March, 1944, an order of this Court was made <br />barring all claims not filed against said estate; the Court further finds that all debts and <br />claims against said estate, including the costs of administration in said estate, have been paid <br />and distribution and settlement,made with said Susie J.Phifer, the sole heir -at -law of said de- <br />cedent and she has receipted therefor in writing, which is set forth in said final report herein - <br />before filed. <br />EIGHTH. <br />The Court further finds that after deducting from the assets of said estate, all debts, claims, <br />costs of administration and all other proper expenditures and the statutory exemption allowed the <br />heirs -at -law in said estate, that there is due and payable to the County Treasurer of Hall County, <br />Nebraska., and to the County Treasurer of Merrick County, Nebraska, no inheritance tax whatsoever, <br />the total value of said estate being less than $1,000.00. <br />NINTH. <br />The Court further finds that said Carrie Phifer, deceased, is one and the same person as the <br />Carrie E.Phifer named as grantee in the warranty deed recorded in Book 51 at page 76 of the deed <br />records of Hall County, Nebraska. <br />IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED BY THE COURT that the final report of Susie J. <br />Phifer, Administratrix herein, be and the same hereby is approved and allowed as such; further <br />that Susie J.Phifer is the sole and only heir -at -law of said Carrie Phifer,deceased, and that <br />