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<br />CLERKIS CERTIFICATE 
<br />STATE OF INDIANA 
<br />COUNTY OF DUBOIS. SS' 
<br />I, Sylvester A.Berger, Clerk of the Dubois Circuit Court for and within said County and State 
<br />aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing attached is a full, true and correct 
<br />copy of the Last Will and Testament of Franz Lechner as was probated in the Dubois Circuit Court, 
<br />on October 27, 1899, as same appears of record in Will Record Book No. 41 Pages 400, 401, and 402, 
<br />and same is on file in my office as such Clerk. 
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal.of said Court, in the 
<br />City of Jasper, Indiana, on this the 21st day of February, 1945• 
<br />(SEAL) 
<br />S lvester A.Berger 
<br />CLERKIDUBOI5 CIRCUIT OUR 
<br />Present Charles Bossert County Judge 
<br />In the Matter of the Estate of 
<br />Franz Lechner, Deceased. 
<br />I, Charles Bossert, Judge of the County Court, in and for said County, do hereby certify that 
<br />on the 28th day of March, 1945, duly authenticated copies of an instrument purporting to be the 
<br />last will and testament of Franz Lechner, deceased, was filed for probate in this Cburt. That on 
<br />the 20th day of April, 1945, said instrument to which this certificate is attached was duly proved, 
<br />probated and allowed as the last will and testament of the real and personal estate of said Franz 
<br />Lechner deceased, and the 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 />20th day of April, 19+5• 
<br />Charles Bossert 
<br />(SEAL) County Judge 
<br />HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA F I L E D APR 20 1945 
<br />CHARLES BOSSERT COUNTY JUDGE 
<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA 
<br />In the Matter of the Estate ) Number 3548 
<br />of Franz Lechner, Deceased. ) D E C R E E 
<br />Now on this 20th day of April, 1945, this cause came on for hearing upon the pleadings and the 
<br />evidence and was submitted to the Court, and on consideration thereof the ,Court finds: 
<br />That due and legal notice of the proceeding has been given to all persons interested in said 
<br />matter, whether creditors, heirs, legatees of devisees as required by law. 
<br />That all of the statements and allegations set forth in said petition are true; that Franz 
<br />Lechner also known as Francis Lechner, also known as Frank Lechner, died a resident of Dubois 
<br />County, Indiania on the 25th day of October, 1899; that the said Franz Lechner deceased, left a 
<br />last will and testament which was duly admitted to probate in the Circuit Court of the Dubois 
<br />County Court, Indiania and that a duly authenticated copy of such will and a probate thereof 
<br />have been received i-5-evidence herein; that more than two (2) years have elapsed since the death 
<br />of the said deceased and that said Last Will and Testament has not'been heretofore offered for 
<br />probate in any court of Nebraska; that the said deceased at the time of his death was the owner 
<br />in fee of 
<br />Lot Eight (8) in Block Ten (10) in the original town, now city of Grand Island, 
<br />Hall County, Nebraska. 
<br />That the said deceased left surviving him as his sole and only heirs at law; Margaret Lechner, 
<br />his widow, Frank Lechner (Also known as Frank Peter Lechner) Joseph Lechner, Conrad Lechner, 
<br />Adam Lechner, Peter Lechner, Felix Lechner, Alois Lechner, (Also known as Charles A.Lechner, sons, 
<br />and Mary M.Kief er (Also known as Mary Keifer) and Margaret Lechner (Also known as Margaretha 
<br />Lechner, also known as Ma.rgarethe Lechner) daughters. 
<br />The Court further finds that the said Franz Lechner, in said Last Will and Testament did not 
<br />specifically dispose of the real estate hereinbefore described and that neither was there a 
<br />residuary clause in said Will and the Court therefore finds that with reference to the real estate 
<br />in Hall County, Nebraska hereinbefore described, that the said Franz Lechner died intestate, and 
<br />that under the laws of descent that the aforedescribed real estate passed and descended to his 
<br />children, Frank Lechner (Also known as Frank Peter Lechner) Conrad Lechner, Adam Lechner, Peter 
<br />Lechner,Felix Lechner, Joseph Lechner, Alois Lechner,(Also known as Charles A.Lechner) sons, 
<br />and Mary M.Kiefer (Also known as Mary Keifer) and Margaret Lechner (Also known as Margaretha, 
<br />Lechner, also known as Margarethe Lechner) daughters, each receiving an undivided one -ninth ti/9) 
<br />THE STATE OF INDIANA,Dubois County, ss: ' 
<br />I, Eldo W.Wood sole Judge of the Dubois Circuit and Judge of the 57 Judicial Circuit of the 
<br />State of Indiana, do certify that Dubois County, in the State of Indiana, is comprised within and 
<br />constitutes a part of the said 57 Judicial Circuit of said State, and that the foregoing attest- 
<br />ation and certificate of Sylvester A.Berger are in due form of law, and that the said Sylvester A. 
<br />Berger is, and at the time of making said attestation and certificate was the Clerk of said Dubois 
<br />Circuit Court, of said State, and the proper officer to make said attestation and certificate, and 
<br />that his signature thereto is genuine, and that as such Clerk, he is the sole custodian of the 
<br />papers, files, documents, records and seals of said Court. 
<br />WITNESS my hand and the seal of said court, affixed at the Dubois Circuit Court, Jasper, 
<br />Indiana this 26th day of February A D. 1 45. 
<br />�SEAL� 
<br />-.. -- Eldo W.Wood Judge 
<br />THE STATE OF INDIANA, Dubois County, ss: 
<br />I. Sylvester A.Berger Clerk of the Dubois Circuit Court of Indiana do hereby certify that 
<br />Eldo W.Wood whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate, is, and was at the time of 
<br />signing said certificate, the sole Presiding Judge of said Dubois Circuit Court, duly commissioned 
<br />and qualified in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana. 
<br />WITNESS my hand and the seal of said court affixed at the Dubois Circuit Court, Jasper, In- 
<br />diana this 26th day of February, A. 19945. 
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<br />Sylvester A.Berger Clerk 
<br />HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA F I L E D MAR 28 1945 CHARLES BOSSERT COUNTY JUDGE 
<br />STATE OF NEBRASKA )sse CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE OF FOREIGN WILL. 
<br />HALL COUNTY ) 
<br />At a Session of the County Court held in the County Court Room in Grand Island, in said County, 
<br />on the 20th day of April A.D., 1945- 
<br />Present Charles Bossert County Judge 
<br />In the Matter of the Estate of 
<br />Franz Lechner, Deceased. 
<br />I, Charles Bossert, Judge of the County Court, in and for said County, do hereby certify that 
<br />on the 28th day of March, 1945, duly authenticated copies of an instrument purporting to be the 
<br />last will and testament of Franz Lechner, deceased, was filed for probate in this Cburt. That on 
<br />the 20th day of April, 1945, said instrument to which this certificate is attached was duly proved, 
<br />probated and allowed as the last will and testament of the real and personal estate of said Franz 
<br />Lechner deceased, and the 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 />20th day of April, 19+5• 
<br />Charles Bossert 
<br />(SEAL) County Judge 
<br />HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA F I L E D APR 20 1945 
<br />CHARLES BOSSERT COUNTY JUDGE 
<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA 
<br />In the Matter of the Estate ) Number 3548 
<br />of Franz Lechner, Deceased. ) D E C R E E 
<br />Now on this 20th day of April, 1945, this cause came on for hearing upon the pleadings and the 
<br />evidence and was submitted to the Court, and on consideration thereof the ,Court finds: 
<br />That due and legal notice of the proceeding has been given to all persons interested in said 
<br />matter, whether creditors, heirs, legatees of devisees as required by law. 
<br />That all of the statements and allegations set forth in said petition are true; that Franz 
<br />Lechner also known as Francis Lechner, also known as Frank Lechner, died a resident of Dubois 
<br />County, Indiania on the 25th day of October, 1899; that the said Franz Lechner deceased, left a 
<br />last will and testament which was duly admitted to probate in the Circuit Court of the Dubois 
<br />County Court, Indiania and that a duly authenticated copy of such will and a probate thereof 
<br />have been received i-5-evidence herein; that more than two (2) years have elapsed since the death 
<br />of the said deceased and that said Last Will and Testament has not'been heretofore offered for 
<br />probate in any court of Nebraska; that the said deceased at the time of his death was the owner 
<br />in fee of 
<br />Lot Eight (8) in Block Ten (10) in the original town, now city of Grand Island, 
<br />Hall County, Nebraska. 
<br />That the said deceased left surviving him as his sole and only heirs at law; Margaret Lechner, 
<br />his widow, Frank Lechner (Also known as Frank Peter Lechner) Joseph Lechner, Conrad Lechner, 
<br />Adam Lechner, Peter Lechner, Felix Lechner, Alois Lechner, (Also known as Charles A.Lechner, sons, 
<br />and Mary M.Kief er (Also known as Mary Keifer) and Margaret Lechner (Also known as Margaretha 
<br />Lechner, also known as Ma.rgarethe Lechner) daughters. 
<br />The Court further finds that the said Franz Lechner, in said Last Will and Testament did not 
<br />specifically dispose of the real estate hereinbefore described and that neither was there a 
<br />residuary clause in said Will and the Court therefore finds that with reference to the real estate 
<br />in Hall County, Nebraska hereinbefore described, that the said Franz Lechner died intestate, and 
<br />that under the laws of descent that the aforedescribed real estate passed and descended to his 
<br />children, Frank Lechner (Also known as Frank Peter Lechner) Conrad Lechner, Adam Lechner, Peter 
<br />Lechner,Felix Lechner, Joseph Lechner, Alois Lechner,(Also known as Charles A.Lechner) sons, 
<br />and Mary M.Kiefer (Also known as Mary Keifer) and Margaret Lechner (Also known as Margaretha, 
<br />Lechner, also known as Margarethe Lechner) daughters, each receiving an undivided one -ninth ti/9) 
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