008-678 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse

THERUGUSTINECO. 20112 -2.41 The Howard County Herald, a legal newspaper printed in said County, three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing, and it appears by proof on file that notice of said order was so given. THIRD. The Court further finds that on the 18th day of December, 1942, said instrument was proven, allowed and admitted to probate as the Last Will and Testament of said Herman Kruse, deceased and said Bertha Kruse named in said Will, was appointed Executrix thereof upon her furnishing bond in the sum of $2500.00 as ordered by this Court, which bond was furnished and approved; the Court fur- ther finds that said Herman use, at the time of his death, was married, and that he left the fol- lowing heirs -at -law and only heirs -at -law, to -wit: Bertha Kruse, his widow, Erna Kruse, described in said Will as Erma Kruse, a daughter, Martin Kruse a son, Walter Kruse, a son, Amelia Hessel, a daughter, Emma Poehler, a daughter, Ida Poehler, a daughter, Ella Kruse, a daughter, Frieda Hessel, a, daughter, Bertha Schuett, a daughter, Herman Kruse named in said Will as Hermann Kruse, a son, Alma Baade, a daughter, Meta Kruse, a daughter, John Kruse, a son, Reinhardt Kruse, a son, all of whom are now over the age of 21 years. FOURTH. The Court further finds that on the 18th day of December, 1942, an order of this Court was made allowing creditors three months from And after the 8th day of January, 1943, in which to file their claims against said estate and said Executrix one year in which to settle said estate, and further ordering that notice to creditors be published in The Howard County Herald, a legal news- paper printed and published in Howard County, Nebraska and of general circulation therein, three successive weeks, the first publication to be made on December 23, 1942, and that a hearing on claims filed against said estate would be held at the office of the County Judge of Howard County, Nebraska, on the 9th day of April, 194 -3, at 9 o'clock A.M., and it appears by proof on file that notice of said order was 1.)ublished as. ordered by this Court. FIFTH. The Court further finds that on the 9th day of April, 1943, said Bertha Kruse, as Executrix of said estate, filed in this Court her Inventory of the property of said estate, and that according to said Inventory, the deceased died seized and possessed of the following described"property,to- Tait: Northwest Quarter Mdi -) of Section Twenty -eight (28) and the West Half of the Southeast Quarter (W2SE4) of Section Twenty -one (21), all in Township Thirteen (13) North,Range Eight (8), West of the 6th P.M. in Merrick County, Nebraska. The Northeast Quarter (NEZ) of Section Twenty -five (25) in Township Thirteen (13) North,Range Nine (9),West of the 6th P.M. Howard County, Nebraska. Lots Sixteen (16) and Seventeen (17) in Block Twenty -seven (27) of the Village of Palmer in Merrick County, Nebraska. Lots Fourteen (14) and Sixteen (16) in Block Seventeen (17) in Scarff's Addition to West Lawn, an Addition in the City of Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska. And personal property of the approximate value of $2500.00. The Court further finds that according to the terms, conditions and provisions of said Last Will and Testament of said deceased, said Lots 16 and 17 in Block 27 of the Village of Palmer in Merrick County, Nebraska, and said Lots 14 and 16 in Block 17 in Scarff's Addition to West Lawn, an Addition in the City of Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, were devised in fee simple absolute to Bertha Kruse; that the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 29 in Township 13 North, Range 8, West of the 6th P.M. in Merrick County, Nebraska, was devised unto Herman Kruse, named in said Will as Hermann Kruse, in fee simple absolute; the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 28 in Township 13 North,Range 8, West of the 6th P.M. in Merrick County, Nebraska, to John Kruse in fee simple absolute; the West Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 21 in Township 13 North, Range 8 West of the 6th PiM. , in Merrick County, Nebraska., to Reinhardt Kruse in fee simple absolute; the 'lest Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 25 in Township 13 North,Range 9, West of the 6th P.M. in Howard County, Nebrasl�a, to Martin Kruse, in fee simple absolute, subject however to a grant of the use of said land unto Bertha Kruse until March 1, 1946; the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 25 in Township 13 North,Range 8, West of the 6th P.M. in Howard County, Nebraska, to Walter Kruse in fee simple absolute, subject however to a grant of the use of said land unto Bertha Kruse until March 1, 1946; Legacies unto Amelia Hessel, Emma Poehler, Ida Poehler, Ella Kruse, Frieda Hessel, Bertha Schuett, Alma Baade, Meta Kruse and Erna Kruse, of $200.00 each, which legacies lapsed on account of the fact tat tie claims and debts against said estate exceeded the amount of personal property thereof and there were no funds in said estate with which to pay the same. SIXTH. The Court further finds that on the 9th day of April, 1943, all claims filed against said estate were duly allowed, all of which claims have now been fully paid,'and the Court entered an order on that date barring the filing of any and all other claims against said estate and excluding the holders thereof from setting up or asserting any such claims against said estate. SEVENTH. The Court further finds that all claims against said estate, including the costs of adminis- tration thereof, and the expenses of the last illness and burial of said testator, have been fully paid by said Executrix and that said final report is correct in all respects and should be approved and allowed; that there remains in her hands the sum of 2. 9 inich sum,inasmuch as said Executrix was required to use the income from the Northeast Quarter of Section 25 in Township 13 North,Range 8,West of the 6th P.M. in Howard County, Nebraska, accruing since the date of the death of said decedent fo,, the payment of claims against said estate is hereby awarded unto said Bertha Kruse, in lieu thereof, and that there is due and payable to the County Treasurers of Hall County, Howard County and Merrick County, Nebraska, no inheritance tax herein whatsoever. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED BY THE COURT that the final report of Bertha Kruse, Executrix, be and the same is hereby approved and allowed as such; that the real and true name of said decedent and testator, was Herman Kruse, and that the real and true name of Hermann Kruse named in the Last Will and Testament as a. son of said testator and to whom the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 28 in Township 13 North,Range 8, West of the 6th P.M. in Merrick County, Nebraska, T^ras devised, is Herman Kruse; that the property described in paragraph 5th hereof was devised and bequeathed according to the terms and conditions of said Last Will and Testament as set forth in paragraph Fifth hereof, that there remains in the hands of said Executrix the sum of $52.39 which is undistributed by her and which should be paid to her as found in paragraph 7th hereof, which sum she has now paid unto herself and has filed her receipt therefor in this Court and she therefore is hereby discharged, her bond released and sa"_d estate fully administered, settled and closed. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the County Court of Howard County, Nebraska, tciis 16th d?y of November, 1945- Charles C.Larsen (SEAL) County Judge State of Nebraska Howard County ) s'' I, Charles C. Larsen, Judge of the County Court for said County, and u 1 u U