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<br />WILL AND DECREE RECORD
<br />20081 —The Augustine Co., Grand Island, Nebr.
<br />DECREE
<br />IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
<br />OF
<br />SUSAN GOODCHILD, Deceased.
<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA
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<br />D 9 C A E E
<br />Now on this 2nd day of May, 1946, this matter came on to be heard upon the pleadings and the
<br />evidence and was'submitted to the Court, on consideration whereof the Court finds that due and
<br />legal notice of these 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 petition are true; that the said Susan Goodchild died intestate in Hall County, Nebras'�a, on
<br />January 15, 1899, and that at the time of her death she was a resident and inhabitant of Hall
<br />County, Nebraska and was possessed of and had an interest in real estate described as Lot One (1)
<br />in Block Forty -Six (46) of the Original Town of Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska. That no
<br />application has been made in the State of Nebraska for the appointment of an administrator of the
<br />estate of said deceased. That the husband, Wilfred Goodchild, predeceased her. That she did not
<br />remarry and that her only heir -at -law was a brother, William T.Drayden, and the Court hereby
<br />finds and determines the said William T.Drayden to be the sole and only heir -at -law of the said
<br />Susan Goodchild, deceased, and that said real estate and all of her interest therein descended
<br />to said brother.
<br />IT IS, THEREFORE, CONSID"RED AND ADJUDGED BY THE COURT that the interest of Susan Goodchild and
<br />the real estate hereinabove described hereby is assigned to the said William T.Drayden, who is
<br />found to have been her sole and only heir -at -law. It is further considered, and adjudged by the
<br />Court that all claims and demands against the estate of the deceased, whether due or to become
<br />due, whether absolute or contingent, be and the same hereby are forever barred.
<br />Charles Bossert
<br />County Judge
<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA
<br />CERTIFICATE.
<br />STATE OF NEBRASKA ) I, Charles Bossert, County Judge of Hall County, Nebraska, do hereby
<br />HALL COUNTY )ss' certify that I have compared the foregoing copy of Decree entered IN THE
<br />MATTER. OF THE ESTATE OF SUSAN GOODCHILD, DECEASED, with the original record thereof, now remaining
<br />in said Court, that the same is a correct transcript thereof, and of the whole of such original
<br />record; that said Court is a Court of Record having a seal, which seal is hereto attached; that
<br />said Court has no Clerk authorized to sign certificates in his own name, and that I am the legal
<br />custodian of said Seal and of the Records of said Court, and that the foregoing attestation is in
<br />due form of law.
<br />`IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court, at
<br />Grand Island, this 10th day of May, 1946.
<br />Charles Bossert
<br />(SEAL) County Judge
<br />Filed for record this 10th day of May, 1946, at 4:30 o'clock P.M. ,/\
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<br />DECREE
<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
<br />IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE X
<br />OF I D E C R E E
<br />CARL E. WHI TE, DECEASED. J — — — —
<br />Now on this 27th day of April, 1946, this cause came on for hearing upon the petition of Maud
<br />McLean, praying for a settlement of the Estate of Carl E- White, deceased, for a determination of
<br />his heirs, and the right of descent of his real estate and the degree of kinship bf his heirs -at-
<br />law, and for a decree settling his estate; and it appearing to the Court from the proofs on file
<br />that due and legal notice has been given by publication for three successive weeks as by law and
<br />the order of this court provided to all heirs -at -law and other persons interested in said estate
<br />of the filing of said petition, and of the time and place" fixed for hearing of same, and there
<br />being no objections,thereto, this cause was duly submitted to the Court upon the petition and
<br />evidence in support thereof.
<br />The Court being duly advised, finds that the allegations in said petition are true; that
<br />Maud McLean, the petitioner herein, is the owner of an undivided 'interest in the real estate
<br />described herein, and is a competent and proper person to prosecute this proceeding; that the
<br />said Carl E.White departed this life on the 25th day of March., 1921 in Wood River, Hall County,
<br />Nebraska and that he was the owner in fee simple title of Lots Five (5) and Six (6) in Block
<br />Eight (8� in the Village of Wood River, Hall County, Nebraska; that more thany25 years have
<br />elapsed since his death; that no application has been filed for the appointment of an adminis-
<br />trator of said estate, and no administration has ever been had upon the estate of the said Carl
<br />E.19hite, deceased.
<br />The Court further finds that the said Carl E. y'dhite was, at the time of his death, a Widower;
<br />that he left surviving him as his heirs -at -law, and only heirs -at -law his three daughters, Maud
<br />McLean, Cora Campbell, and Pearl Standage, and his t,,ro sons, Paul White and John Franklin White,
<br />all of whom are of legal age.
<br />The Court further finds that under the laws of the State of Nebraska in force at the time of
<br />the death of the said Carl E.dhite, the real ,estate described herein passed and descended in
<br />absolute title to Maud McLean, Cora Campbell, Pearl Standage, Paul White, and John Franklin White,
<br />In equal shares to each.
<br />The Court further finds that the funeral expenses of the said deceased have been fully paid;
<br />that all debts of said estate were paid and settled, and if any other claims exist, they are
<br />barred and precluded, and that the costs of this proceeding have been paid.
<br />IT IS THEREFORE, ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED BY THE COURT that Carl E.White, died intestate
<br />on the 25th day of March, 1921; that no application for appointment of an administrator for his
<br />estate has been made, nor has there been any administration upon his estate in the State of
<br />Nebraska; that said deceased was the owner in fee simple title of Lots Five (5) and Six (6) in
<br />Block 19ight (9) in the Village of Wood River, Hall County, Nebraska; that the petitioner herein
<br />is a competent person to prosecute this proceeding; that the deceased left surviving him the
<br />heirs -at -law above named, and upon the death of the said Carl E.White, the real estate hereinabove
<br />described passed and descended in absolute title to Maud McLean, Cora Campbell, Pearl Standage,
<br />Paul White, and John Franklin White, his children, in equal shares to each.
<br />IT IS THEREFORE FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED BY THE COURT that all debts of said
<br />deceased, and of his estate, if any such there are, are forever barred and precluded; that further
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