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NO. 9 HALL COUNTY 35 administration of said estate is hereby dispensed with, and said estate is hereby settled and closed. Charles Bossert COUNTY IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA CERTIFICATE. STATE OF NEBRASKA ) .I, Charles Bossert, County Judge of Hall County, Nebraska, do hereby HALL COUNTY )ss• certify that I have compared the foregoing copy of Decree entered IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CARL E.WHITE, DECEASED, with the original record thereof, now remaining in said Court, that the same is a correct transcript thereof, and of the whole of such original record; that said Court is a Court of Record having a seal, which seal is hereto attached; that said Court has no Clerk authorized to sign certificates in his own name, and that I am the legal custodian of said Seal and of the Records of said Court, and that the foregoing attestation is in due form of law. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court, at Grand Island, this 13th day of May, 1946. Charles Bossert (SEAL) County Judge Filed for record this 13 day of May, 1946, at 11:00 o'clock A.M. Register of Veeds 0 -0 - 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0-0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0 -0 -0- DECREE IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA IN THE MATTER Or THE ESTATE I OF I DECREE UNDER THE JOHN FRANKLIN 14HITE, DECEASED. I SMAL= EE TA=A7 Now on this 27th day of April, 1946, this cause came on for hearing upon the petition of Maud McLean praying for a Decree of settlement of the Estate of John Franklin White, deceased, for settlement of said Estate under the Small Estates Act, which Petition was duly verified by the said Maud McLean and the said Maud McLean being the sister of John Franklin White, deceased, and the evidence in support of said petition having been submitted to the Court, the Court finds that it has jurisdiction of said estate. And it further appearing to the Court from the evidence submitted and from the proofs on file that due and legal notice has been given by publication -for three successive weeks as provided by law, and the order of this Court to all heirs -at -law and other persons interested in said estate of the filing of said petition and of the time and place fixed for hearing on the same, the said publication of notice having been given in the Wood River Sun Beam, a legal newspaper published and circulated in f4all County, Nebraska, and there being no objections thereto, the cause was duly submitted to the Court upon the petition and evidence in support thereof. And the Court being fully advised, finds that the allegations in said petition are true. The Court further finds that John Franklin-White was a resident of Wood - River, Hall County Nebraska, at the time of his death; that he departed this life on the 9th day of December, 19+5; that he left no Last Will or Testament; that he was not married at the time of his death; that he left no children or grandchildren surviving him; that his father and mother preceded him in death, and that his sole and only heirs -at -law and their addresses are as follows: Maud McLean, a sister, 6312 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska. Cora Campbell, a sister, 3031 Adams, Washington, D.C. ; Pearl Standage, a sister, Gibbon, 'gebraska; and Paul White, a brother, Newport News, Virginia, and that all of said heirs are of legal age. The Court further Tds that the said John Franklin White, at the time of his death, eras the owner of an undivided 5 interest in and to Lots Five (5) and Six (6) in Block Eight ( ,S ) in the Village of Wood River, in Hall County, Nebraska; that said property was the home and homestead of Carl E.White, father of John Franklin White, and that after the death of the said Carl E. White, the said John Franklin White occupied said premises as his home up until the date of his death; that the interest of the said John Franklin White in said premises did not exceed the sum of $250; that said interest of the said John Franklin White in said property was at all times wholly exempt from attachment, execution, and other mesne processes, and that it was not liable for the payment of the debts of the deceased, and that the same continued to be a homestead up until the death of the said John Franklin White. The Court further finds that notwithstanding the fact that the said interest of the said John Franklin White was exempt from execution for the payment of debts; that your petitioner and the other heirs of the said John Franklin White above named paid R.E.Apfel, the undertaker, the sum of $288.49 for funeral services, and the sum of $15.00 for the opening of the grave in the Cemetery in Wood River; that they also paid the drug bill at the Maxon Drug Company in the sum of $6.55, and the doctor mill of Dr. A.J.Molzahn for medical services in the sum of $28.00; that the above and foregoing bills and debts were all of the debts of the said John Franklin White at the time of his death; that he left no other bills, claims, or debts of any kind or nature; that his interest in the above described real estate was not encumbered, and that there are no claims or liens against the interest of the said John Franklin White in the premises above described. The Court further finds that the undivided 1/5 interest in and to Lots Five (5) and Six (6) in Block Eight (8) in the Village of Wood River, in Hall County, Nebraska, did pass and descend at his death to his sisters, Maud McLean, Cora Campbell, and Pearl Standage, and to his brother, Paul White, each having an undivided 1/4 interest, and said real estate is hereby awarded to-them, and that his estate should be settled and closed without further administration under the provisions of the "Small Estates Act" under the laws of the state of Nebraska.. The Court further finds that the costs of this administration herein have been paid; that there are no debts, claims, or bills outstanding against the said John Franklin White, and that all persons are barred and precluded from setting up or asserting any claim against the Estate of John Franklin White or the above described premises. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED BY THE COURT that Maud McLean is a proper and qualified person to file the petition for the settlement of the above named estate under the Small Estates Act" of Nebraska; that the said Maud McLean is a sister of John Franklin White, deceased and is the owner of an undivided 1/4 interest in'Lots Five (5) and Six (6) in Block Eight (81 in the Village of Wood River, above described. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED BY THE COURT that the said John Franklin White left no Last Will or Testament, and that he died intestate, a. resident of Wood River, Hall County, Nebraska, on the 9th ' day of December, 1945; that he was not married at the time of his death; that he left no father or mother, nor children or grandchildren surviving him, and that his sole and only heirs -at -law were his sisters, Maud McLean, 6312 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska; Cora Campbell, 3031 Adams, Washington, D.C.; Pearl Standage, Gibbon, Nebraska; and his brother, Paul White, Newport News, Virginia.