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WILL AND DECREE RECORD
<br />88081 —The Augustine Co., Grand Island, Nebr.
<br />Present: Charles Bossert, County Judge.
<br />BE IT REMEMBERED: That on the 10th day of August, 1946, Anna Sims Moody, Administratrix
<br />of the Estate of John G. Moody, deceased, filed in this Court her final account as such
<br />Administratrix and a petition praying that said account be allowed, for a decree of heirship,
<br />an order of distribution, a final settlement thereon and discharge..
<br />For these purposes, the 4th day of September, 1946, at 10 o'clock A. M. at the County
<br />Court Room in said County, was assigned as the time and place for hearing said petition,
<br />examining and allowing said account; and it was ordered that notice of the pendency of said
<br />petition be given to all persons interested in said estate by publishing such notice in the
<br />Grand Island Independent, a legal newspaper printed in said County, for three weeks prior to said
<br />day of hearing; and it appears by proof on file that said notice was given as ordered by Court
<br />and that no objections to said final account have been made or filed.
<br />Upon examination of the record and the evidence in this matter and being duly advised in
<br />the premises, the Court finds as follows:
<br />FIRST
<br />That John G. Moody departed this life on the 2nd day of March, 1946, in Grand Island, Hall
<br />County, Nebraska, intestate, and at the time of his death he was a resident of Hall County,
<br />Nebraska.
<br />SECOND
<br />That on the 9th day of March 1946, Jack G. Moody and Martha K. Moody, his ehildrep,
<br />filed in this Court a petition praying for the appointment of Anna Sims Moody as Administratrix
<br />of the Estate of said deceased, and on the 12th day of March, 1946, an order of this Court was
<br />made therein assigning the 3rd day of April, 1946, at 10 o'clock A. M. at,`the County Court Room
<br />in said County as the time and place for hearing said petition, and ordering that notice of the
<br />pendency of said petition and hearing thereon be given to all persons interested in said matter
<br />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
<br />file that notice of said order was given as ordered by this Court.
<br />THIRD
<br />The Court further finds that Anna Sims Moody named in said petition was, upon her giving
<br />bond in the sum of `14,000.00 as ordered by this Court, appointed Administratrix as prayed; the
<br />Court further finds that the deceased at the time of this death was married, and that he left
<br />the following heirs -at -law: Anna Sims Moody, his widow, Martha K. Moody, his daughter, and Jack
<br />G. Moody, his son, all over the age of 21 years.
<br />FOURTH
<br />That on the 5th day of April, 1946, an order was made herein allowing creditors three
<br />months from and after the first day of May 1946, in which to file their claims against said
<br />estate and said Administratrix one year in which to settle said estate, and further ordering that
<br />a notice to creditors be published in the Grand Island Independent, a legal newspaper published
<br />and circulating in Hall County, Nebraska, for three successive weeks prior to said first day of
<br />May, 1946, and that a hearing on claims filed against said estate would be held at the office of
<br />the County Judge of Hall County, Nebraska, on August 5, 1946, at 9 o'clock 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 6th day of April, 1946, said Anna Sims Moody as
<br />Administratrix, filed in Court her Inventory of the property of'said estate, and that according
<br />to said Inventory, the deceased died seized and possessed of the following described property,
<br />to -wit:
<br />The Easterly Fifty -five (E 55) feet of Lot Three (3) in Block One Hundred Twenty -seven
<br />(127) of Union Pacific Railroad Company's Second Addition to the City of Grand Island, Nebraska.
<br />The Southerly Sixty (S 60) feet of Lot Four (4) in Block Eight (8) of the Original Town
<br />now City of Grand Island, Nebraska, and
<br />Personal property of a value of $11,942.59.
<br />SIXTH
<br />The Court further finds that on the 5th day of December, 1934, prior to the date of the
<br />marriage of said Anna Sims Moody, whose name at that time was Anna M. Sims, to John G. Moody,
<br />said decedent, said Anna Sims Moody entered into an anti- nufAtal agreement in writing with said
<br />John G. Moody, now deceased, by the terms of which said Anna Sims Moody waived any and all right,
<br />title and interest in and to any property or estate of said John G. Moody in the event he
<br />preceded in death said Anna Sims Moody, which anti - nupital agreement is attached to the Final
<br />Report of said Administratrix filed in this estate proceedings with this Court; that according
<br />to the terms and provisions of said anti - nupital agreement and the laws of decent and distribution
<br />of the state of Nebraska, said property described in paragraph Fifth hereof, descends as follows:
<br />An undivided one -half share thereof to each of the following: Martha K. Moody and Jack G. Moody.
<br />SEVENTH
<br />The Court further finds that on the 5th day of August, 1946, an order of this Court was
<br />made barring all claims not filed against said estate and allowing the claim of Scheffel and Sons
<br />Monument Co. in the sum of $95.00 against said estate; the Court further finds that said claim
<br />and all debts and other claims against said estate, including the costs of administration there-
<br />of, have been fully paid and that there remains in the hands of said Administratrix for dis-
<br />tribution, the sum of $10,199.70 in c0ho
<br />EIGHTH
<br />The Court further finds that after deducting from the assets of said estate, all debts,
<br />claims, costs of administration and.all other proper expenditures and the statutory exemptions
<br />allowed the heirs -at -law in said estate, that there is due and payable to the County Treasurer
<br />of Hall County, Nebraska, no inheritance tax whatsoever.
<br />IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED BY THE COURT that the final report of Anna
<br />Sims Moody, Administratrix herein, be and the same hereby is approved and allowed as such; that
<br />Anna Sims Moody, Martha K. Moody and Jack G. Moody, are all hnd the only heirs -at -law of said
<br />deceased, and that the property described in paragraph Fifth hereof, descends according to the
<br />terms, conditions and provisions of said anti - nupital agreement hereinbefore mentioned and the
<br />laws of descent and distribution of the State of Nebraska at found in paragraph Sixth of this
<br />Decree; further that Anna Sims Moody pay unto said Martha K. Moody the sum of $5,124.85 and unto
<br />said Jack G. Moody the sum of 5,074.e>5, being their proportionate share of the cash remaining
<br />in her hands as Administratrix, and upon her filing receipts showing such payment that she be
<br />discharged as Administratrix, her bond released and said estate fully settled and closed.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the County Court of Hall
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