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<br /> WIL,L AND DECREE RECORD
<br /> 28081—The Augustine Co., Grand Ialand, Nebr.
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<br /> FINAL DECREE
<br /> IN T?iE COUlt1Y COIktT OF AAI,� C�UNTY, N�RASK�,
<br /> In the Matter of: )
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<br /> THE ES TATE OF )
<br /> TENA S TEPE�tS, ala o Ia�ovan ) �'INAL D�BE�
<br /> as T�TIE L. STEVF�NS, )
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<br /> Deceased. )
<br /> NO�t, on the ],�th da,y of April, 19�+9, this eause came on for hee,ring npon the final report filed herein by
<br /> Sg14ia Stevens Snapp, the duly appointed, qualifi�d a,nd actin.g ad.ministratrig cf the estate oi Tena Stevens� also
<br /> l�nown as Teenie L. Stevens, deceased, together with a,n, Accovnting, a petitian for the approval and allowance of said
<br /> report, settlement of said eatate and her dischaxge herein; as�d the Court having eaamined. the records a,n,d files
<br /> herein, including said final report, hea�rd the evidence in support thereof, a,nd being fnZ].� advised in the prem3sea
<br /> and from proof on file, finds that:
<br /> 3.. IJotice of said hearing has been duly given to all persons interested in eaid estate, as required by l�w.
<br /> 2. The final report is true and correct in all respects, and is hereby a�aproved and allo ed a� the final repor�
<br /> of a,dministratioz�, and the estate is hereby settled and closed, and that upoa the filing of he��receipts, eaid
<br /> �dministratrix sh�uld be diseharged, and the surety on her official bond should be released and liability on said
<br /> bond should be terminated.
<br /> 3. Due notice was given to all creditors and persans having claims againat eaid estate of the time and plac�
<br /> fixed for a hearing thereon by publication in the Grand Isla,n�. D�i1y Independent for three successive r�eeks, as
<br /> provided by law, and a 8ecree forever barring and egcluding elaims a.gainst the estate was dul�r entersd herein o�
<br /> the 9th day of Masch, �g�9.
<br /> �. Oniy one claim has b een filed agai.ns't said estate, which has b een allowed and paid in fu11, All eapenses
<br /> connected with the funeral and last illaess of the $aid Tena Stevens, dece�ased, h,ave been paid in Pull; and all
<br /> other expenses of sa.id estate have been paid in full, including Court costs, publication fees and a reasonable -2-
<br /> attorney fees to Paine & Paine, attorneys, which fee ia hereby approved, �he administratrix, Sy�.via Stevens Snapp,
<br /> has waived her fees as such administratria.
<br /> 5. There has been filed in said estate an Accounting, in which the heirs of Tena Stevens, deceased, namely,
<br /> Sylvia Stevens Knapp, Fran2c L. Stevens and�t`rnest E. Stevens, have a.greed that there is a balance of $1�+0.00 due
<br /> said eatate from Frank L. Stevens and a bal�,nce of $900.Oa due eaid �state from F�,xnest E. Stevens, and they have
<br /> further agreed that the final se�btlement of this estate �hall inelvde and be ba,sed upon these amounts and that all
<br /> claims �rhatsoever of any of the parties thereto, again$t any of the other respective parties, shall be termiaated.
<br /> 6. Tena Stevens passed away intestate on the 27th day of September, 19�8, haviag been born on Da ce�be�r 3, 1g80,
<br /> and being at the time oY her dea,th a c3tizen and a resident of Grand. Islaad, Hall County, Nebrask�, an�possessing
<br /> property in said Covnty, and leaving svrviving her a.s her heirs-at-law, and sole �end on.ly heirs-at-law, the folloaring,
<br /> who are all more than. 21 years of age, namely,
<br /> Sylvia Stevens gnapp, a dat�ghter,
<br /> of Grand Island, Nebraska;
<br /> Fr L. Stevens, a son, of Grand
<br /> Is nd, �tebraska;
<br /> � t E. Stevens, a son, of
<br /> I,incoln, Nebraska;
<br /> a.nd the net balance of this estate remaining in the handa of the administratrix, after pagment of esta�e escpenses
<br /> and subject to the terms of said Accounting, shall be and is distributable to said heirs in equa.I shares and there
<br /> ia due to each of s�aid he3.r� by said admini.�tratrix the follo�ring suma:
<br /> To S�lvia Stecens Kna p 2 2g .3
<br />, P � , 9 5
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<br /> o F r a n k L S t e v e n s �k
<br /> . S
<br /> � 9.35
<br /> To �.rnest E. Stevens $1,3gg.35
<br /> 7. The said Tena Stevens, dec�ed, was the o�aner of a life e�tate, v�hich terminated at her death, in aad to
<br /> the follov�ing described real estate, to-wit:
<br /> The South Ealf of the South Ha,lf (5262) of
<br /> the Rortheast �au,arter (N�) af Section _j_
<br /> 3t,renty-Ligb.t (2g), in Township Twelve (12),
<br /> �orth, Range Eleven (11), West o� the 6th
<br /> P.Nt., in Hall Covnty, Nebraslc�,;
<br /> which life estate in said property she ha.d received under, and by virtue af, the Last Will and Testament of Henr� S.
<br /> Balcom, her father, �ho passed away �in th.e 25th day of danuary, 193�, and whcse estate ara�. dnly atimitted to probate
<br /> by the County Court of Hall County, Nebraska, on the 21st day of Februaxy, �93�+, and a final deeree of diatr3.bution
<br /> �as entered in said estate on the 30th day of October, �93�+, ��raph ^EIGHTFip of said Last �till and Teatament of
<br /> Henry S. Balcom, deceased, was as follows:
<br /> pI ��PA and devise to Teenie L. Stevens, '
<br /> my davghter, for the period of her na.tural
<br /> life, without power in her to ali�te or
<br /> ineumber the s8me, the south ha2f of the
<br /> south ha,lf of the northeas t quarter of
<br /> Section '1"�aenty-ei.�ht (28), in Tovmahip
<br /> Twelve (12) �forth, Range �leven (il) West
<br /> of the 6th P.1�., in 8all County, I�ebrasks,
<br /> and the remaiader over, after the death of _
<br /> the said Teenie L. Stevens, I g3.ve and de-
<br /> vise to �r grandchildren, children of the
<br /> said Teenie I,. Stevens, and to the sur-
<br /> vivors of them 13viag at the time of my
<br /> death, ahare and share alike."
<br /> L'he said real estate was distributed accord.ingly, in said final decree. The soie and or�ly heira-at-ls.w of the sa3d
<br /> Tena Stevens, also �own as Teenie L. Stev�ns, decea,sed., as �et out above, na,msly, Sylvia Steven$ Rna,pp, Frank L.
<br /> Stevens and Earnest E. Stevens, are the same identical persons, who were the sole and only children oY the said
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