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� �� i WILL AND DECREE RECORD 28081—The Auguatine Co., Grand Ialand, Nebr. In the T�-Zatter af -tne Estate of Lillie Buell , Deceased I, Charles Bossert, Judge of the County Court, in and for said County, do hereby cer�ify that on the 19th c�ay af September 19�+9, the instrument purportin� to be the las'� wi11 and testa,ment of Lill3.e Buell deceased, was filed for p•robate in this Court. That on the 13th day of October 19�9, said instrument to which this certificate is attached was duly proved, probated and allowed as the last will and testament of the rea,l and personal estate of said Lillie Buell deceased, and the same was ordered to be recorded in the records of the Court aforesaid. IN t�TITNESS �,+IH�REOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court, this 13th day o� October 19�-9 . ( SEAL) ' Charles Bossert HALL COUNTY, NEHRASKA F I L E D OCT 13 19�+9 oun y u ge CHARLES BOSSERT COUNTY JUDGE IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA Tn the matter of: ) ) THE ESTATE OF ) LILLIE BUELL, ) FINAL DECREE ) Deceased. ) NO��T, on thi.s �th day of June, i95o, this cause carne on for hearing upon the final report filed herein by Claude Buell, the duly anpo3.nted, qualified and ac'�ing executor of the estate of Li11ie Buell, deceased, together with the petition for the approval and allowance of said repor�, settle- ment of said estate and his discharge herein, �.nd Andrew Geor�e Bue11, be.ing represented in Court by his attorney, A. J. Luebs, and the esta'�e and the executor being repre5ented in Court by Paine & Paine, attorneys, and the Court, having examined the records, pleadings and files herein, 3.ncluding said final report, heard the evidence in suppart thereof, and being fully advised �n the premises and from proof on file, finc<s tnat: l. Due and legal r:o��.ce of the time and place of this hearing has been given to all persons interested in said estate, by publi.cation in the Grand Ialand Daily Independen'� for three successive weeks, in the manner required by law �,nd the order of' this Court. 2. The final report 3.s true and correct in a11 respects, excep� as hereinafter specifically provided. Since the date the final repor� ti�ras f3.led, it has be.en agreed that the heirs of deceased, with the exeeption of An�.reVT George Buell should personally pay for the �;rave marker for Li11�.e Eiue11 ' s �rave on �.,�hich a disbursemen� of ��0.00 had previously been made by the executor, the total amount of the �;rave mark�r amounting to the sum, of �102.00, so the sum of ��0.00 previously disbursed by the ex�cutor shall be repai�. to the esta�e; that in al1 other respects the final report is true and correct and is hereby �,pproved and all.owed a� the final report of administration and the estate is hereb�r settled and closed and, upon the f3.ling of his final receip�s herein, said -1- executor should bP discharged, anc� the surety on his official bond shoulc� be released and liability on said bond be terminated. j. Due notice was �iven to all creditors and persons having claims against said estate of the time and place fixed for a hearing thereon by publication in the Grand Island Daily Zndependent for three suecessive weeks, as ��rovided by latia, and a decree forever barring and excluding claims aga�.nst the estate T�ras duly entered herein on the l�th day of February, 1950. 4. Only two claims ti�rere f31ed against said estate, which have both been �uly allowed, and one of said claims, to-wit, that of Harold Seeber, has been paid in fu11. The other claim, being that ot' the Albers Funeral Home, of Arvada, Colorado, was in the origlnal sum of �659.25, but from proof' subm3.tted at the 'r�earin� and on file, an error was made in computing this claim in that it included four grav� apaces at �30.00 each, t�rhereas three of' the grave spaces were actually pur- chased by other heirs, and tnerefore said claim with the 4onsent and approval of cla�.mant is now reduced by the sum of �'90.00 to the corrected amount of �569.25 ana is duly allowed in thls correcte�. sum of �56g.25 and is herewith ordered to be paid. 5. Ob,�ection was made by Andreta George Bue11, one of the heirs herein, through his a,ttorney, to �he fees suggested for Claude Buell, executor, and for the allowance af traveling expenses for Fae Seeber, one of the attest3.ng witnesses, and after evidence was presented and ar�uments had by all attorneys nresent, the Court her�wi'�h finds the fee and expenses of Claude Bue11, execu'�or herein, should be the sun of ?�150.00, and the Court herewith finds tha't no expenses should be allowed Fae Seeber, one of the attesting witnesses, but �hat she is entitled to the usual �ritness f ee in the sum of �1.1�. Therefore, the Court herewith allows �o said Claude Buell, executor � herein, the sum of �150.00 for his services and expenses in this estate, and herewith allows to sa3.d Fae Seebe-r, the witness fee of �1.10. The Court herewith findg that Paine & Paine, attorneys herein, should be allotaed �,ttorney fees in �he sum of �375.22. 6. �rJith respect to Fae SeebPr, the Court fir.ds that she is one of the heirs herein and that she is alsa one of the attestin� witnesses to the will, which was prepared and executed under the -2- 1aw o.f �he State of Colorado at Denver, Colorado, �.nd that sa�c�. bequest was val�.d under said Colorado 1.aw, and, furthermore, �ander Nebraska law she is entitled to take such amount as was pro- vided in the bequest to hAr 3.n the event th�.t such amount did not exeeed the amount she would have taken had testatrix died intestate. The Court here�r3.th finds th�,t the bequest herein of �1, 150.00 ig less th an the said Fae Seeber would ha.ve received unc�er the statute if' the said Lil11e Bue11 had died intestate, and that the said Fae Seeber is entitled to receive the entire amount of �1, 150.00, even though she is one of the attest3.ng witnesses herein. 7. Lillie Buell passed away testate in th,e City. of Denver, Colorado, while visiting in the State of Colora,do, on the 13th day of September, 19�-9, bein� at that time 7� years of age, and bein�; a citiZen and resident of the County of Ha11, ancl State of Nebraska, and po�sessing property in said County, and le�.vin� a Last 1tJill �,nc� Tes�ament, which will has heretofore been admitted to probate herein, and that �she was unmarried at the time of her dea.th and she left survivin�; her as her sole and only heirs-at-law and the sole and only beneficiaries named in her wi11, the following, who are all more than 21 years of age, namely: Estner Searson, a daughter, of 716 North Eddy Street, Grand Island, Ne�raska; Sadie Alstot, a dau�hter, of 71� 1��1est Eight,�i Street, Grand Island, Nebraska; Bessie Graham, a daughter, of 705 Elk Street, Beatrlce, Nebraska;