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of said Corporation and that he occupied all of the above described premises until the 11th day of October, 1951 at which time John L. Paschang was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Grand. Island and President of said Corporation and that he occupied said premises and was in possession thereof on December 28, 1953, the date on which a lease was executed to the Sinclair Refining Company which is recorded in Book 1, at Page 159 of the Deed Records of Hall County, Nebraska. Affiant further states that on or about the 1st day of May, 1931 a Quit Claim Deed was executed for the conveyance of the above premises to the Diocese of Grand Island, Nebr- aska but that said Deed was not filed or recorded and that the same has become lost or mislaid; that the Diocese of Grand Island has been the owner and in possession of said premises since April 11, 1917; that at the time said premises were conveyed to the Diocese of Grand Island there was a mort- gage on said premises to the Nebraska Loan and Trust Company of Grand Island, Nebraska, in the sum- of $7,500.00; that said mortgage was paid to the Nebraska Loan and Trust Company of Grand Island, Nebraska on or about July 10, 1937 out of funds belonging to the Diocese of Grand Island, said payment was made by this affiant for S. V. Bona, then Bishop of the Diocese of Grand Island, Nebraska; that the Diocese of Grand Island, Nebraska has been in absolute, exclusive, open and adverse Possession of said premises under claim of absolute ownership at all times from March 23, 1917 up until December 28, 1953; that no person, corporation, individual or group of persons has ever made, asserted or claimed any right, title, claim or interest in or to any part of the above described premises as against St. Mary's Church or the Diocese of Grand. Island, or either of them. -2-