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<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 13" day of November, 1940, and caused 
<br />this instrument to be witnessed by two competent witnesses. 
<br />Willard A. Prince 
<br />We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do hereby certify that WILLARD A. PRINCE, the 
<br />testator, he then being of sound mind and under no compulsion, executed the foregoing instrument 
<br />in our presence and in the presence of each of us, at the same time declaring that said instru- 
<br />ment was his last Will and Testament, and we, at his request, and in his presence, and in the 
<br />presence of each other, subscribe our names hereto as attesting witnesses. 
<br />Oscar A. Vieregg 
<br />HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA FILED DEC 2, 1940 
<br />STATE OF NEBRASKA ) 
<br />ss. CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE OF WILL 
<br />HALL COUNTY ) 
<br />Grace Lang 
<br />Paul N. Kirk 
<br />County Judge 
<br />At a Session of the County Court held in the County Court Room in 
<br />Grand Island, in said County, on the 26th day of December A. D., 1940 
<br />Present Paul N. Kirk 
<br />County Judge 
<br />In the Matter of the Estate of Willard A. Prince, Deceased 
<br />I, Paul N. Kirk, Judge of the County Court, in and for said County, do hereby certify that 
<br />on the 2nd day of December, 1940, the instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of 
<br />Willard A. Prince deceased, was filed for probate in this Court. That on the 26th day of December 
<br />1940, said instrument to which this certificate is attached was duly proved, probated and allowed 
<br />as the last will and testament of the real and personal estate of said Willard- A. Prince, deceased 
<br />and the same was ordered to be recorded in the records of the Court aforesaid. 
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand. and affixed the seal of the County Court, 
<br />this 26th day of December 1940 
<br />(SEAL) Paul N. Kirk 
<br />County Judge 
<br />HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA 
<br />FILED DEC. 26, 1940 PAUL N. KIRK COUNTY JUDGE 
<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA 
<br />IN THE MATTER OF THE ) 
<br />ESTATE OF WILLARD A. PRINCE, ) D'E C R E E 
<br />DECEASED. ) 
<br />Now on this 8th day of March, 1947, this cause came on for hearing on the report of the 
<br />Executors whereupon said matter was taken into consideration. 
<br />The Court, after havLng examined the records and files, receipts and reports in this case, 
<br />finds that the expenses of last illness, funeral expenses, widow's support, federal estate tax, 
<br />state inheritance tax, all claims, all the expenses of administration, including executors' fees, 
<br />court costs and attorney fees, have been paid in full. 
<br />The Court further finds that all possible claims and charges in this estate which may or 
<br />could possible become a lien on the real estate have been paid in full. 
<br />The Court further finds that there is no provision in the last will and testament of Willard 
<br />A. Prince, deceased, which grants to the Executors power over the real estate after the payment 
<br />of all claims and charges, which might possibly become charges on the real estate. 
<br />The Court further finds that it is for the best interests of the estate that the administrat- 
<br />ion of the estate be continued for the purpose of handling the personal property. 
<br />IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED BY THE COURT that neither this Court nor the 
<br />Executors longer have any jurisdiction over the real estate and that the same ig hereby released 
<br />from the administration in this court as of this date, and the real estate, of which the 
<br />testator died siezed, is hereby set off to the persons named in the last will and testament in 
<br />accordnace with the devises therein contained. 
<br />IT IS FURTHER ORDERFD, ADJUDGED AND DECREED BY THE COURT that neither this Court nor the 
<br />Executors have any claim against the real estate for the payment of any claims whatsoever, and 
<br />that all possible claims and charges have been paid in full. 
<br />The Court finds that Willard A. Prince died a citizen and resident of Hall County, Nebraska, 
<br />on the 26th day of November 1940; that he left a last will and testament, which has heretofore 
<br />been admitted to probate in this coi. -rt, and which probate has never been set aside or appealed 
<br />from; that he was a citizen and resident of Hall County, Nebraska, at the time of his death and that 
<br />this court had jurisdiction. 
<br />The Court further finds that the said Willard A. Prince was the owner at the time of his 
<br />death of the following described real estate, to -wit: 
<br />Lot Two (2) in Fractional Block Twelve (12) in Gilbert's Addition to the City of Grand Island, 
<br />Hall County, Nebraska. 
<br />The West sixty -six (66) rods of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NWJ NE4) of 
<br />Section One (1), Township Ten (10), North, of Range Eleven (11), West of the 6th P.M., in Hall 
<br />County, Nebraska, containing 33 acres. 
<br />The Southerly 2/3 of Lot Five (5) in Block Sixty -seven (67) of the Original Town, now City, 
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