STATE OF COLORADO.) - - --
<br /> County of Chaffee.0is. No. 3339, IN TFF COUNTY COURT.
<br /> In the Matter of the Petition of Charles Rush for the Determination of Interests in the Lands and Tenements of
<br /> Jerome H. Smith, Deceased.
<br /> --o( DECREE OF COURT )o---
<br /> Now, on this tenth day of May, 1926, the save being one of the regular 3ur'31cial days of the May Term of ,
<br /> Court, the above entitled matter comes on to be heard on the petition of Charles Rush for the determination of
<br /> interests in the Innis and tenements of Jerome H.Smith, deceased, the petitioner appearing in person and by T1
<br /> as A.Nevens, his attorney, and the Court havine beard the testimony and havind examined the files herein and I
<br /> ing now fully advised in the prem`.see, dotb find:
<br /> That Jerome P.Smith, or. or about the middle of the year 1891, wholly disappeared and ever since said date 1
<br /> been absent without tidings, although diligent search and inquiry have, during said time, been made to secerte
<br /> his whereabouts, without any avail, and by reason of said disappearance of said Jerome P.Smith for more than i
<br /> an years after the year 1891,he, the said Jerome R.Smith, was and is legally dead.
<br /> That said. Jerome H,Bm'.th died intestate, and that tl:ere has never been any adm n stration of his estate arc
<br /> such proceedings are now pending; that the nave, residence and relationship to the said Jerome R.Ymith, deoaai
<br /> of the only heirs or persons entitles to anv interest in the real property owned by him at the time of his des
<br /> was Maria Smith, ,&o was the wife of the said Jerome H.Smith, and the mother and grantee of the petitioner hex
<br /> That sail Jerome R.Smith was, during his 144fetims and at the time of his death, seised and possessed of an
<br /> tote in fee simple in and to lot numbered sixteen and the southwesterly half of lot numter seventeen in block
<br /> bar seventy-eight of Paskill's Addition to the toim (now City) of Salida, Colorado; that the total value of se
<br /> realeetate did not at the t!rre of the death of said Jerome P.Smitb, never has an-i does not new exceed the sum
<br /> One Thousand Dollars; that said Maria Smith died in Salida, Colorado, on March 13th, 191F.
<br /> That petitioner Charles Rush is the son and or v heir at law of Maria Smith, and that said pet'.t�.oner resic
<br /> in Salida, in Chaffee County, Colorado,
<br /> And the Court further finds that prior to this date, and in compliance with sn order of this Court, made w
<br /> entered herein on the the 25th day of March, 1926, notice of the filing of the petition herein and of this bee
<br /> ing was given by publication 'n the Sal;da Mail, a newspaper of general circulation, pr"nted and publ+abed it
<br /> lida, Colorado, semi-weekly, and that such notice was so published in said newspaper for four successive weeks
<br /> that is, in n'.ne successive issues of said newspaper; the first of said pvblicst°one in the issue dated
<br /> Kardi 26th, 1920, and the last publication of the same be n in the issue dated April 23d, 1926; that due proc
<br /> of such publication hgs been made by the affidavit of the publisher of said newspaper, and that such proof is
<br /> an f+.le herein; that no objections have been made and filed herein and no person or persons have heretofore al
<br /> peered or now appear in oppoeltion to said petition or the prayer thereof.
<br /> It 'R therefore Aacertainad, Determ nod, kd hidges and Decreedby the Court, that Jerome 7.8mith, is dead, ar
<br /> that Maria Smith, now deceased, was the sole and only heir at law of sa''-d JeromeP..em;th, deceased, and that c
<br /> the death of eftid Jerome R.Smi.th, the fee a5mple title to lot numbered sixteen and the southwesterly half of I
<br /> numbered seventeen in block numbered seventy-eight of Haskell's Addition to the town (now city) of Seli.de in
<br /> fee County, Colorado, vested in Maria Smith, now deceased.
<br /> Done in open Court at 13uana Vesta, Colorado, this tenth day of May, 1926.
<br /> By the Court, JOSEPR N-Fw'TT, Judge.
<br /> I i, Josepi Newitt, Judge and Actin.• Clerk of the County Court of Chaffee 'lunty, in the State aforesaid, do
<br /> F hereby certify the shove ani foregotng to be a true, perfect and complete copy of Decree of Court, in. 9 Carta'
<br /> lJ cause lntely;pending in said Court, on the law aide thereof, entitled To the Matter of the Petition of Charles
<br /> Rush for the Determination of interests in the Lama and Tenements of Jerome P.Smltb, deceased, as the same nc
<br /> remains on file and of record i-: my office.
<br /> In Witness Whereof, T have hereunto ant my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Puens. V'ata., this 11
<br /> day of May, A.D. 1926. (Court Seal) JOSEPH F.EWTTT, Judge and Acting Clerk.
<br /> Filed for record May llth, 1926, at 3:25 o'clock P.M. F.A.RROWY, Recorder.
<br /> Form 6. --(CFRTIFTCATE OF SALE.)-- Duplicate.
<br /> STATE OF COLORADO.)
<br /> County of Chaffes,)s.a. 1, Milton H.Rlount, as the Public Trustee in said County of Chaffee, ';fate of Colorai
<br /> do hereby certify that, default having been made in the terms, conditions and covenants of the deed of trust,
<br /> hereinafter referred to, in the manner stated in the trustees notice of sale, hereinafter made a pert hereof,
<br /> Mary F.Hyan and S.v'.Ryanthe beneficiary unler said deed of trust and the legal holder of the indebtedness sea
<br /> thereby, having, in writing, notified me of such default, and having declared a violation of the covenants of
<br /> deed of trust, in that respect, and having elected to advertise the property therein described for sale, and
<br /> said Mary F.Ryan ani B.w.Ryan having filed notice and demarrl for sale in writing with the undersiped on the
<br /> d-y of April, A.D. 1926, I did or the 3rd day of April, A_D.1926, in accordance with the terms of egle._.epecif
<br /> '.n that certain deed of trust, wherein one J.R.Switzer Is grantor, and whi� is dated the 15th. day of May, .1
<br /> 1918, and was re Y,rded on the 16th day of May, A.D. 1918, in book 1,1.0, at page 29, of the records in the offs
<br /> of the Clerk ar,i Recorder of the rounty of Chaffee, Colorado, duly advertise the premises described in safi d.
<br /> .of trust, ant also hereinnfter described, and all the r'.ght, title and interest of e-e said J.'.Switzer, his 1
<br /> and assigns therein, for sale, at public auction, for the h'_vbest and best price the same would br'.n:; in coal.
<br /> sale to take place at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon on Monday the 10th day of %Tay, h.n. 1926. et th.
<br /> South front door of the Court House, in "nena Vista, County of Chaffee, in sa'i 9tete of Colorado, 'r t:ie mm
<br /> hand for the purposes stated in Paid deed of trust, a notice of whi& sale was pvblished in the Ral'da Vail, a
<br /> Newspaper of general c'-r dilation pri--ted and published in said Count;, of Chaffee, one a week for a period of:
<br /> 'lose than four weeks, proof of publication of shich notice of sale it bere'.r. incorporated and made a part of
<br /> certificate of sale.
<br /> And I further certify that sa'.d Wary F.Ryar. ani S.n'.Ryar; filed said not'ce of riection and Demand for sole
<br /> Duplicate, and th:.t T caused one xp thereof to be re•-rded April 31q, 1926, in the office of the mount:• CleL
<br /> anA Recorder of said Chaffee County, gm the same was dul- recorded it hook 208 at page 95 of said Chaffee Co'
<br /> Records.
<br /> And further certify that, at the time required by law, I ee carely pasted such notice of election, also prii
<br /> copy of said notice of sale, in a book kept by me for tlint purpose; and that T mailed (postage prepaid at the
<br /> office in Buena Vista, Colorado) a copy of the pr=rted notice o£ sale, wttbir tan days from the rite of the 1
<br /> l publcation thereof and as soon as the name was printed, to the grantor at the address gi can In said deal of
<br /> to J.R.Switzer, at Pueng Vista, Colorado, as tl,e record owner of the equity of redemption i:', ti,e said premise
<br /> and to each of the followin,:, persons, at the following addresa,to-wtt:-
<br /> To Edward %rugger, at Ruena Vista, Colorado.
<br /> To Marion p.Wallace, as Fxe mitrix of the Antate of 11.V,9rown, deceased, at 9nena Viste, rolorado.
<br /> To The Tax Service Cornorstion, at alien- Vista, Colorado.
<br /> T further certify that at, the time and place, ani or, the tmrma, stated 'n said notice of sale, and pursusn
<br /> �ther to, and b;, virtue of said deed of trust and the law,in su fi %*sea made ar..1 provided. T sold and dlaposed
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