Aff - Ladd, James A_8/10/1968�
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AFFIDAVIT TO ESTABLISFI SUR��HIP,
DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH OF HE ERT I.
HYDE, DECEASED.
The undersigned, John W. Ballard, being first duly
sworn on oath deposes and says:
That he is more than forty (40) years of age and is and
has been for a period of more than twenty (20) years last past
engaged in the practice of Law at Princeton, Gibson County,
Indiana.
That he has been employed by one James A. Ladd, residing
at No. 20907 Millard Street, Taylor, Michigan, step-son of the
above designated Herbert I. Hyde, deceased, to assist in the
� settlement of the estate of said decedent.
This affiant further states from his examination of the
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records it appears that the aforesaid Herbert I. Hyde, died intestate,
a resident of Gibson County, Indiana, while a�:patient at the
Deaconess Aospital, Evansville, Indiana, on or about May 11,
1968.
That the aforesaid decedent, Herbert I. Hyde, as of the
date of his demise was the owner of an undivided one-half (1/2)
part in value of the following described real estate situate in
Johnson Township, Gibson County, State of Indiana, towit:
A part of the east half of the southwest quarter, and a part of
the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter, all in section 7,
township 4 south, range 10 west, bounded as follows: begin in the
north line of said half quarter section at a point 30 feet east of the
northwest corner thereof, and run thence east along said north line
to the west right of way line of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Railway Company; thence in a southeasterly direction along said
right of way line to the south line of said half quarter section;
thence west along the south line of said section 7 to'a point 30
feet west of the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the
southwest quarter of said section 7, thence north to the north line
of said quarter quarter section; thence east 60 feet; thence north
to the ooint of beginning, containing 20.82 acres, more or less.
ERCEPTING THEREFROM, the following described partthereof:
Part of the Northeast 4uarter of the Southwest Quarter of
Section 7, Tawnship 4 south, Range 10 West in Johnson Township, I
Gibson County, Indiana, and more particularly described as follows:
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The place of beginning may be found at a point on the south line of
said quarter quarter 30.00 feet east of the southwest corner thereof,
thence east along the south line of said quarter quarter 293.00 feet to
an iron on the west 40 foot right of way of the C&EI Railroad; thence
North 6 degrees 14' West 1331.55 feet to an iron on the same 40 foot
right of way; thence West and along the north line of said quarter,
quarter 138.00 feet to a point 30.00 feet east of the northwest corner
of said quarter, quarter; thence south and parallel to the west line
thereof 1323.68 feet to the place of beginning, and containing 6.5485
acres, and containing after said exception 14.2715 acres, more or
less.
For chain of title see Deed Record No. 128 page 10.9; Deed Record
No. 143 page 58; Deed Record No. 143 page. 59; and, Deed Record
No. 164 page 333, Office of the Recorder of Gibson County, indiana.
This affiant further says that he is informed and does
verily believe that the estate of Aerbert i. Hyde,, deceased, was
in a gross of less than Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) and
that decedent's estate was not subject to a Federal Estate Tax;
that the Indiana Inheritance Tax liability of decedent's estate
was determined by the Gibson Circuit Court of Gibson County, indiana,
in Cause No. PR 68 - 103.
This affiant further says that upon the demise of the said
Herbert I. Hyde, his entire undivided interest in the aforedescribed
real estate became vested in the above designated James A. Ladd as �
the surviving joint owner thereof.
That this affidavit is made for the purpose of establishing
the date of death of the aforesaid Herbert i. Hyde and the survivorship
of James A. Ladd in order to obtain a transfer on the Transfer Books
of Johnson Township in the Office of the Auditor of Gibson County,
Indiana, from the joint names of James A. Ladd and Herbert I. Hyde
to the individual name of "James A. Ladd".
Further this affiant sayeth not.
Subscribed and sworn to be
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My,COmmission Expires:
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me this �/D day of August, 1968.
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GIBSON CIRCUIT COURT
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-THIS INST`UMENT�PREPARED BY: JOHN W. BALLARD, ATTORNEY.
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