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Show HAS M LUST According to a petition filed in the county clerk's office by Alma Montgomery, Mont-gomery, a final decree of distribution was made in the matter of the ostatc of Mary Montgomery, January 4, 190G, signed by Judge Howell, but that there is no record of the decree In the office of tho clerk of the district court, who also Is county clerk. Mr. Montgomery, one of the heirs to the estate, petitions the court to have placed on the records of the clerk's office a "office copy" of the decree. In the petition, Mr. Montgomery states that Nathaniel Montgomery was the administrator of the estate and that he, in due form of law, performed per-formed his duties, and that the de-Ciee de-Ciee of final distribution was ordered drawn and was signed by the judge of the court, but that the clerk of the court either lost or mislaid the decree, de-cree, the same not being of record at this time It Is said that diligent search for the missing document has been made but that it cannot be found The "office copy ' sought to be filed, is alleged to be the original decree of final distribution |