Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-04-27
Legal Notice.

AurH0ft ~ lord, o.
eoaatycf Desmoi~es. :"
D'ssric Court for laid County to tie yx.e tcyr
tserecf.d. 4. 1874.
CORNELIUS BERSARp, Compt.)
w.rti.a s s...,.,ovsu, B'''in
'"p's's Ss1, s ss s SEX. Gear 0A''es'y
TIME said WIN. s. Scarborough will hereby
y take notice that on the 18th day Of February
1874, the said complainant filed in the ONCE 81
the Clerk Of said Court, his bin Of COMPLAINT n
the above suit; stating in substance that At the
goyenmene sale of lands in the ssia Territory,
70 the Burlington Land District in 1888, or 1880,
the West half 6f the Southeast quarter Of section
No 20; IN township NJ 70, NUf:h Of fsnse Nj
West. situated in said Desmoines county: wss
offered fSr sale By TIE government Of The United
States, snd bid ctfin the name Of Stephen Gear.
hart but IN resslty in trust for The SAD William
:. Scarborough and one George w. Hight, the
interest u each of said parties to be ascertaned
and determined by arbitration, and thar saif Ger
hart was tfiereuf5n to execute deeds Is each q
said parties, theif assigns according 10 he 6u.
ding of said arbitration; and That the said S<srbc.
rough paid to the government the At6lk III the
purchase money for the said piece Of land, and
ihe certificate Of purchase was thereupon issuel
by the Receiver Of said Land Office 10 the said
Gtarhsrt; he holding the title or the righ 10 the
Title an tfdst as aforesaid, said Bli DISC states
that on the goth day Of February 1872; one Thorn
rs p Emerson recovered az alnst said Scarbtrydeh
IN tine District Court in and for said county, 1
Judgment fst TIE sam Of SIPS damages, and $i9,.
" costs oil suit, ana that the 18th day Of Sep-
TENDER, A. d. 1912, Execution was issued on said
judgment and placed in the hahas yf the Sheriff Of
said county for collection, and tfiat on the same
day, to wits on the l2th Of September 1912; said
Sheriff proceeded to levy said witt Of execution
80 to hin directed, on the whole Of the said west
half ofthe 6. E. 4 bfstctiot No %, ia township
No 70 N. Range No i West us Aforesaid, a. the
property Of said William 8 Scarborough, 10 sat.
isfy said execution, and that on the Gath day Of
October 1872, the said Sheriff offered the said piecs
or parcel of land for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder, under and by virtue of said writ oil
execution, and that the said complainant was the
highest and best bidder for said land, at said sale
and the same was bid off and sold to him BY said
Sheriff, for the sum Of s. J, which said complain
ant then and there paid said Sheriff for said land
and that the said Sheriff thereupon executed tc
said complainant certificate of sale therefor
which is annexed to said bill Is Exhibit dap
And also, that more than ffteen months have
elapsed since said purchase Of said land as afore-
said, and that the same has not been redeemed
either BY said defendant Scarborough or any Of
ms Judgment creditors by reason whereof, said
complainant is entitled to deed in fee-smple fol
said land but that II is out Of the power of said
Sherifto pass the title for the same TO said com.
plainant by deed, 10 Consequence Of the same be.
ing vested in said Gearhar, and that after the
purchase OF said land as aforesaid the said Scar.
borough and said Hight submitted their resBec!
tive rights in said land to arbitration. and the
same was decided, but what that decision va.
said complainant is not sufficiently informed to