Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-11-15
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oRIGIsfAL NOTICE.

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I'm che District Court of the State of
| Iowa. IN and for Polk County, January
term, 1896.
/ ra,,r + a I, ercival, John NJ. Owens aud
CIV of Des Moines, versus the unknown
cJTs,,a ITS OF lot six ~ of the official plat
of rse II, ort hsas quarter % of the south
east tssstl ter ~ OF Section four ~, Town
ship seseEty eight Gs1, Rango swe =, our
(3f west OF tho fhIh W 1. M, LUX
County, fowa. ~
To the m, known claimants OF lot six 10y
IF the officis' plat o. he northeast quarter
~ of the outhea ST quarter "a of Sec
ton four "a. T,,wnsh ip seventy. eight l7Sl,
Range twenty-f UT g y, west Oh the fitth
(5) ?. M Polk Co unity Iowa
You and each of you are hereby noti-
fed that there is now on file in the
office of the Clerk o. the District Court
of Polk County, Iowa, the petition OF
Stephen j Loughran. Fra n. es >. Lougnran
F. A. Percival, John M. 0 wens and the
City Of Des Moines, in which they state
that they are the absolute Owners IN Zee
simple and claiming title to lot SIX f5) OF
the official plat of the northeast ga, lrter %
of the southeast quarter sl.3 of section
four az Township seventy eight (7Sl, hange
twenty four (24), west of the Fifth ~ L.
NJ, Polk County, Iowa, by virtue or an
oral agreement entered into August 5fh,
1860, between Stephen j. Loughran, one e,f
the plaintiffs herein and one Edwin Hall,
the then owner in fee simple of said lot six
(6), above described, whereby as part con-
sideration for the purchase by said Stephen
j. Loughran of certain real estate adjacent
to said lot SIX (6l, and owned by said
Edwin Hall, said Hall agreed to convey
said lot six (6) to said Stephen j :. Loughran
in case he should not dedicate said real
estate to the city of Des Moines tor alley
purposes. That said plaintiff herein,
fnf1D pf r1nh INA AlrE,y lct
9th 1860, entered into possession of said
lot six {6) as the result of said agreement
to convey it u him by Edwin Hall and
erected permanent improvements thereon,
and that he ana the other plaintiffs h9reln
have paid the taxes on said lot six co. since
the 9th day Of August, 1850, and have been
in and exercised open continuous, notorious
and uninterrupted possession OF the same
ever since.
That the said Edwin Hall died on or
about September 18th, 1864, without ded-
icating said lot six (6) to the city of Des !
Moines for alley purposes or deciding the |
me, by written instrument to plaintiff |
herein, Stephen j. Loughran, as agreed |
That he left certain heirs whose names !
and residences are to these plaintiffs |
unknown
- Said petition prays that the title to said
lot six (6) be qule ted IN plaintiffs and that |
you be barred and forever estopped from |
having or claiming any right or title |
thereto adverse to plaintiffs, and that |
unless you appear thereto and defend on
or before noon Of the second day of the
Term, A. D, 1896, of said Court,
which commences on the 9th day of
January, A. ID. 1896, at the Court House
in Des Moines, Iowa, default will be en-
tered against you and decree rendered
thereon. PORTER & HOLLY.
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
The above notice is hereby approved,
this l4th day of September, A. d. 1895, and
the same is hereby ordered published for
statutory period in The Iowa State By
stander. THos. L. STEVENSON, Judge.