Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-09-22
Sarah Banner,
Plaintiff.

Sarah Banner,
Plaintiff,
VS..
Mandy Slater,
James Slater, Let
tie Slater, Noah
Slater, Mrs. Noah
Slater, true name
UNKNOWN Clinton December Term
Slater, Mrs. Clin- 1898.
ton Slater (true Original Notice.
name unknown)
Leander Slater
Mrs. Leander Sla-
true name I'M
known) Mrs. c. \.
Brown, G. A.
Brown, Clinton
Wood, A. G. Smith
To the above named nonresident
Defendants, and each of them:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that there is now on file in
the Office of the Clerk of the District
Court of Audubon county, Iowa,
the petition of the Plaintiff, in
which she asks that partition be
made of the following described
realestate, to-wit: Lot eight ~ of
southwest quarter of north west
quarter of Section 20, Township 70,
Range 35, Six acres more or less,
Lots 2, 4, 5, and 8, of Block Z; all of
Block g.; Lots l, 4, 5 and 8, of Block 9:
and lot of Block 10, in the Town Of
Oakfield, Audubon county, Iowa,
and alleging that the Plaintiff is
the owner ofand entitled to one-elev-
enth thereof, and that the Defend
ants, Henry Slater, George Slater,
James Slater, William Slater, Noah
Slater, Clinton Slater, Leander Sla-
ter and Catharjne Zeitler, are each
the owner of and entitled to one
eleventh thereof, and that the De-
PENDANTS, Mrs. G. A. Brown, Eugene
+. Slater, F. Curtis Slater, Ernest NJ.
Slater, Jacob NJ. Slater, Elmer p.
Slater and Alice L. Smith are Joint
ly entitled to one-eleventh thereof or
each entitled to one-seAenth of one
eleventh, and that the Defendant,
Clinton Wood, is the owner of and
entitled to one-eleventh. And alle9-
| ing that said property cannot be
equitably divided and that the same
shall be sold and the proceeds di-
vided as above set forth, or as their
interests may be established upon
the trial and hearing of said cause;
that the year has not expired since
the death of said James Slater,
through whom they inherited said
property, and that the amount
OF Indebtedness not legally estab-
lished against said estate and
the interests of all subject there,
to, that the buildings, fencing
and improvements on the same
are being destroyed and the
property depreciating' in value and
that it is to the best interest of the
said heirs and the said estate that
the said property be ordered sold
by the Court and proceeds deposit
ed with the Clerk of said Court un-
til it be determined what part, if
any, will be needed to pay debts
and that the said fund then be dis
tributed among the several parties
as their interests are adjudged, the
said fund to be treated as the land
itself upon the administrators apply
ing tor leave to pay debts from the
said realestate. The Plaintiff asks
for $1,000, the cost of any abstract of
title to said premises, and that her
attorneys be. paid the usual attor-
ney's fee for bringing said suit, for
costs and such other relief as she
may be entitled to. For..full partic-
ulars see petition on file. And that
unless you appear and answer or
make defense to said action on or
before noon of the second day of
the December term of said Court,
commencing at Audubon, said
county and State, on the 18th day
of December 1898, default will be
entered against you and judgment
rendered thereon as prayed.
NASH, PHELPS & MOSTER
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF.
Dated at Audubon, Iowa,
August q, 1898.