The Lamar register., 1899-08-23
SUMMONS.
STATE OF COLORADO )
} In the
IS. District
} Court,
suMAlONs.

tFtf. ana ftftcflAei tNDer sole
heirs At law OF Julia Guer-
rier. dscrased Defendants
The People Of the State Of Colorado,
To John Doc, Richard Roe Mary Doc, aud
Gueiner deceased, the defendants above named
GREETtNG:
You are hereby required 20 appear in action
brought against you 10y the above named plalft-
til in the District Court Of Prowers County.
state ut Colorado, and answer the complaint
hoyaof, IL served witi,in this county; or ifsersed
utit ~ this cuuiity. or by publication. within
thirty days after the sergiee hereof exclusive q
the DAY of service or jndgnent by default Will
he taken against son according to the prayer of
the complaint And il q eopy Of the complaint
IN the atuve eutitled action be not served with
thIs summons, or II service hereof be made out
II this state then ten days additional IA the
answer viii be allowesl bcfOre fllc taking of
iudEmcnt by default NJ aforesaid.
This action ~ hroaght 70 s,niet the title 10 the
fplio wing described lands, To wit.
beginning AZ point at post marked . and
. soi IN mound ont the nprtil bititk OF ti'e Ar
claim No. twenty flve lssl and running from
thence dcwp said Arkansas river, with the inf-
/ nfty eigbt minutes east, twon$ ciiains,
thence south. eig1ty-four degrees and nifs
minute cast taurtsre ana slxty1nilne nine
eiEhi DEGREES aud forty-iiyc minutes east. tlir-
teen chanis, thence north SIXTY VINO derrees and
tmtty-i sc mipstes east. ihris-eignt and twenty
six haudretiths chains. tllsnce south siIty-one
dearees and 4wents-stN uiiIptes- eas seventeen
and iif, -foar hunsitcithS chains. thence north
hfty-eiEht degrees and fifteen minutes, cast.
twenty, and hft9-EtN iItindredths chains. thence
so.ith seyenty-three degrees and fdrfy.seyen
MINUTES. east. thiftcen and twenty eight lun-
drcliths etsiIs. thence south; thirty-ene de-
sroes ~! tweniy-tyyo niinutis. east fifteen
thirty three minutes Ssst chains theuce
( s.sst twgutS chains z, q post and Wound az the
southeast correr- fht'tice north, twenty.o
ehAiu- g ruad hearing east and west, hfty-
six aud elshfy-tiVe hundrf.itlls chains to post
married. = aud q. and get IN . mound at the
nartii-esst eurner thence south seventy seven
DEGREES and furtl-fouE minutes, west, one hun-
tited and sixty-eislit- and ft,y+hte lnniiedths
ellnin- 20 q polnt siL and eighteen haniseiths
chains sunth of the northeast corner, Of Claim
No. twunty-tye. - a P,ist marked ~ ret IN
along the east boundFy of claim No. twent y-iiyc,
twenty mine and sfxty-fodr hnutlrelths chains.
! i5 tho place ~ ls;iinins and cnntaining tx
hundred n,is forty acres nost Or less. aud belng
the same trvct Of land, conveyed by patent from
tho United States, 10 julia 5ufrrier dated
September 10th, $50. and recorded In the Office
81 the Recorder aud County e,icrk Of Prowers
rWiHiy ia theStata ul Ccl0ratg,, n iSooSt atfaee
~ aud all lying aud beng situate in the said
coanty of Prp~cts a,id stats Of Col0ro.la aud
t. which rcoo-ti Of fsid patent reference y here
( made for farther tcs cFi ptlon Of Satd land.
Z And this suit Is brought for the anieting OF
tlte title aforesaid for the following reasons,
and upon the following grounds.
That by certain trtdfy concluded between
Z the Uuited States Of America and the Afap0hne
| end Cheyenne tribes OF Indians. on the ilth
day ot October, lsi. it WIS provided by Article
/ Five thereof that the United States should
Grant Is patent in fe,. simple to one Julia tuer-
( riet6lQ acres of land. on, the upper Arkansas
{ Tinted States. on the eDth day Of Septenher
! is7pexeeuted and delivered to said Julia tincr-
rier it, Patent for certain parcel Of land then
+ Situated in the county OF Bent. now the county
! 90 prawers, in tho state Of Colorado, known as
7 1ndian Claim No % aforesaid, and more par
Z tictlarfy describes a above set forth.
md. That ON tho 18th day Of February iss2,
on FL. q. Guerrier who was then the brother
4 81 lie said Julia Guerrier represented that the
I said julia Guerrier had Heretofore died, I'M
married aud without issue, and that he. the
said Ed q. Guerticr was the sole heir % lef.
I tho snid Julia Guerrier, and thercupon fer n
Valuable consideration the said 80. g. Nuefiier
/ dUly cseentcd and delivered to QUO John w
1 psuwcrs, a conveyance Of tho premises hereip-
before described which WIS thereuion duly ro-
Z corded in the office Of the Clerk aud Recorder
4 a. the County of Bent and state OF Colorado I;
! aud thp said john W. PIowcrs tsieFcnpen took
/ tho possession thereof until the time Of his
death as hereinafter So forth.
3rd. 1lia; on the 18th day Of fobrunry iSSl
the said John w, LrOwcrS died leaving the said
/ plaintiff herein as his widow. with y hom long
prioT to his death lie had been lawfully married
1 Prowcrs Mrs. Kate Hnws. Mrs. Mary Huddell.
and Mrs. inez Comstook. who were the sole SUI :
the said Jchn " Prowers deceased, and who
4 thereby hecame the owners OF said premises.
/ fth. That on Tie Slst day OF August, 1857. tho
said surviving lawful heirs of the body of said
John W. PrcNers above named. together with
Ihomas Marshall the then bus baud and sole
! surviving heir AMY Prnwers, then deceased for
a valuable consideration conveyed all their in
terest in said premises this nlain'iff and Size
thcrcrpon became the owner thereof and
ihcrenpon entered into the possession Of the
Nh, That since tbp said conveyance by tile
said Ed. q. Gurrrier to thcsuidJoin W. prowers,
the snid JOHN w. Prowers, aud the heirs Of the
s;ddJoIin " Prowers, and This, plaintiff. have
been in the continued peacable possession of
! tile said premises. under and by virtue oi the
title claimed, uudcr the conveyance Of tiie said
Ell. q. Guerrfer, as above set forth. end that in
reliance upon said title. and possession they
caused TO be raid for seven cousecntlye years
prior to tho bringing OF this ection all the taxes
/ legally assessed on such premises.
9th, That shortly prior 90 the bringing OF this
action plaintiff caused diligent inquiries to he
made Of all persons related 70 the said Julia
Guerricr and of all the persons likely to have
knowledge of the same, to tie time and place
of the death of tho SAID julia Grerrier, and ns
to whether she loft husband. or cfilidren sur
viving hor and as TO the names. aud places Of
residence of said husband and children. and OF
all the decendants Of the said Julia Gnerrier
That the only-deiinite Information thus obtain
ed was that tho said Julia Guerricr sometime