Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08
TO SAID DEFENpANrs

You and each Of you are hereby notified that
there Is naY on file in the office Of the Clerk Of
the District Court OF Delaware county, Iowa,
the petition of the above named plaintiffs claim
Ing that they are the absolute owners in fee OF
the real estate above described and alleging:
Tint William Hamblcton was an unmar-
ecuted and delivered to Charles wheeler war.
rantee deed of the North fractional half (,f) Of
the Northwest quarter (,Sl Of section one (ll,
West OF the Fifth P. NJ, in Linn county, Iowa.
That the debt secured by o mortgage on said
real estate made and executed on the 10th day
Douglass and which moliage is recorded in
Liber 10 on page 81 in the recorders office OF
said Linn County; has been paid and that said
That one, Isaac Douglass was on the 10th
day OF November, 1869, the owner Of said real
estate and on that day conveyed the same by
Douglass was at the date Of said conveyance,
as petitioners are informed and believe, an un-
married man; that If he was then married, the
name and residence of his wife and the resi-
dence Of her heirs, II she has deceased, are un-
known to plaintiffs.
That one. Alexander Benchoter, 'was on the
! st day Of Nay, 1865, toe owner ip, fee Of the
township eighty seven 1871, north range six [6l
west OF the fifth p m In Delaware county, Iowa,
hxsep 81 acres and sixty four ~ rods
II said Benschoter, his daughters, the defend
Dewoody. on said LIST day of Nay. 1865, became
the owners In fee Of said real estate, subject to
tho support thercfrom of their grandmother,
Diena Benschoter. That said Diena Benscto-
ter has since deceased. and before her death
| she quit claimed her interest In the said real
estate to said 1nez Elizabeth Crestner and Mary
Ellen Dewoody, who on the 3rd day OF October,
1877, duly conveyed same TO Malinda Lawton.
That the mortgage on said last described
premises, made by Byron Lawton to Malinda
Lawton and recorded in book 9 OF Mortgages on
| page 2l2 in recorders ONCE of said Delaware
| county. has been satisfied and should be releas-
1 ed of record. = T,
That the plaintiffs and those under whom
they claim title now are, and for more than ten
years last past have been. in continued, actual,
| open, adverse. exclusive. visible, and notorious
| possession OF all of the real estate hereinbefore
described, and that abstracts of the title to
| said real estate are attached to plaintiffs said
| petition.
And praying that the title and estate Of the
plaintiffs in and to all OF the real estate herein
before described. be established against the
defendants and all persons claiming by, through
or under them, or either of them, and all un-
ever estopped from having or claiming any
right or title adverse to the plaintiffs, or either
4 of them. In and to said premises or any part
thereof: that the title to all of said real estate
be quieted in plaintiffs, and for such other and
4 further relief as may be deemed equitable in
| the premises.
And that unless you appear and answer OF
plead thereto on or before noon Of the end day
Of the next term, being the December, 1899
term Of said court, which will commence al
Manchester on the % day of December, 1859
default will be entered against you and judg
i by law.
Dated this 9TH day Of November, A D 1899.
- BRONSON Il CARR.
Attorneys for Plaintiffs