Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-09-22
. October. 1904, term, i,
In Equity
Original Notice.
defendants.
To the aforesaid defendants;

To the aforesaid defendants:
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
Annie Magrete Christensen nee Annie
Magrete Rasmussen, plaintiff, claiming
owner in fee simple of the land, to-wit:
Lot Six, Section Three, Township seventy
eight, Range thirty-six, west of the 5th p.
tiff is credibly informed and she believes
that defendants herein make some claim
adverse to the estate Of plaintiff in said
as heirs Of Peter WESTMINSTER, and that that
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leges that plaintiff and those under whom
she obtained title to and possession
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and continuous possession thereof under color
Of title and claim Of right and ownership since
although She has made diligent inquiry to
learn lea Of those who might know; that said de.
the plaintiff; that she lived with Peter Ras.
mussen herein mentioned in the City of Omaha,
s that tn asa Born po sad Hene
i-.-- and to said Peter Rasmussen on, or
I about Dec; srd, 1881, and that there were no
female child, named Susan. who died on, or
about Oct. 18th, 1887; that said Helene
and said Peter Rasmussen were never married
knowledge and they always held themselves
out to the public as being unmarried, and that
| they had the right at any time to separate, and
did losss said Potor ' Rasmasson ane
went to and lived with one Helmkjor with
ka and her whereabouts have ever since been
unknown to plaintiff or to said Peter Rasmus-
SEN That said do Peter Rasmussen died intestate
III the year 1891, in Audubon County, Iowa,
| leaving as his sole and only survivor and heir
plaintiff herein. That he was never married
and meyer had any children born to him except
died in infancy; that said Helene-- is not
now and never was, an heir of said Peter Ras.
mussen, for the reason that no legal marriage
citations ever existed between them, that at the
time of his death the said Peter Rasmussen was
the legal owner and in possession of the land
nor money at the time that said Helene
left him. but that the property herein de-
scribed was by him bought after She deserted
| by the earnings of plaintiff after his death;
that plaintiff has attached. to her petition.
which Is MADE part thereof an abstract Of
| dence of said unknown claimants of said
premises are unknown to plaintiff and that
She, has diligently sought to learn the same,
be established against the adverse claims of
defendants. and each of them, and that all
| be barred and forever estopped from having
or claiming any right, title or interest adverse
to PLAINTIFF in said land, and that the cloud
upon her title be removed, and prays for such
other and further relief as the court may
deem equitable, and she prays for Judgment
against defendants for costs.
And that unless you appear thereto and de-
fend on OF before noon of the second day of
the next term of said court which will COM
mence on Oct 18th, 1904, at the court house in
Audubon, Iowa, default will be entered
against you and decree and Judgment rend-
cred thereon as prayed
4 GEORGE f. KAPP
| Attorney for Plaintiff
The foregoing original notice having been
Same, it is hereby approved at Audubon,
Iowa, on Aug. 21th, 1904, and it is ordered that
said notice be published for six consecutive
| weeks in the AUDUBON COUNTY JOURNAL, a
newspaper printed and published at Extra,
I Iowa. w. r. GREEN,
Judge