Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-14
Original Notice.

To Edon Reynolds, Mrs. Lyman c. Belts,
Mrs. Lyman Richardson, Mrs. Benlamen b.
Richards, Mrs. Peter F. Jordan, Mrs. Horation
w. Sanford and to the unknown heirs of said
parties; and to James II. Taylor, John w.
Taylor Jr. and MIS- Ella oddard, DEFENDANTS
You and each Of you are hereby notified tnat
on or before the LIST day of September 1905 the
PEI ition of Walter n. Drake, plaintiff. will
be on file in the Office of the Clerk of the
District Court In and for Winneshiek County,
Iowa, at his office In DEBORAH in said County,
Claiming
That said plaintiffs the absolute owner in
fee of the east one half ~ of the south-ea st
quarter ~ of section twelve (l2) township
ninety-eight tss), range eight (Sl. west of the
5th r. NJ. except four a. acres iL the north
west corner OF The northeast quarter ca of
the southt asst quarter IA of said section twelve
l2). which four til acres lies on III northwest
side of the Iowa river. That he is also the alb
sOlute owner in fee of Lot one ~ of the
southeast quarter ~ of the northeast quar-.
also the absolute owner In fee of the west one
half l1al OF the northwest quarter Il Al of the
southwest quarter "a Of section seven ~,
the 5th r. NJ. Also two and one-half acres
T. III OF land described AS follows and COM
mencing al the northwest corner of the north
west quarter "a OF the southwest quarter al
of said section seven, township ninety-eig ht
1881, range seven RI, thence north on section
line ten [l0l rods, thence east forty [i0l rods,
place of beginning That plaintiff is the ab.
solute owner in fee also of Lots two [21 and
three [3l OF the southwest quarter al of the
southwest quarter "a OF said section seven
aforesaid, containing 36.43 acres.
That the defendant. Mrs. Horatio w. San.
ford, or her unknown heirs claim some right
title or interest in and 10 the aforesaid de
scribed premises or a portion thereof by vir.
tue OF a certificate OF entry issued to Horatio
w. Sanford by the United States on the Both
day OF January. 1851. and which certificate is
recorded In Book "CE" on page 80 thereof
| in the ONCE of Recorder OF Deeds in and for
Winneshiek County.
ards. or her unknown heirs claim some right
title or interest in and TO said premises or a
portion thereof, by virtue OF certificate OF
entry issued by the United States 10 Benjamin
B. Richards on the 30th day OF October. 1854
and which certificate is recorded in Book
"CE" on page 80 thereof, in the office of Re
corder of Deeds In and for Winneshiek County,
Iowa.
That the defendant, Mrs. Peter +. Jordan, OF
her unknown heirs claim some right, title or
interest," In and TO said premises or a portion
thereof, by virtue OF deed executed 10 Peter
+. Jordan on the 2Sth day OF January, 1855
and which deed is recorded in Book &c" on
page 1873 thereof, In the ONCE OF Recorder OF
Deeds in and for Winneshiek County. Iowa.
That the defendant, Mrs. Lyman c. Belts, OF
her unknown heirs claim some right, title or
interest In and to the said premises or a
portion thereof, by virtue of deed executed
to Lyman Z. Belts on the 7th day OF October
| 1858, and which deed is recorded In Book "R''
on page 467 thereof in the Office of Recorder OF
DctuS III ana IOT Wlnntsultk county, iowa.
That the defendant, Mrs. Lyman Richard
son, or her unknown heirs, claim some right
title or interest In and to said premises or a
portion thereof by virtue ola deed executed
to Lyman Richardson on the 9TH day OF Feb.
ruary, 1856. and which deed is recorded in
Book &c" on page l5S hereof, in the Office OF
Recorder Of Deeds, in and for Minneshiek
County, Iowa.
That the defendant, Eden Reynolds, or his
unknown heirs claim some right, title or In
terest in and to said premises or a portion
thereof, by virtue of q deed executed TO said
Edon Reynolds on the 9Th day Of August,
1850, and which deed is recorded in Book ''H"
on page 203 thereof in the Office of Recorder OF
Deeds IN and for Winneshiek County, Iowa.
That the defendants James II. Taylor. John
w. Taylor Jr. and Mrs. ......... Goddard,
claim some right, title or interest in and To
said premises or a portion thereof, by virtue
Of a deed OF conveyance made 10 John w.
Taylor on the 18th day of May 1874, and which
deed Is recorded in Book "a" on page 1876
thereof in the office OF Recorder of Deeds in
and for WinneshiAk County, Iowa.
That plaintiff alleges that the claims OF said
defendants each and all OF them are junior
and inferior to plaintiffs estate, In and to
said premises, and he asks that his title there.
to be QUOTED and established in him.
Now, unless you appear and answer there
TO on or before noon OF the 18th day OF Septem.
Der, 1905, that being the second dav OF the reg
Court In and for Winneshiek County, Iowa.
decree entered as prayed in plaintiii'spetition.
208 Attorney for Plaintiff.