Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-11
In The District Court of ,Wapello

Frederick william Steinhoff and Edg-
arley Livingstone Bay, VS.. The I'm
known Claimants of the property, to-
wit, the real estate hereinafter de-
+ scribed in this notice. Winfield S.
Black, Mrs. Winfield S. Black
George w. Black, Mary Jane Rambo.
Hamilton Ralnbo, Martha Ann Myers,
T Wm III. H. Black. Ellen Black, Alex
ander Black. Mrs. Alexander Black.
John Black. Mrs. John Black, Jas. G..
Tolman & Co. ct all
Notice.
To said defendants hereinbefore nam
ed:
You and each of you are hereby noti-
lied That there is now on file in the Of
nee OF the Clerk of the District Court
OF Wapello County. Iowa, the petition
OF, plaintiffs, claiming.to be the abso-
iule owners In fee simple of the fol-
owing described real estate situated in
Wapello county, Iowa, towit: The SW.
OF the SW. u of Sec s, the SIC. n
OF the SE. Il of Sec. 6, the NE. u Of
the NE n and the SEE. 4 of the NE. 4
OF Sec. Z. and the w. u of the NV. u
and the NV. 4 of the SW. n of Sec. s.
except tie graveyard and right of-way
OF the Keokuk & Des Moines Railway
co. AL IN Twp. g. r. is. That William
Black owned said real estate. That in
the probate proceedings under which
SAID land was sold for the purpose Of
paying debts, by mistake in the order
the administrator Of the estate of Will
nam BLACK, deceased, was authorized to
sell the land belonging to said real es-
tate as therein stated instead OF be-
longing to said estate or the heirs Of
William Black, deceased. That the
showing as to- service of notice on the
SAID heirs Of William Black, deceased.
bot ,,,1l s,,kl yr,t- -.
deed from George w. Black and others
to Chas. Fl. Kurtz, dated October 81,
1864. found recorded in Record i,
page 223, conveying the NV. Il of the
NV. u of Sec. s, Twp. IS. r.. Is, ex-
cept the railway right of-way and the
graveyard. there is no acknowledgment
OF the deed by r. w. Boyd, guardian of
Winfield s. Black, there is no showing
mat said land was ever set off to the
grantors az their homestead as Is
therein recited. There is no deed on
record from Mary Jane Rnmbo andhus-
band to George w. Black as is recited
therein. That said Mary Jane Rambo
and husband, Hamilton Rambo convey
ed said land to George w. Black That
on the whole the proceedings in the es-
tate of William Black. deceased, and
IN the guardianship of some of the
minor heirs of William Black. decea sed.
by which title to the land was conyey4
ed are so vague. loose, indefinite ana
Imperfect as that cloud is cast upon
the, title to said land That the UNI
known claimants Of the property are
the heirs on devisees Of Winfield s..
Black. and of Mrs. Winfield s. Black,
and of George W. Black, and of Mary
Jane Ranbo, and Of Hamilton Ram1,o.
and of. William III. r.. Black and of Ell.
len Black. of Alexander Black and of
Mrs. Alexander Black, of John Black
and of Mrs. John Black, and took what
ever interest they have inthe propertyas
the heirs or devisees of the parties
named respectively. That Winfield S.
Black, George w. Black, Mary Jane
Rambo, William III. H. Black and Alex
ander Black, each took an undivid-
ed one-seventh interest in the real es-
tate hereinbefore described. as children
OF William Black, deceased that John
Black took an undivided one eighth In
to-est therein in same way, and what
ever interest the wives or husbands "
the parties named had they took as
the surviving spouses of the parties
named respectively. That as to JAS. G..
Tolman & Co. the plaintiffs claim that
the mortgage given by William Black
to them on February 10, 1852, on the
w 1a of the SW. u of Sec. 5, Twp. "a.
n. IL. in WaDello County, Iowa. to Sc
cure the payment of $4,000 recorded in
Book C."}page b19, in Wapello County.
Iowa, Mortgage Records, has been paid
off but is not satisfied of record, AMI
ask to have same Cancelled of record.
And unless you appear and defel1d
thereto on or before noon OF the second
day of the next term, being the October
term, 1905, of the District Court of
Wapello County, Iowa, to be begun and
held at the Court House at Ottumwa,
Iowa, OH the 2sth day of October. 1903,
default Will be taken against you and
the decree granted as prayed for.
Tisdale & Heindel.
Attorneys for the Plaintiffs.