Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-04
LEGAL.
In The District Court of Wapello

In The District Court of Wapeilo
County, Iowa.
Frederick William Steinhoff and Edg-
arley Livingstone Bay, VS.. The Un-
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 Rambo, Martha Ann Myers,
VIM. HI. H. Black, Ellen Black, Alex
ander Black, Mrs. Alexander Black,
John Black, Mrs. John Black, Jas. c..
Tolman & Co., ct al.
Notice.
To said defendants hereinbefore nam
ed:
You and each of you are hereby noti-
ned that there is now on file in the Of
flee of the Clerk of the District Court
OF Wapello County. Iowa, the petition
OF plaintiffs, claiming to be the abso
lutte owners in fee simple of the fol-
lowing described real estate situated in
Wapello county Iowa, towit: The SW.
OF the SW. u of Sec. ., the SIC. u
OF the Sc. u OF Sec. s, the NE. u Of
the NE. " and the Sc. a of the NE. Y
of Sec. I, and the w. u of the NV. x
and the NV. u of the SW. u OF Sec. S,
except tie graveyard and right of way
OF the keokuk & Des Moines Railway
Co, all in Twp. 70. 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
liam 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
Shnu.inor TO Too, -, ,1tt.
said heirs Of William Black, deceased.
is imperfect and Indefinite. That in a
deed from George w. Black and others
to Chas. III. kurtZ, dated October 81,
1854 found recorded In Record 1,
page 223. conveying the NV. u of the
NV u Of Sec. 8, 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
that said land was ever set off to the
grantors as their homestead as is
therein recited There is no deed on
record from Mary Jane Rambo and hus-
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, deceased
by which title to the land was convey
ed are so vague, loose, indefinite and
| imperfect as that a cloud Is cast upon
the title to said land. That the UNI
known claimants Of the property are
the heirs or devisees of Winfield S
! Black, and of Mrs. Winfield S. Black
and of George w. Black, and of MARY
Jane Ranbo. and Of Hamilton Rambn
and of William Fl. III. Black and of FL
len Black, of Alexander Black and Of
Mrs. Alexander Black, Of John Blacl
and of Mrs. John Black, and took what.
ever interest they have in the property as
the heirs or devisees of the partie.
Black. George w. Black, Mary Jan,
Rambo, William H. 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 JOIN
1 Black took an undivided one eighth in
/ tc-est therein In same way, and what
/ ever interest the wives or husbands -
the parties named had they took a
4 the surviving spouses of the partie
named respectively. That as to Jas c
4 Tolman & Co. the plaintiffs claim tina
the mortgage given by William Blacl
to them on February 10. 1862, on tn,
4 w. V of the SW. u of Sec 5, Twp. "a
r. Is, in Wapello County, Iowa, to Sc
cure the payment of $4,000 recorded ii
Book &C." page SIG, in Wapello County
Iowa, Mortgage Records, has been pal,
i off but is not satisfied of record, an,
ask to have same Cancelled Of record
And unless you appear and defen,
i thereto on or before noon of the secon.
day of the next term, being the Octobe
4 term 10nf tho hi CT at
4 Wapello County, Iowa, to be begun an
held at the Court House at Ottumwd
i Iowa, on the 29th day Of October. 1905
default will be taken against you an
i the decree granted as prayed for.
4 Tisdale & Heindel,
4 Attorneys for the plaintiffs