Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-18
LOCAL.
In The District Court OF Wapello
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In The District Court OF Wapello
Cou-tv, Iowa.
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 Rambo, Martha Ann Myers,
VIM. H. 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-
fed 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. n of Sec. 5, the Sc. Y
OF the Sc. " Of Sec. 6, the Me- Y Of
the NE. II and the Sc. " of the NE. Y
OF Sec. I. and the w. "a Of the NV. n
and the NV. n of the sw. u Of Sec. s,
except tie graveyard and right of way
OF the Keokuk & Des Moines Railway
Co, all in Twp. 49, r. 15 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
showing as to service Of notice on the
said heirs Of William Black, deceased
is Imperfect and Indefinite, That in a
deed from George w. Black and others
to Chas. H. Kurtz, dated October 81
1864, found recorded in Record l.
page 223, conveying the NV. " Of the
NV. u of Sec. 8, Twp 70, r. is, ex-
cept the railway right-of-way and tho
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 or
record from Mary Jane Rambo and hus-
band to George w. Black as Is recited
therein. That said Mary Jane Rambe
and husband, Hamilton Ranlbo convey
ed said land to George w. Black Tha,
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 ant
Imperfect as that a cloud is cast upo.
the title to said lands That the un.
known claimants of the property ar,
the heirs or devisees of Winfield s
Black, and of Mrs. Winfield S. Black
and Of George w. Black, and Of Mar,
| Jane Rambo, and Of Hamilton Ramba
and of William H. I'll. Black and Of Ell
len Black of Alexander Black and o
Mrs. Alexander Black, Of John BlacI
and of Mrs. John Black, and took what
ever interest they have in the property al
the heirs or devisees Of the partie
named respectively. That Winfield S
Black, George w. Black Mary Jan
Rambo, William H. II. Black and Alex
ander Black, each took an undfyid
| ed one-seventh interest in the real es
tate hereinbefore described, as childrel
Of William Black, deceased that job,
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
| the surviving spouses of thef partie
named respectively. That as to Jas. c
Tolman g. Co. the plaintiffs claim tina
the mortgage given by William Blac
to them on February 49,. 1852, on tn
w. " Of the SW. n Of Sec S, twp. I:
R. Is, in Wapello County, Iowa, to Sc
cure the payment of $4,000 recorded Il
Book &c" page $40, in Wapello County
Iowa, Mortgage Records, has been pal
off but is not satisfied OF record. an
ask to have same cancelled of record
And unless you appear and defen
thereto on or before noon OF the secon
! Oay OF the next term hafr1o fho Oofob.,
term, 1905, Of the District Court n
Wapello County Iowa, to be begun an
held at the Court House at Ottumws
Iowa, on the 2sth day Of October, 1905
default will be taken against yoi, an
the decree granted as prayed for.
/ Tisdafe & Heindel,
Attorneys for the PLAINTIFF
| Notioe-Proof Of viii.
State of Iowa, WapelIo County, So.
To All Whom 1t May Concern No
/ tiCa Is hereby piyaY1 that o, ;,,et 49,,