Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-20
A. Areingdale.
Ed. Areingdale,
Administrators.
n Tho District Court of )wapeIlo

County, Iowa.
Frederick William Steinhoff and Edg-
arley Livingstone Bay, vs.. The TN
known Claimants Of the property to-
wit, the real estate hereinafter de-
scribed in this notice, Winfield 9.
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.
10 said defendants hereinbefore NAM
ed:
You and each of you are hereby noti-
Ned that there is now on file in the Of
fce 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.
u OF the SW. Il of Sec. s, the Sc. n
OF the Sc. u Of Sec. 6, the NE. u Of
the NE. 4 and the Sc u of the NE. u
of Sec. z, and the w. II of the NV. Y
and the NV. n Of the SW. u of Sec. s,
except tie graveyard and right way
OF the Keokuk s. Des Moines Railway
Co, all in Twp. rs, R. Is. That William
ASANSih Wv IASo SdiA icdl cSldlG. Hat VI
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 /,
page 223, conveying the NV. n of the
NV. Y of Sec. 8, Twp. 73, r. 10, 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 andhus-
band to George w. Black as is recited
therein. That said Mary Jane Rambo
and husband, Hamilton Rambo conyey-
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 conye-r-
ed are so vague, loose, indefinite md
imperfect as that 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 Rambo, and of Hamilton Rambo
and of William H. H. 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 in the property as
the heirs or devisees of the parties
named respectively. That Winfield S.
Black, George w. Black, Mary Jane
Rambo. William H. Fl. 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
terest therein in same way, and what
ever interest the wives or husbands of
the parties named had they took as
the surviving spouses Of the parties
named respectively. That as to Jas. c.
Tolman & Co. the plaintiffs claim that
the mortgage given by William Black
to them on February 10. 1862, on the
w. 1s or the SW. n of Sec. s, Twp. 10
Fl. Is, in Wapello County. Iowa. to Sc
cure the payment of $4,000 recorded in
Book C" page 519, in Wapello County
Iowa. Mortgage Records, has been paid
off but is not satisfied of record, an1
ask to have same Cancelled Of record
And unless you appear and defend
thereto on or before noon of the second
day of the next term being the October
term, 1906, Of the District Court Of
Wapello County, Iowa. to be begun and
held at the Court House at Ottumwa
Iowa, on the 29th day Of October, 1906
default will be taken against you ant
the decree granted as prayed for.
Tisdale & Heindel,
Attorneys for the Plaintiffs