Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-13
LEGAL.
In The District Court of Wapelo

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.
u of the SW. u Of Sec. 5, the Sc. u
OF the Sc. a Of Sec. 6, the NE. u Of
the NE. n and the Sc. n of the NE. u
of Sec. Z, and the w. " Of the NV. u
and the NV. n Of the SW. n of Sec. 8,
except the graveyard and right of way
of the Keokuk & Des Moines Railway
Co, all in Twp. IS, R. 15 That William
Black owned said real estate. That in
the probate proceedings under which
saiu laHd was sOld Tor 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
fro, n,
to Chas. H. Kurtz, dated October 27,
| 1864, found recorded in Record 1,
page 223. conveying the NV. u of the
| NV. u of Sec. 8, Twp 70, r. 49, ex-
cept the railway right of-way and the
| graveyard, there is no Acknowledgement
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 I'M
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 II. III. Black and of FL
| len Black, Of Alexander Black and of
Mrs. Alexander Black, Of John Black
4 and of Mrs. John Black, and took what
ever interest they have in the propertyas
the heirs or devisees Of the parties
named respectively. That Winfield S.
Black, George w. Black, Mary Jane
Rambo, William H. H.. Black and Alex
ander Black, each took an undiyid-
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 If
| 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, 1852, on the
w. " Of the SW. II of Sec. 5, Twp 10,
1 r. TO- 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, AMI
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 18th day of October 1906.
default will be taken against you and
the decree granted as prayed for.
Tisdale & Heindel,
! Attorneys for the Plaintiffs