Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-27
In The District Court of WapeIIo
GnIIafA
Administrators.

COUNTY, Iowa.
Frederick William Steinhoff and Edg-
arley Livingstone Bay. vs. The IN
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
WIN. II. Fl. Black. Ellen Black, Alex
ander Black, Mrs. Alexander Black
John Black. Mrs John Black, Jas. c.
Holman & Co., ct AL
Notice.
To said defendants here;nbefore nam
ed.
You and each of you are hereby noti-
fled 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-
iute owners In fee simple of the fol.
lowing described real estate situated In
Wapello county, Iowa. towlt: The SW
OF the SW. u of Sec. 5, the Sc. 4
VI me Sc. n of Sec. 6, the NE. u of
the NE. n and the Sc. n of the NE. Il
OF sec. and the w. " of the NV. u
ana the NV. a of the SW. n of Sec. s,
except TIE graveyard and right Of way
OF the KeokulS e Des Moines Railway
Co. all In Twp IS, r. Is. That William
black owned said real estate. That IN
the probate proceedings under which
safd 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
sen the land belonging to said real es-
tate as therein stated instead of be-
longing to said estate or the heirs of
M ", 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. III. Kurtz. dated October 81.
1864, found recorded in Record 1,
page 22S, conveying the NV. Il Of the
NV. Y of Sec. 8. Twp. 10, r. Is, ex-
cept the railway right ofway 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 orr 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 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
sd are so vague. loose, indefinite and
imperfect as that a cloud is cast upo,l
the title to said land. That the I'M
known claimants of the property are
The heirs or devisees of Winfield <
Black, and OF Mrs. Winfield S. Black
and of George w. Black. and of Mary
Jane Rambo and Of Hamilton Ramb5
ana OF William Fl. FL Black and Of FL
len Black. of Alexander Black and of
MRS. Alexander Black. of John Black
ana OF Mrs. John Black and took whar-
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 I'll. FL. Black and Alex
allder Black. each took an undivid-
ed e-seventh interest in the real es-
tate hereinbefore described. as children
OF William Black. deceased. that John
Black took an undivided one eighth in
teTest therein in same way. and what
ever interest the wives or husbands IF
the the parties named had they took a.,
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
70 them on February 10. 1852. on the
w. " of the SW. 4 Of Sec s. Twp. ~
r. 10. In Wapelo County, Iowa. to Sc
cure the payment Of $4,000 recorded in
Book C page 519. in WapeIlo 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
County, Iowa to be begun and
held at the Court House at Ottumwa.
Iowa, on the goth day of October. 1905
default will be taken against you and
the decree granted as prayed for.
Tisdale & Heindel.
Attorneys for the PLAINTIFFS