Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-24
Original Notice

n, Thomas Mardesen. Plaintiff VS. Louden
- Baldwin his wife, given name nn.
known, Granville NJ. Dodge and -
B: r. Pegram and - Pegram his wife,
given name unknown: Nelson T. Spoor
and - .Spoor his wife, given name I'M
Barclay and - Barclay her husband,
given name unknown. John T. Baldwin
unknown. q II. Dodge and and, 9 s.I Dodge nai his
wife, given name unknown. And ali of
s Maen nanawn h Maen as s we e kSnden
Baldwin and - Baldwin his Wife. Gran
yil1s y. Dodge and = Dodge his wife,
Nelson T. spo a and s spoor his his Wits wife
A Aana D9Ra ayc and Dodge her
his wife, G. NJ. Dodge and = Dodge his
wife, and all of the unknown claimants
of Section twenty-six, township seventy
nine, Range thirty-tve, Audubon County,
Iowa. Defendants.
To the above named defendants:
You, and each of you, are hereby noti-
ofthe Clerk of the District Court of Audu-
bon county, Iowa, the petition of Thomas
Mardesen, the plaintiff in the above en-
titled action, alleging that he is the abso-
AuCe OWHcL III zee simple OF the west half
Of the northwest quarter of section twenty
SIX, township seventy-nine. range thirty
five, Audubon county, Iowa. That on or
about April 1st 1858, the above described
premises were conveyed by the United
States to the defendant Louden Mullen,
and that the records of Audubon county,
Iowa, do not show that the said defendant
and wife, or anyone for them, ever re-
conveyed the same. That on or about
to ahe Jehn
S. Baldwin and Granville NJ. Dodge, the
above described premises, and that it
bon county, Iowa, that the said defend
ants and wives, or any one for them, ever
reconyeyed the same.
undivided one.third .of the above des.
Gribsd premises We're conveyed by John T
wife to the defendant B. r. Pegram, and
that it does not appear from the records
n audubon county Iowa, that the said
ever reconveyed the same.
That on or about January 3D., 1861, Benja.
min 4. Pegran. conveyed the undivided
to the defendant, Nelson T. Spoor, and
that it does not appear from the records
OF Audubon county, Iowa. that the said
ever reconveyed the same. That on or
about the l4th day. Of July, 1859. the I'm.
OF the aboSs
Dodge to the defendant Anna Dodge, and
that it does not appear from the records
the said defendant and her husband or
the same. - 'S eSeu
That on or about December 18th, 1867. !
Robert NJ. Barclay conveyed the undi-
xided one.thiId OF the aforesaid premises;
the the Barclay So and
county, Iowa, does not show that the said
defendant and husband, or any one for
That on or about the 2sth day of March,
1857, the above described premises were
conveyed BY Louden Mullen and Barbara
g. N. Dodge, and that it does not appear
from the records of Audubon county, !
Iowa, that the said defendants and their
veyed all of their interest in and to the
aforesaid premises.
ton that he is unable to learn whether the
-, Mullen his wife, j shn S. BALDWIN
Dodge and - Dodge his wife, 5. R.
Roage and - Dodge her husband; Nelson ,
John 7. Baldwin and :. BALDWIN his
are living or not, but that he AYERS that if
they are, they are ,non-residents of this
state; That the unknown heirs at-law of
ants of the aforesaid property, if any, |
Claim by and through the aforesaid de-
by On. Of the aforesaid
places of residence are to the plaintiff UNI
known, although he has sought diligently
to learn the same,
The plaintiff further alleges that he, and
those under whom he claims title, have
been in actual. visible, open, distinct, no.
torious, continuous, hostile adverse pos
session of the above described premises,
commencing under claim of ownership
and color of title, since the year A. d. 1865. |
That the aforesaid conveyances create a
cloud on the plaintiffs title to the said
premises. That the plaintiff is credibly |
informed and believes that the defend
ants herein make some claim adverse to
that of plaintiff, to the said premises, but
that plaintiff alleges that the claims of
all said defendants are unfounded and
are not valid in law or in equity.
And praving that the plaintiffs title |
and estate be established against the adj |
verse claims of the defendants herein and
that the said defendants aud all persons
claiming by or through them, be barred
and forever estopped from having or
claiming any right or title adverse to the
plaintiff. in and to the said premises, and
that the title there to be quieted in the
plaintiff. and the cloud on his title thereto
removed.
And that unless you appear thereto and
defend before noon of the second day of
the next term of said court, commencing