Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-02-07
Original Notice

Thomas Mardesen, Plaintiff VS. Louden
men u and ohn s his Ba Tte aad
known. Granville NJ. Dodge and =
Rodge his wife, given name n nix Own
given name unknown. Nelson T. Spoor
and - Spoor his wife, given name un-
k lsy Anna Dodge and Dodge d her 7
Barclay and - Barclay her husband
given name unknoWn N. JOB Ghn + Baldwin
wife, given name unknown. And all. of
the Unknown heirs atlaw Of Louden
BALDWIN d aa and Baldwin his wife, Gran:
3 E. Pegram and - Pegram his wife
IT, spo9rd and
Menona Barclay and - Barclay her hus.
band, John T; Baldwin and - Baldwin
Vie VIII and all 10 Of the Unknown Claimants t
of the west half of the northwest quarter
of Section twenty-six, township seventy
nine, Range thirty-five, Audubon County
Iowa. Defendants.
To the above named defendants:
You, and each of you, are hereby mott
fed that there is now on file in the office
Mardesen, the plaintiff in the above en-
titled action, alleging that he is the abso
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81 the northwest quarter of section twenty
six, township seventy-nine, range thirty
five, Audubon county, Iowa. That on OF
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
conveyed the same. That on or abou,
October sth, 1856, Louden Mullen and Bar
bara E., conveyed to the defendants John
S. Baldwin and Granville NJ. Dodge, the
above described premises, and that it
does not appear from the records of Audi
bon county, Iowa, that the said defend
ants and wives, or any one for them, ever
reconveyed the same.
That on or about January Sd, 1857, the
undivided one.third :of the above. des
cribed premises were conveyed by John T
Baldwin and wife, and G. NJ. Dodge and
wife to the defendant b. X. Pegram, and
of Audubon county, Iowa, that the said
defendant and wife, or any one for them
ever reconveyed the same.
That on or about January Sd, 1861, Benz a
min r. Pegram. conveyed the undivided
one-third Of the above described premises
to the defendant, Nelson T. Spoor, and
of Audubon county, Iowa, that the saie
defendant and wife, or any one for them
ever reGonyeyed the same. II, That ., on O
divided one-third of the above describee
premises were conveyed by Granville NJ
Dodge to the defendant Anna Dodge, anc
of the said Audubon county, Iowa, tina
the said defendant and her husband, o
any one for them, ever reconveyet
the same.
That on or about December 18th, 1867
Robert NJ. Barclay. conveyed, the undi
ded oaehiTd Of the
that the record of transfers of Audubon
county, Iowa, does not show that the SAT-
defendant and husband, or any one TO
That on or about the 2Sth day of March
1857, the above described premises wer
+. to the defendants John T. Baldwin ane
G. NJ. Dodge and that it does not appea
from the records of Audubon county
Iowa. that the said defendants De- 1' and x thel
yeyed all of their interest in and to TIL
aforesaid premises.
The plaintiff further alleges in his pet
ton that he is unable to1earn whether TIL
defendants herein, Louden Mullen AM
-, Mullen his wife, ,hn S. Baldwi,
Pegram and - Pegram his wife, Ann
Dodge and Dodge her ri husband bar Nelso
Barclay and - Barclay her husband
John i, Baldwin and Baldwin hi
wife, 6. NJ. Dodge and - Dodge his. wifi
are living not, but that he AYERS that
they are, they are non-residents of thi
state. That the unknown heirs at-law G
the aforesaid defendants and other Claim
PENDANTS by reason Of the aforesaid cor
yeyances. and that their names an
places of residence are to the plaintiff VI
known, although he has sought diligentl
to learn the same,
The plaintiff further alleges that he, an
, those under whom he claims title. hav
been in actual. visible, open, distinct, nj
& torious. continuous, hostile adverse po
session of the above described premises
commencing under claim of OWNERSHIP
and color of title, since the year "A. d. 1856
That the aforesaid conveyances create
cloud on the plaintiffs title to the sal
premises. That the plaintiff is credibl
informed and believes that the defent
ants herein make some claim adverse
that of plaintiff, to the said premises, bu
that plaintiff alleges that the claims {
all said defendants are unfounded an
are not valid in law or in equity.
And praying that the plaintiffs it'll
and estate be established against the az
verse claims of the defendants herein an
that the said defendants and all person
claiming by or through them, be barre
and forever estopped from having {
claiming any right or title adverse to TIL
plaintiff. in and to the said premises, an
that the title there to be quieted in tn
plaintiff, and the cloud on his title theret
removed.
And that unless you appear thereto an
defend before noon of the second day
the next term of said court, commencin