Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-02-27

4 OF Sec IS; the y of the N u. and tile N
OF the u and the E Il OF the i w 4
q Sa the s OF q sec e M al!in Twp 90 North,
- Vaughn his wife. John Davis and son,
John Davis, f G Davis, John Waters, john
waters Joseph Brunskiil, d Graves. T j
husband. Edna l. Beach, Angelina + Beach.
Clarlssa N Beach. and the unknown spouses.
d,ev;isees. heirs at law, assigns. grantees and
claimants, under each or any Of the above
named defendants or to any norton of said
realty. Defendants.
To the above defendants.
You and each Of you are hereby notified that
the District Court of Iowa in and for Deiaw are
County. the petition in equity OF Melvin W Bat
terton ard Charles Batterton, Plaintiffs,
asy are the absolute ~ and
Mes6 quarter "a Of the North West quarter
q the North n East quarter tAl. and the North
X ]. and the East half l,ll of the South West
quarter ~ Of the North East quarter iAl Of
y Sefs S har3h Rsnga III al IN Nine
Principal Meridian: that james Vaughn, defer
dant. was q date December 49, 1855. when he
s con the n w Of the " \ Of Sec 49,
unmarried, and that - Vaughn his wife, de-
tendant, is barred of any right OF dover in said
lands; that the defendants Jo I'm J Davis 4 Son,
John Davis and K G Davis. at one time ownlng
an undivided onehalf interest and title In last
above described lands. and the said John Da
VS. solely acquiring such title and interest fall
cd and neglected 60 pay the taxes on said lands
for the years b 1858 1868 and 1859, and the same
were sold and tax deeds duly acQ aired therefor
and adversely held continuously since said date
under said deeds by plaintifrs and their prede-
sessors IN title. wheteby said def ,ndants are
pared OF az title and right thereto; that the
defendant John Waters Is the same person as
John Waters, defendant, who with the defen.
dant Joseph Brunskill by deed filed February
ords Of Delaware county. Iowa. conveyed an un
divided one-half of said last above described
realty to predecessor in title under whom plain
lifts herein predicate their rights and title; that
said grantors in sad last described deed took a
mortgage on said lands October 9, 1871, from
thelr said grantee, which they filed for record
Mortgage Records of Land Of Delaware County,
Iowa; that said Indebtedness thereby secured
matured October 2. 1872. and was paid but not
satisfied Of record and is now barred by the
acquired tax sale deeds to said above described
ands for the unpaid taxes of the year A ID 1868,
and and that predecessor in title Of these plain
TINS namod David Greaves conveyed said lands
OCTOBER 20. 1878, under which these plaintiffs
claim and they aver that said ID Graves is the
samr person as said grantor Dav Greayes that
thereafter the same LANDS were sold for subSe-
quent taxes and title and possession hereunder
acquired bythese plaintiffs whereby the said d
Graves was barred Of all title and rights to saia
lands under his tax deeds; that I j trlestly, de-
PENDANT, who In A ID 1891 by an asst xnment acQuir-
ed an interest In mortgage recorded In Book T.,
page IS. of the Mortgage Records of Land of Della.
in action brought, and further the said mort
gage Is barred by the statute of limitations;
that Elizabeth Crabb. defendant, Of date Feb
her deed of that date was Invested Of all right
and title to an interest In the f u of s f u of
said Section IA of said lands: that Edna L Beach,
Angellne F Beach and Clarlssa Al Beach, delen-
dants who were minor defer dants In suit
brought In Circuit Court of Delaware County,
Iowa. at the April Term. A D 1855 were In fact
served with the original notice In said suit, al,
though proof thereof is not apparent OF record
and they are now barred under the statute Of
Limitations and Of right from Claiming any title
Section 4 Of said lands. For more specifc
and detailed setting forth of the devolution Of
the title Of plaintiffs and their rights as para.
bic eae n
In. reference Is hereby ma to the petl ion now
on file in this said action. That the pisces OF
known to plaintiffs. That the plaintiffs and
theii grantors and predecessors In title have
been for more than ten years last past and now
are In the actual, undisputed. uuequivocal open
adverse. exclusive, visible. continued and motor.
'ous possession of all said realty. under claim OF
right and color Of title, and by virtue of thefacts
rec ted and abstract OF title filed with said pc
titlon. have Obtained title by prescription to
all of said renlty. as alao y title In fee simple
thereto, aud they pray that the unknown claim.
ants and any and all persons named as defen
dants or claiming or appearing to have some
right under or through any of said defendants
In and to any Of the realty above described, be
forever barred ind estOpped from asserting OF
| maintaining any right, title or interest adverse
| to the plaintiffs In and to any portion Of said
realty, and the title and right Of possession
thereto be quieted In them and the clouds OF
their title be removed, as In said petition pray
ed. and for such other relief as may be deemec
Just and equitable.
Now unless you appear thereto and defend, OF
| or before noon Of the second day OF the Marcl
| Term. d 1907, OF said ,'ourt which will beriI
at Manchester. in said County. on Monday III,
18th day Of March, 1907, a default Will be en-
tered against you and Judgment and ceeree b
rendered as therein prayed.
| Dated January 81, 1907.
| YORAN. ARNoLD& YoRAN
| Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
The foregoing original notice, gathered from
the ayerments of tile petition, Is hereby an
proved and ordered published In the Manclles
ter Democrat. . newspaper OF general clrcuia
ton published weekly In Delaware County
Iowa. for six successive weeks as by law pro
vlded. ''N
Dated January ~ 1907.
/ CHARLES +. RANsIER
AVG Judge of the Tenth Judicial District.