Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-12-17
Original Notice.

Fred Brown, Plaintiff vs. w ID.
Lawes, Mrs. W. d. Lawcs, and their un-
known heirs, and all unknown claim
ants of the East half of the Southeast
Quarter of Section No $, Township
No. IS. Range No A, West of the 9th
P NJ. Harrison County Iowa, and I. Is.
Johnson, Mrs. I. B. johnson, and their
unknown heirs and the unknown claim
ants OF the South three eighths of the
Northeast Quarter of Section No S,
Township No. IS, Range No. "A, West
Of the 9TH p. NJ. Harrison County, Iowa,
and W. A. Ellis and Carrie Ellis lis
wife, Defendants.
To w. d. Lawes, Mrs. w d. LawcS,
and their unknown heirs, and all un
known claimants Of the East halfof the
South East Quarter of Section No :.
No. IS, Range No. II, West
of the 9TH p NJ Harrison County Iowa,
and 7. B. Johnson, Mrs. I. B. johnson
and their unknown heirs and the un-
known claimants of the South three
eighths of the North east quarter Of
Section No s, Township No. IS. Range
No Al, West Of the 5tl, r. NJ Harrison
@ Ia, and w. A. Ellis and Carrie Ellis
his wife, Defendants
Aou and each OF you are hereby mott
fled that there is now on file in the Of
fee Of clerk of the District Court OF
Harrison County Iowa, petition OF
tho plaintiff Fred Brown claiming that
he is the absolute and unqualified own
er in fee simple OF the following de-
scribed real-estate, to-wit:
The East half of the Southeast
quarter and the South three -eighths Of
the North east quarter of Section No.
$ Township No -, Range No. "A,
West Of the 9th p. NJ situated in lfar-
rison County Iowa: that the said dc
PENDENT w ID. I.awes obtained title to
the said East half OF the Southeast
quarter of the said Section No $ on the
18th day of September 1853 by warranty
deed from lanes n NlcMananie which
said deed is recorded in the Office of the
County Recorder of harrison County
Iowa in Book M" page 81 AMI that
the said " ID. Lawes defendant q short
time thereafter executed and delivered
10 tho ea;d Jan,eq N NL,lI5,a,,;e q
warranty deed Is the said premises re-
CONVEYING the same to the said / ames
N McMan,m;c b,t that sind decd
from, ,be said I.awes 10 tl,s said MeMan-
annie has been lost or DESTROYED and
was never placed 81 recssa. That ths
said " ID J,....,,l is NJ. whose
FIRST name IS ui,k ,owa Il olajntir arc
both da,d AMI ti,3t t,3a,- left 9. rtair
children ~aosc names AMI residenc,
are unknown to plai,tilI and chat lie
has sought diligently 10 learn The came
but that said children and heirs Of said
wv ID L,wes and wife make sa,ae 5clajn-
to said ,roperty adverse to The state
of plaintiff in said proi3ertv bv reaso,
az bc;,,a such fe;rs. tllat thc sad de.
endant T p Johnson obtained t;lle IL
thc said South ,hrca. eiphths Of tic
North east quarter OF said 3cetion Nc
& ON March % 1sG3 NV warranty deco
from I.,nes McMil1;a. which said deee
is recorded in the office OF the count,
recorder Of Harrison Comfy Iowa i,
Book % p,ge That tic sud r b
Johnson was Invested Of the title {,
said land bv tax sale ana tax deed exc
cutcd 10 Marocllas II6lbrool1 bv Iohi
w Wood. Trea urcr 81 Harrison Com
~ Iowa. on the 2lst davtof February
1874 which, said t,y deed Is recorelc / /,
the Office of the county recorder q
Harrison County Iowa in Boo: 6. nag
~ That lie said y q. johnson anc
the said Mrs 4 p Johnson defendant,
are both dead and that they left Ger
tain children as heirs chose names an,
residence are To the plaintiff unknown
and that he has SOUGHT diligently t,
learn fine same and that the said Ger
tain children and heirs of tlie said r b
Johnson and wife make some claim t,
said property adverse 10 the estate O
plaintiff therein. f,v reason Of the sai,
deed az March u 1863. that the plain
tiff and those through whom he claim
notorious and hostile adverse poses
sion az an Of said nronertv above do
scr;toa ,,,de, claim, &c r;abt and co1o