Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-12-10
Original Notice.

ants of the East half of the Southeast
Quarter of Section No. 8, Township
No. Is, Range No A, West Of the 5th
r. NJ. Harrison County Iowa, and 7. B.
Johnson. Mrs. T. B. johnson, and their
unknown heirs and the unknown claim
ants OF the South tl,ree-eighths of the
Northeast Quarter of Section No. 8.
Township No. IS, Range No. A, West
of the 9TH p NJ. Harrison County, Iowa,
and w. A. Ellis and Carrie Ellis his
wife, Defendants.
To w. D. Lawes, Mrs. w. D. Lawes,
and their unknown heirs, and all un-
known claimants of the East half of the
South East Quarter of Section No. 8,
Township No. 10, Range No. a, West
of the 5th P. M. Harrison County Iowa,
and T. B. Johnson, Mrs. T. B. johnson!
and their unknown heirs and the un-
known claimants of the South three
eighths of the Northeast quarter of
Section No. 8, Township No. IS. Range
No "A, West of the 9Th P. NJ. Harrison
Co. Ia, and w. A. Ellis and Carrie Ellis
his wife, Defendants.
You and each of you are hereby noti-
fled that there is now on file in the of
flee of clerk of the District Court of
Harrison County Iowa, petition of
the 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.
| 8. Township No IS, Range No. "A.
West of the 9Th P. M. situated in Har-
rison County Iowa: that the said de-
PENDENT w. D. Lawes obtained title to
the said East half of the Southeast
quarter of the said Section No. on the
18th day of September 1865 by warranty
deed from James N. McManamie. which
said deed is recorded in the office of the
County Recorder of Harrison County
Iowa in Book IN" page 81, and that
the said w. D. Lawes defendant short
time thereafter executed and delivered
to the said James N. McManamie
warranty deed to the said premises re-
conveying the same to the said James
N. McManamie, but that said deed
from the said Lawes to the said McMan-
annie has been lost or destroyed and
was never placed of record. That the
said W. D. Lawesand his wife, whose
first name Is unknown to plaintiff, are
both dead, and that they left ce rtain
children, whose names and residence
are unknown to plaintiff and that he
has sought diligently to learn the same.
but that said children and heirs of said
w. ID. Lawes and wife make some claim
to said property adverse to the estate
of plaintiff in said property by reason
Of being such heirs: that the said de-
PENDANT I. b. johnson obtained title to
the said South three-eighths of the
North east quarter of said Section No
8 on March 26. 1863 by warranty deed
from James McMillin, which said deed
is recorded in the office of the county
recorder of Harrison Comfy Iowa in
Book 26 pages. That the said T. B.
johnson was Invested of the title to
said land by tax sale and tax deed exc
cuted to Marcellus Holbrook by John
W. Wood, Treasurer of Harrison Coun.
ty Iowa. on the Dist day of February
1874, which said tax deed is recorded in
the office of the county recorder of
Harrison County Iowa in Book s, page
III. That the said L. B. Johnson and
the said Mrs. 7. B. johnson defend ants
are both dead, and that they left GER
tain children as heirs, whose names and
residence are to the plaintiff unknown,
and that he has sought diligently to
learn the same, and that the said GER
tain children and heirs of the said T. B.
1 Johnson and wife make some claim to
said property adverse to the estate of
lplaintiff therein. by reason of the said
deed of March 2G, 1868; that the plain
tiff and those through whom he claims
title have been in actual. open, visible,
notorious and hostile adverse possess
sion OF all of said property above de-
scribed under claim of right and color
Of title, for the twenty or more years
last passed claiming under and by viz
tue of said deeds above mentioned, and
that whatever claim or interest
the said defendants and unknown
heirs and the unknown claim ants
of said property have or claim to
have is barred by the statute of limita-
tons and by the adverse possession of
the plaintiff and his grantors as above
set out.
And prays that his title and estate be
Established against the adverse claims
: of the defendants and each of them and
their unknown heirs and the said un-
known claimants of said property; and
that said defendants and their unknown
heirs and all unknown claimants of said
property and all persons claiming by
/. through or under them or any CT them
be barred and forever estopped from
having or claiming any right or title ad :
verse to the plaintiff in and to said
premises or any part thereof; and that
the title thereto be quieted in the plain
tiff and for all equitable relief; and that
!. unless you appear thereto and defend
! before noon of the second day of the