Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-04-21

ter. excepting strip of land 70 feet
Vide or the North end for a road
E North q s. se Sange 3 al e Of Township 50
2. NJ. in Delaware County, Iowa, and
Joseph .lletzell. Johan Glahl. JOHANN
Glahe. Franz wiescher. and their. UNI
known grantees, assignees, heirs. devil
sees and spOuses and the unknown
claimants of the above described
premises. Defendants.
You are hereby notified that there Is
now on file in the office of the Clerk
of the District Court OF the state OF
petition of the above named plaintiff
claiming that he is the absolute owner
in fee simple Of the \. w. 4 Of the
-;of the $. w. Y. excepting a strip
OF Of, land = feet wide eif ., the Sorth end
P. Nj. That defendants claim ownership
OF said land by. reason of the fact
that said defendants. Joseph Ketzell,s
at one time owned. all. or and Interest
in said premises In fee; plaintiff. how
ever. AYERS that said defendants parted
In said premises prior TO the year A. D.
1862. in writing and by writing their
names respectively as follows: Joseph
Ter. and the deeds executed BY them;
on page 29S. book 6 rage 537, and
book s pags Sss Of the records a q ea desas
also AYERS that the defendant Joseph
Ketzell and Joseph Ketzel the grantor
in said deed recorded in book on
that defendant .Johan Glahl and the
grantor, Johann Glahe. in said deed,
recorded In book on page Sa7 was
defendant Franz Wiescher and the
grantor, Franz Wiesler, in said deed
recorded IN book 3 on page 59s. was
unknown defendants claim some inter
est In and to said premises as heirs at
law lay Of said Johan Glahl or Johann
said slahl. Of eiahe; sold al q Ills his
interest in said premises to Ferdinand
Farke and by deed. recorded in book
6 on page hs7 of the records of deeds
and convey the West. one half of the
North West quarter of the North West
quarter OF Section 10; of Township 50
p. NJ. together with other lands. de-
F'arke which deed. through mistake OF
one half of the North West quarter of
That plaintiff and his grsntors through
open, notorious. continuous and undis-
puted adverse possession of said preni-
Uses. under color of title and claim OF
IOTlNts years. last
past, exercising all the rights of owner
ship In fee simple. and that defendants
and each of them are barred and
estopped from having or claiming any
interest in said property adverse to
plaintiff. Plaintiff prays that his es-
tate in said premises be established
against the adverse claims of defend
ants and each of them. and that said
defendants and all persons claiming by
or through them he. forever barred and
estopped from having or claiming any
right or title adverse to plaintiff in
said premises: that the title, thereto be
|quieted in plaintiff: that the deed from
said Johann Glahe TO Ferdinand Farke
recorded in book 6 on page 537 of the
records of deeds Of Delaware County.
Iowa, be corrected so as to read:
West one half of the North West quar-
ter of the North West, instead OF
reading the West one half of the North
West quarter of the North " and for
such further relied as the court shall
deem equitable in the premises
]. w. Malvin,
Attorney for plaintiff.
I, Franklin C.. Plat hereby approve
the aforesaid original notice and it is
hereby ordered that the same be pub
lished In the Manchester Democrat. a
newspaper published In Manchester.
Delaware County. Iowa. once each weel;
| for four consecutive weeks.
Franklin c.. Plat
! Judge of the Tenth Judicial District
of Iowa. 13-4