Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-11-11
Original Notice

In the District Court of the State of
Iowa, in and for Audubon county De
cember term 1909.
A. D. Arney, plaintiff
VS.
James Knox, ------ Knox, his wife
given name unknown; William L.
Bell, $780, Bell, his wife, given
name unknown; A. f. Armstrong,
Fannie Armstrong, Frank p. Brad
ley and the unknown heirs, next of
kin, assignees and grantees of saiI
defendants, and the unknown claim
ants of the East Is. 40 acres of the
West half % of the Northwest
quarter az of section six co., Town
ship Eighty (SO), Range Thirty six
1864 West 5th p. m, Iowa. Defend
ants. .a
To the aforesaid defendants:
You and each of you are hereby mott
fed that there is now on file i'll the Office
of the Clerk of the District Court of Au
dubon county, Iowa, the petition OF A.
ID. Arney, plaintiff. claiming that he is
the absolute and unqualified owner in
fee simple of the East G5.49 acres of the
West half % of the North west
Quarter of section six 10y, Township
Eighty (S0), Range Thirty-siX (3G) West
9Th pm, Iowa
That the plaintiff is credibily inform
ed and believes that the defendants above
make adverse claim to the estate OF
plaintiff in and to said real estate. That
the plaintiff believes that defendants
James Knox and wife, given name I'M
known, claim to derive title by virtue
of Certificate of Original Entry from the
government; that William l.. Bell and
wife, given name unknown, claim title
by virtue of warranty deed from Solo
mon Sharp and wife, that Frank p.
Bradley claims title by virtue of tax
deed from Audubon county; and that A..
F. Armstrong and Fannie Armstrong
claim by virtue of an undivided owner
ship in and to said real estate together
with Hiram Mendenhall. That the un-
known heirs, next to kin, grantees and
assignees and unknown claimants claim
by virtue of the respective instruments
and conveyances referred to.
| Plaintiff further states that he has
been in actual, open, hostile, exclusive.
continuous, notorious, visible and al
verse possession of said real estate
for more than ten 10) years last
past and he prays that his title
and estate he established against
the adverse claims of the defendants
herein, and that they and all persons
claiming by, thru or under them and
| the unknown claimants of said real eS-
tate be barred and forever eStopped
from having or claiming any right, title
and interest in and to said real estate
adverse to plaintiff; and that the title
thereto be quoted i'll plaintiff; and un-
less you appear thereto and defend on
or before noon of the second day of the
December term of said court which
commences on the 14th day of Decem-
Der, 1909, at the court house at Audu-
bon, Iowa, default will be entered
against you and decree and Judgment
rendered thereon.
Dated at Audubon, Iowa, this 4th day
of November, 1909.
MANTZ & WHITE,
Attorneys for plaintiff.
The foregoing notice having been pre-
scented to me and duly inspected the
same is hereby approved at Council
Bluffs, Iowa, on the 9th day of Novem-
Der, 1909, and it is ordered that the said
notice be published for period of -four
weeks in the Audubon Republican .
newspaper of general circulation printed
in Audubon, Iowa.
W. r. GREEN,
Judge Fifteenth Judicial
45-4 District of Iowa