Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-12-28
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

Pike, Charles Barker, Henry o.
Benedict, F. Nj. Cleaveland, John
Wingate, Jr., John p. Wingate, Sr.,
E. Olson, William Bandell, VIM. w.
Bandle, w. w. Banded, Thomas
Robinson, Alexander Stewart, Abb
ner Seman, Augustus H. Meader,
Mrs. Addie Gildden, Kelsey Gilddea,
Lucia Gildden, Mark Gildden, Cora
Lloyd, Levi Turner, r. H. Arm
strong, VIM. H. Smith, Calvin S.
Glidden, and all the heirs, spouses,
guardians, trustees, grantees, lega-
tees, devisees, transferees, mortga-
gees, custuis que trusts, of the fore
going named defendants, and all the
unknown owners and claimants of
any right, title or interest in or to
the south one-half, of the southeast
one-fourth, of section six, township
ninety-nine north, range eight, west
of the fifth p. NJ, except one-half
acre school house lot in NE. corner
of said land.
DEFENDANTS.
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the office of the
Clerk of the District Court of Iowa
in and for Winneshiek county, the
petition of the plaintiff, Stephen
Pierce, in an action in which you
ere made defendants, which petition
states in substance, that plaintiff is
the absolute owner in fee simple of
the south half of the southeast
quarter of section six, township
ninety-nine north, of range eight,
west from the fifth principal meri-
dian, except one-half acre school
house lot in northeast corner of said
land; that for more than ten years
last past, he has, by himself and by
those under and through he claims,
openly, VIGOROUSLY, continuously,
and adversely against the world,
held possession of said land, at all
times claiming fee simple interest
therein; that he is credibly inform
ed and believes that defendants
make some claim of right or inter-
est in said land, the specific nature
thereof he is unable to state; that
he is unable to learn the names and
residences of the unknown defend
ants though he has searched dill
gently therefor; that the rights or
claims of rights in said land made
by the unknown defendants are bas-
ed on grants, devises, inheritances,
rights as spouses, mortgages, or as
signments coming by under or
through the specifically named de-
PENDANTS; that any rights that de-
PENDANTS that any of the defendants
may have once had in said land have
long since been barred by the sta
tutes of limitation; that defendants
Jonathan X. Pike, Henry O. Bene-
dict, f. NJ. Cleayeland, John Win
gate, Jr., Thomas Robinson, Abner
Seman, Mark Glidden, Levi Turner
and r. II. Armstrong have also been
known respectively as J. Z. Pike, III.
o. Benedict, Fred NJ. Cleaveland,
John Wingate, Thomas w. Robinson
and as T. w, Robinson, Abner G.
Seaman, Mark E. Glidden, l.. II.
Turner and P. II. Armstrong that
defendant John p. Wingate, Sr., has
also been known as John p. Win
gate; that said petition prays that
plaintiffs title and estate in said
land be established against the adj
verse claims of the defendants, and
that said defendants and all persons
claiming by or through them be
barred and forever estopped from
having or claiming any right or
title in or to said premises adverse
to the plaintiff, and that the title
thereto be quieted in the plaintiff,
and that any of the defendants set
ting up a defense to this action be
adjudged to pay the costs of this
proceeding.
You are hereby further notified
that unless you appear thereto and
answer before noon of the second
day of the next term of said Court,
commencing at the court house, in
the city of DEBORAH, in said county,
on the 30th day of January, A. d.,
1871, default will be entered against
you and judgment rendered thereon
according to the prayer of said pc
| tition.
C. S. BOICE,
52-4 Attorney for plaintiff
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