Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-07-12
ORIGINAL NOTICE.
In District Court, Howard County, Iowa:
f. r. Thorn pson, Plaintiff

In District Court, Howard County, Iowa.
L. r. Thompson. Plaintiff
VS..
Richard Kirby and Mrs. Richard Kirby his
wife, the unknown heirs, assigneeS and
grantees of the above named defendants,
and the unknown claimants and owners
of the following described real estate stu
ated in Howard County, Iowa. to-wit: the
North East Quarter of Section II Township
9S Range l2. Defendants.
To the Defendants above named:-
You and each of you are hereby notified
that on or before the LIST day ofSeptember,
Clerk of the District Court of the State of
Iowa, in and for Howard County. and at
Cresco in said County and State, the Petition
above named, alleging that he is the abso-
lutte owner in fee simple of the following de.
scribed real estate situated In Howard
Quarter of Section II Township ss Range -;
that he is credbly informed and believes
that the defendants. make some claim ad-
tn, tSt't defendants Richard Kir BY and Mrs.
Richard Kirby his wife are dead and that
the names and places Of residence of the
Mrs. Richard Kirby his wife, are unknown
to him although he has sought diligently to
learn the names and residences of such I'M
known heirs and claimants: that such I'M
known heirs. aSSignees and grantees of the
said Richard Kirby and Mrs Richard Kirby
his wife, have or claim to have some right,
title and interest Ill said premises adverse 10
PlaintiHs title to said premises, by reason of
the fact that the said Richard Kirby entered
the said premises under the Laws Of the
United States, entry dated, April TO- 1857, and
through such entry said defendant acquired
title to said premises, and there is nothing of
record to show that he and his wife, or their
heirs, ever sold or conveyed the said prem
Uses except the North half of the North half
OF the North East quarter of said Section Il:
that plaintiff and his grantors have been In
the open, notorious. continuous, adverse and
for more than the past ten years, under
color of title and claim of right as against
the whole world: and asking that his title be
quoted in him. as to said premises as to the
defendants each and all of them, that 1t be
decreed that Plaintiff is the absolute owner
in fee of said premises, that the defendants,
each and all of them. and all persons claim
ing by, through or under them, be forever
barred and estopped, from having or claim
verse to Plaintiff, that he have Judgment for
costs as against any defendant appearing to
contest Plaintiffs claims, otherwise Plaintiff
to pay the costs, and for equitable relief.
And unless you appear thereto and defend
on or before noon OF the second day of the
next term of the said District Court of the
State of Iowa, in and for Howard County, be-
ing the October 1910 term of the said District
Court which will commence and be held at
the Court House in the City of Cresco, Iowa,
on Monday, the 3rd day Of October 1910. yonr
default will he entered against you and judg-
ment and decree rendered against you there
On in accordance with the prayer of the said
petition.
Dated July 5. 1910.
N. WILLETT.
Attorney for L. II. Thompson, Plaintiff.