The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-04-06
oriqinal Notice.
William w. Hughes, Plaintiff,

a of the N. T.. u and Lots 2 and
3 of the Irregular Survey Of the
8. w. "A Of the N. F.. u OF See.
IA, Twp. "A, Il. l6 w. of 9th r. NJ,
Mahaska County, Iowa, j. b. Bar
Der, Annie Barber, NJ. NJ. Rnnyon.
Emma Garrigus and Thomas Car
rfgus, Thomas D. Edwards, Mrs.
Thomas D. Edwards, Mary c. Bar.
nett and Barnett, her hus-
band, Vinson Inge and Mrs. Vinson
Inge, Margaret Benson and -
Benson, her husband, Josiah CrOs-.
son AID Mrs. Josiah Crosson, AL.
bert S. Munsen, Mrs. Albert 5.
Munsell, Charles G. Munsell and
Mrs. Charles G. Munsell, together
with the unknown heirs, unknown
spouses, devisees, legatees, grant.
ees, minors and legal representa-.
tives of any and all OF the above
named defendants and unknown
claimants of said real estate, De-
PENDANTS.
To the unknown claimants of the
said n. E. "A of the n. E. u and Lots
2 and of the |. S. of the S. w. "A OF
the N. E. a of Sec.14, Twp. "a, r. l6
w. of the 9Th p. NJ, Mahaska County,
Iowa. and to each and all of the
above named defendants and to each
and all of the unknown heirs, spouses
and all other parties above named:
You and each of 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 Mahaska
county, petition OF the plaintiff
William w. hughes, claiming as
against you and each Of you that he
IL the absolute and unqualified owner
in fee simple of the above described
real estate and that your interest has
been Invested by certain deeds OF
conveyance which were lost or de
stroyed without having been placed
of record, that is TO say, that George
w. Barber and wife were the own
ers of said Lot 3 and conveyed the
same TO Michael Gallagher, prior tC
June II, 1874, reserying the Goa
hereunder, but that said deed was
lost or destroyed and not recorded
and that Thomas d. Edwards was tn,
owner of Lot 2 and conveyed tn,
same to Friedrich. NJ Stumbo by ;
, good and sufficient Warranty Deed
4 lprior to March "a, 1856, which dee,
was lost and never recorded; tina
4 .al,
: son, who with his wife, prior to Dec
10, 1870, conveyed by a sufficien
, Warranty Deed, said Lot to SAT-
, Nary C. Barnett which deed wa
: lost and never recorded, and tina
Samuel Vance obtained Tax Dee
, on said Lot 2 Nov. 90, 1870, records
, June 81. 1871, in Book Z. page 655, G
, the Mahaska County Records whic
y tax deed is asked to be establishe
paramount to any claim of the Dc
, PENDANTS to said lot.
That in foreclosing a certain NOR
70 gage in favor of Geo. w. Barber
. Margaret Benson and husband wer
, not served with notice as appear
. from the record, though service wa
- actually made and their rights full
determined and barred by the She
y itT's Deed: that j. 3. Barber, NJ.
Runyon. Elizabeth Phillips and Emm
Garrigus are the only heirs of &c,
;, W. Barber; that VinsOn lnge an
u Mrs. Vinson Inge have no intere!
in the land, the description in the
" deed being erroneous and no doul
=" refers to land in Township 70, il
stead of "A; that Albert S. Munse
and Charles G. Munsell were diveste
OF their interest by guardians dee
Sept. II, 1885, recorded Sept.
~ 1885, in Book So, page 81 of the NJ
Is haska County Records, and they wit
IS their wives are made parties to co
rect any error that may have occu
p red in the proceedings relating
n said deed; that plaintiff has mad
u diligent search TO find said defen
IN ants, their unknown heirs and u
known claimants, but without avail
He claims that he has been
open, notorious, hostile and adyer!
possession OF said real estate und
$. color of title and claim of right,
IN and his grantors, for more thu
&c twenty years last past, he asks tn
/. his title be Quieted to all the abo'
described land against said defen
ants as above described, except Il
= coal under Lot 3, he also plea,
J laches and a general equitable c
toppel, together with the bar of Il
y Statute of Limitations. No person
= claim is made against any of the d
: PENDANTS, unless they should .appe
10 and defend, and that unless you a
b. pear and defend hereto before no,
5. of the second day of the April Ter
e. 1911, which will commence on Il
18th day of April, 1911, and be he
in the Court House at Oskaloos
Iowa. judgment by default will
rendered against you and deer
a entered as prayed for in plaintiff
RS lpetition.
n w. II. HEATING,
er Attorney for Plaintiff.
al The foregoing Original Notice ha
q. ing been presented to me for an {
&c der, and | beng fully advised i'm Z