Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-19
To the Above Defendants.

To the Above Defendants:
You. and each of you. are hereby not.
'ified that there is now on file in the
otfice OF the Clerk Of the District Court
OF Iowa. In and for. Delaware County
a petition in equity in which PLAINTIFF
claims that he Is the absolute and un
qualified owner in fee simple OF that
tract of real estate described as tbs
South East quarter 90, Of the Norti
West quarter 40 and the North East
Quarter Q-4) OF, the South West Quar-.
ter do, and the South Three-Fourths
go. OF the South West Quarter Q-4)
Of the South West Quarter 40. and
the North One Eighth ti-s),of the South
West Quarter u-4), Of the South Wes'
Quarter u-4). and the South East Quar-
ter u-4), OF the North West Quarter
40 OF the South West Quarter l-D
and the South East Quarter Q-4). .ol
section Twenty -Four (24). Township
Eighty Eight (SS North Range rive
90. West Of the Fifth p. n.
That the plaintiff and his grantors
have been in the adverse possession o.
said real estate, above described, ioi
more than ten years last past as owners
thereof; that such possession has beei
actual, open. notorious. continuous anC
exclusive unuer color OF title and c1an'
i. .
nostne to the world.
Plaintiff states on information an.
be.lel mat ueleliuaiAts iioiu. VI aae '''tA'ff
ing some clallil - liie preansses, @"'e' .
~ The pia1nlll1. I, sol.
real estate, lliaue Dy deieioants: 'oAi'
r,.uson, Luther M. DAVIS. WIn'a ~. !,
,ana a Davis, Peter Jakelin. John Tor
a." ~ r Porter. rheDe Ann Wooo' -
NJ DAVIS. Rachel II. Bates. Emma H.. K1AS =
A W., ,earIna Davis. Fred LAWS. Artnur -.
.,a =, Charles Nj. Davis. Frank A. c Das,e
W W. Davis, Eleanor Z. hunens' shaw
Shaw. john Fl; sh anarew Shaw. Lin.
\ rmstrone. Bertha Robson. Sne 70
Shaw. Robert Shaw. Francis Lowell rowe1,: NV nv.
nose unknown defendants a,thar o.
,nro,Igh or under them. OF es fact:
them. tbs is rs 1eI,xea of said county SNOW
,hat nv q certain deed dated 81 day .1 q
January. 1857, recorded In BOOK o,,ar
rage SVs. conveyed tne S S~arter. Of SAID
. aeTen grantor. reserved so must'
Of the land in said deco eoa con tSet Nv
Occupied saa q BY Say m of % SGne 1884,
aeeu the same property as shown OF re
seyd IN Book "a, Page AL. Luther N.
Davis, and Phebe A. Woo, stx"sottS for.
:epted and reserydeq hy SO mill Bond seven
y se as a wis one half az 1-2) acers, more
or less. and that by deed dated 1sth 91a 81
, Snnte MAR vi 1-sS' OF the
south south West Quarter 40. Of the South South
West Quarter do. and the ,. S41 as1
ouaTs5 ;ai Sf s ses s"ut Twe %ez
2 soarte 1s4}. shown Of record IN Book =
ooee 3Gi defendant Peter Jakelin. gran,
or excepted and reserved nun pono
lite therein. stated to nave psen nawis
md that by deed dated '7th- Octo6er. ~
3, conveying said property, LAST qesce1b-
ID, shown OF record In BOOK w. fase =
option and reservation. Plaintiff states
described Of William Davis. in Book H
Book "a, ali OF the South East Quart
r G-4S. Of the South West Quarter. q.
J. of said Section Twenty-Four ga
vas conveyed, and that by sag deed
II Of the South Half q-2). Of the Nor
h Half Q-2). Of the South West Quart
r Q-4). of the. South West Quarter
said Section Twenty Four 90. was
and that by said deed Of John
.ook 4s, all OF said last described trac
,as conveyed. and that although ex-
option and reservation was apparently |
lLte OF some portion OF SAID properly
$ being occupied by said mill pond. In
act no Part Of said pond vas upon said |
roperty, or any of it. and said except |
N and reservation in said several deeds |
icre imperative to- cover any OF the /
in said deeds described: that
he same Were written In said deeds not
D indicate any particular property
hat was in fact covered or occupied by
aid pond. but only to protect the gram
DIS in said deed in the event that any
ort:un OF SAIL pond was upon said prop')
rty, the grantors not being certain with