The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22
ORIGINAL NOTICE.


State of Iowa, Lee county, IS:
In the district court of said county,
May term, 1912.
Charles G. Earnest and Marcus B.
Earnest, plaintiffs vs.. Thomas Har.
disty and. Hardisty, his wife;
Mrs. Thomas Hardesty; Thomas
Fitzpatrick and. -. Fitzpatrick, his
wife; Mrs. Erie j. Leech; Mrs. JOS,
eph Webster; William Caldwell and
...... Caldwell, his wife; Barton Cald-
we'll and. Caldwell, his wife;
Tarlton Caldwell and. Caldwell,
his wife; Emma Guinea and David
Guinea, her husband; Clara Spani and
..... .Spani, her husband;
And the UNKNOWN HEIRS of the
above named defendants and of each
of them;
Mona Earnest (widow);
d. j. Rizer, Sr., (widower);
Louise Arnesen and Alfred Arnesen,
her husband;
Elizabeth McMurry (widow);
Il. j. Rizer, Jr., and Laura Rizer,
his wife;
d. H. Rizer and Julia Rizer. his
wife;
| Martin Luther Rizer (unmarried) !;
| P. Robin Rizer and Ethel Rizer,
his wife;
| William vorreiter and .... .vorreit.
er, his wife;
/ William Vockrodt and !. ). .Vock-
rodt, his wife;
And the UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS
in and to the following described real
estate situated In the City of Fort
Madison, northern district of Lee
1 county, State of Iowa, to wit:
Outlot No. 1926, the north half OF
the west half of outlot No. 400, and
a footway across the south half of
outlot No. 100 to Sixth street, de.
i scribed as commencing at g. point So
| feet east of the southwest corner of
/ said outlot No. 100; thence north to
! the south line of the north half OF
said outlot; thence east 3is feet;
! thence south to the south line of said
outlet; thence west 3k feet to the
place of beginning. Eft al; defendants
TO SAID DEFENDANTS:
/ YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
that there is now on file in the office
Of the clerk of the district court OF
Lee county. Iowa, the petition of plain.
tiffs, claiming that with the defendant
Mona Earnest, they are the owners
Of the real estate described in the
caption hereof and that they, with
those under whom they claim, have
been in the open, notorious, continu
GUS and adverse possession of said
real estate, under color of title and
with claim of ownership, for more
than twenty-five years last past, and
are now in the possession of said reaI
estate, claiming to be the owners
thereof.
| That the apparent interest in sale
real estate of Thomas Hardisty and
49,. Hardisty, his wife, and of the un
known heirs of said defendants, arises
because said real estate was patented
in the name Of Thomas Hardistv
while the correct name of the paten
tee was Thomas Hardesty, and in {
conveyance executed by Thomas Har
desty in 1S41, no wife unites.
That the apparent interest in sale
real estate of Thomas Fitzpatrick anc
-. Fitzpatrick, his wife, and of thei
!. unknown heirs, exists because por
ton of said real estate was conveyed
to said Thomas Fitzpatrick, and Their,
is no conveyance of record from him
That the apparent interest in salt
real estate of Mrs. Erie ]. Leech
and of her unknown heirs. exists be
cause In 1857, Erie j. Leech convey
ed said real estate by warranty deed
but the record does not disclos
whether he was unmarried
That the apparent interest in sal
real estate of Mrs. Joseph Webster
and of her unknown heirs. exists be
cause in power of attorney exc
, cuted by Joseph Webster in 1879
authorizing the attorney therei
named to sell and convey said rea
I estate, no wife unites, and there is n
| showing that said Joseph Webste
? was unmarried at that date.
i That the apparent interest in sal
+ real estate of William Caldwell an
; $500. Caldwell, his wife, Barton Gale
. we'll and. -. Caldwell, his wife, an
: Tarlton Caldwell and -. Caldwell
e his wife. and of the unknown heir
of each of said defendants, exists b
cause in 1916, said real estate wa
J. conveyed to said defendants, but tt