Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-17

Term, 1872.
Alice Reddy and Catherine keosan.
Plaintiffs,
The Unknown Claimants OF the follow
Ing described lands or any part tneIe
or viz: The South Halt t1-.). of tht
North East Quarter 80. OF sestioi
Thirty Two 81. :, Tow ToMhs siH ~ s - es
% the Fifth r. Nj. henly "ar,ier
Catharine Douglas. Joseph -: Iohes
and the unknown srouses heifs-at-ta"
d.yisees legal rekr. SentaitN es, stait
tees, mortgages. assigns, 1uushsai y
creditors or claimants against Zths
estates OF the defendants above hafnee
or referred to. on any " them.
Defendants.
TO THE ABOVE DEFENDANTS; :,
You, and each Of you. are hereby no.l
fled that there Is now on me IN ~.
office Of the C ca for 81 pe ene County.
T,s,iIinn in equity III which pialh.. u:
claim that they are the absolute t an,
UNQUALIFIED owners In fee slhiple VI 't no.
tract Of real rs, estate Of o tne North East
s''.,rter ~ Of Section Ihirty-T"o ~
TTnwnship Eighty Seven $50. N"rt.
Range Six tel. v est OF tie tie f crnntors
~ THAT plaintiffs ana their siuH.ot
nave been in the adverse p POSSESSION ~, y,
said real estate. above dessr'peu, ,vn az.
nnra than ten years last past ae ~.
ers thereof: that s sosm pss Continuous
80 exclusive under color OF title amo
cinim OF right ana ut al! times ao'eise
AMI hostile to the world.
Plaintiffs state on anIor ,os1 .r are are
i,..ning some claim to the pfe''''ses az
verse TO the PLAINTIFFS.
THAT the claim to an interest In saio
real estate made by the oetshoa ~.
henry wa aIai;pe anb by through or unde,
lin. is derived from the fact tnat .h =
RECORDS OF said county show that ~ % e
certain bond bearing date the -1 racor I'd
Moy sooE s. i Page s4s. Of the deed re-.
DIS OF said county the said defendant
was granted some right. title or inter
est in Or or to 0o1 a pe'' unon the records
oT said county Is there shown re-
lease or satisfaction Of said bond or
surrender by the grantee [hese2 G1 ms '' The
plaintiffs state the fact to pc. now
ever. that all Interest which said claim
ant had in and to said property. OF IN,
and a said said bond has been cancelled, and
surrendered, abandoned and rendered.
void by the statute Of limitations. and
that the said defendant and no person
claiming by, through or under him, now
has On. can have any right, title or m
terest In and to said property under
and by reason Of said bond. and that all
right. title and interest of said defend,
interest Of the plaintiffs herein.
That the claim to an interest In the
real estate described above. mace oy
the defendant. Cathartne Dougias, ana
or under her. Is derived from
the fact that the records OF said county
snow that by certain deed dated lSth
hook +. Page I4s. the said catharlne
Douglas was named as grantee and 2
portion Of the property above described
was attempted by said deed to be con
does there appear. any deed or convey
ance from the said defendant. Paint
MS state the fact to be that t: BY ~! a
s seoWn Of qee secor d'1 IN BOOK Page ssS
the said Catharine Douglas under the
name Of catharlne NJ. Douglas. cow eyed
all her right. title and interest in and
IN named. Joseph c. Jones. and further
alleges the fact to be that the grantors
In the, deed recorded In Book E. Page
title or interest in and to said prop.
erty. and that all interest which the
said Catharine Douglas had or could
claim In ana to ,s ssa psn,ss is
That the claim to an interest in said
real estate above described made by the
defendant. Joseph c. Jones. and those
unknown defendants claiming by.
the fact that the records Of said county
snow that by certain deed of date
End July. 1855, shown Of record in Book
Page 3S portion be Of said
said defendant. and nowhere upon the
records Is there shown a decd or con-
veyance from the said defendant. Paint
tor, in said deed and those through
whom the records show she received
Instruments Of conveyance assuming to
no right. title or interest in I said prop epo
erty and could net and did not con-
vey any right. title or interest In said
property by their said conveyances. That
an interest to the said defendant were
through mistake and the de-
scriptton therein contained was erron-
.ous: that grantors had no authority
TO convey the property described or
any Interest therein. and that the said
defendant under said instrument took
and received no right. title or interest
ana never assumed, ownership nor took
hereunder, and that said
pr s.erry has ever been the property OF
the plaintiffs and their grantors.
interests or alleged interests and claims
u tie unknown defendants is as as
siEns. grantees, successors. successors in
surviving spouses. heirs law, person.
IL representatives, devisees, claimants
against the estates Of one or more Of
SAID ; named defendants or Of the un-
That the names and residences of the
unknown defendants are unknown to the
2!alntiffs. but that they have made dill
GENT search and inquiry to ascertain
That wherever in this notice or the
petition OF plaintiffs on file reference is
ins;s, 20 a book or page and no full
s1h =.
% the deed records Of Delaware County.
md na aeetfs therssH,e pray for
sta bilshing the title to said premises.
w: w. The South Half (l-2). OF the North
!E,,: guar Quarter (Nl Of secticn Thirty
North 'i Rang royS Ix 1f, -
r. ~ M. establishing the title therein in
me plaintiffs as a full and complete fee
s sin; That tue a In the following Interests
owner Of an undivided eieven-twentieth
taii-So( thereof. and the plaintiff. .Caths
..fl keogan is the owner Of an undi-
said titIe Ss ts2 thereof tia,
N ?. ; said plaintiffs against the adverse
:iaims OF the defendants and each Of
ee rart heq d fs,shsr that the plaintiffs
live title tne ueGreea to have prescrip-
cree that said defendants, nor any Of
them, have any right. title or Interest
thereln OF any kind or nature, and that
they and each of them. and ali UNI
known claimants Of said real estate and
all persons claiming by. through or un-
der them or any OF them be forever
barred and estopped from having or
claiming any right. title or interest in
said premises or any part thereof ad-
verse to the plaintiffs. and for such
other and further equitable relief as
20 the Court seems just in the prem
:ss.
GEO. W. DUNHAM and
CARR, BRONSON e CARR,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs. :
I, Franklin {. Platt, Judge OF the
District Court in and for the Tenth Ju-
dicial District Of Iowa. after reading
the foregoing original notice, do here
py approve the SAME, and order that
the same be published for four "a con-
secutive weeks In the Manchester Dem
ocrat. newspaper Of general circula-
ton published In Manchester, Delaware
Iowa.
13w4 FRANKLIN c. PLATT.
Judge Of the Tenth Judicial District OF
Iowa
~ NOTICE.
he Of Iowa In and