Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-09-19
Original Notice

In the District Court of Iowa, in
and for Audubon County.
October Term, 1912
Niels Hansen, Plaintiff
- Hansen, widow of Chris
tian Hansen, deceased, CIV
en- name unknown. Hans
Christensen, son of Chris
tan Hansen deceased other
and further name UNI
known, and his wife,
name unknown. Ane Soph-
ia - daughter of Chris
tian Hansen, deceased, sur
name unknown, and ,
her husband, name un
known, and all of the I'M
known heirs, next of KIN,
legatees, deyisees, assign
ees or grantees of the said
Christian Hansen, deceased
and of all of the above
named defendants, and all
persons claiming, through
or under them, and each
and all of the unknown
claimants of the northwest
quarter of the northeast
quarter of section 9, town
ship IS, range SO, Audi
bon County, Iowa, Defen-
dants.
To each and all of the above
named defendants:
You and each of you, is hereby
notified that there is now on file i'm
the office of the clerk of the Dis
trict Court of said Audubon Coun-
ty, Iowa, the petition of Niels
Hansen. the plaintiff in the above
entitled action, claiming and alleg-
Ing that he is the absolute and
unqualified owner of the northwest
quarter Of the northeast quarter
OF section 9, township IS, range
36, Audubon County, Iowa; that
the plaintiff is informed and be-
lieves that you, and each of you,
make some claim to the above des-
cribed property, and that said claim
is founded and based on certain
mortgage deed covering said premi-
ses, which the plaintiff made and
executed to Christian Hansen, now
deceased. on or about the 31st day
of May, 1889, and thereafter duly
recorded in book 8, at page 444,
of the records of said Audubon
County. Iowa, said mortgage being
made to secure the payment of $500
to the heirs or legatees of said
Christian Hansen, and providing
for the payment of $4,000 to the
plaintiff upon the death of the
said Christian Hansen; that about
the year 1908 the said Chr stan
| Hansen died, and that thereafter,
in the year 1908, the plaintiff paid
to one Kalko, the duly appointed
and qualified administrator of the
estate nf the said Christian Hansen,
the said sum of $4,000, together
with all interest due thereon, and
paid to himself $4,000 as by said
mortgage provided, but that said
administrator has failed and refused
to make a proper release of said
mortgage; that the said unreleased
mortgage constitutes cloud upon
plaintiffs title to said premises, and
that he is informed and believes
that you, and each of You, make
some claim under said mortgage,
by reason of being the widow,
heirs, next of kin, devisees, lega-
tees, assignees, or grantees of the
said Christian Hansen, or claim
by, through or under such widow.
heirs, next of kin, devisees, lega-
tees, assignees or grantees but that
plaintiff alleges that any and all
claim which you may have or make.
are unfounded and not valid in law
nor equity, and further alleging
that the names and residences of
all of you, except as herein stated,
are to the plaintiff unknown,
although he has sought diligently to
learn the same, but that you are
all non-residents of the state OF
iowa.
And praying that the court order
and decree that the mortgage
aforesaid be neld to have been paid
eff i" full and that said mortgage
be decreed to be satisfied, dis
charged and void and of no further
force nor effect, and that th., lien
and cloud thereof be removed from
the plaintiffs title and estate in
and to the said northwest quarter
of the northeast quarter of section
8. township rs, range SO, Audi
hon County Jpwo aod tha+ l;c ~;