Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-05-31
MoNITIoN.

Holding Tg Sessions in and for the Parish
The petition of the Tensas Plaptins a n
velopment Co., corporation Organized ~
existing under the laws OF the Staaa ~ , Gnu
sissippi, domiciled and having It's princins,
Office at Vicksburg, Miss, suing hersi.
through its President, Glen NJ. Aver;li
resident citizen of Cedar Rapids, Mich -t,ss
due respect, represents: wan
That i is the holder and owner Of the fol.
lowing described property In TOWNSHIP ~
North, Range 10 East, in Tensas paFs.h I.
Louisiana, tO-wit: the Southwest Ia ana 49,
West Ia Of the Southeast IA OF Sec. g. tSs
South 1-2 OF the South 1-2 OF Sec 4: All AZ 60
except the East Ia of the Southeast -. ~
East l2 and the East Ia OF the Northwes,,s ~
of Section 10; all of Sec. IL; the Nurtbesst -
and the West Ia OF the Northwest Ia and the
Northeast IA of the Northwest Ia ana tSs
Northwest Ia OF the Southwest Ia OF See fs.
the East IL of Sec. Is, and containing IN ~
aggregate Twenty-six Hundred and Twenty
eight t2628) acres, according 10 the TlnleSs
States Government Survey and Plat therasso
and known as the 'GLENDALE'' pIantafioni
Your petitioner shows that il acquired The
above described property by a correct AZ.
scriptiou by warranty deed from Stephen
Duncan, Jr., OF date July 18th, 1901, of Boof
of Conveyances IN !" page 628 and has since
which time been in continuous and uninfsr.
rupted possession thereof.
Your petitioner further shows thar saia
stephen Duncan, Jr., its Immediate prede-
cessor in title acquired said property AZ sber
iff's Sale. as per deed dated May nh lesS
7
foreclosure of mortgage given by John 4 +
Bowman and wife to said stephen Dunean
Jr., as per mortgage recorded in Mortracs
Book 'B," page 702, In Suit No. llss oil t6e
Records OF the District Court Of said parish.
styled stephen Duncan, Jr. VS.. John j. Bow
man, the consideration OF said sale being fhe
sum of Thirty-seven Thousand Two Hundred
Dollars 1881 ,100. O0l, and which was duly paId
Your petition shows that in the morfease
and foreclosure proceedings, and 6herlefio
Deed hereunder, above described, the said
.'GLENDALE'' plantation, as irst herein
described, was Incorrectly set forth ana er-
roneously described, as follows: "a cotton
plantation called 'GLENDALE,' Composed
of all of Sec. IL; East Ia of Sec. 10; Northeasf
Ia and Northwest Is and Northeast IL az
Northwest Ia and Northwest Ia OF North West
Ia of Sec. IA; East Ia of Sec. Is; East Ia Of
\ Northwest Ia of Sec. 10; Southwest Ia and
West IL of Southeast Ia of Sec. 3; South IA
! of Southwest Ia OF Sec. a. mortgage shoWs
/ South Ia OF Southeast Ia and South Ia Of
| Southwest IA OF Sec. Al; West Ia and West
| liz of Northeast Ia OF Sec. 9, containing In
all Twenty-fOur Hundred and Eighty l2ts0l
acres in Township II North, Range 10 East y
Your petitioner further shows that said
Stephen Duncan, Jr., was the owner, for 4
/ valuable consideration paid, Of the property
/ first herein described, and was In actual un-
disputed and uninterrupted and notorious
possession thereof continuously from the date
OF said Sherin's Deed in 1867 up to July lsth
1901, the date OF the acquisition OF Il BY your
petitioner, said land always known IN its en-
| Iirety as the 'GLkNDALE' plantation
During the ownership OF said Duncan as
above described, to-wit, in October, 1S73 the
then Tax Collector, Il, p. Snodgrass, seized
and advertised for sale for the taxes for he
years 1857. 1865, lS72 and 1873, as the property
of SteDhen Duncan, Jr., the "GLENDALEo
plantation as first above described under an
erroneous and incorrect description, as fol-
lows: 1.-THE j. J. Bowman Tract, known a.
| GLENDALE and composed OF Sec. II; the
East IL OF Sec. 10; the Northeast Ia and the
Northwest Ia and the Northeast la OF the
I II nf h.
west IA of the Northwest Ia OF Section IA;
the East liz OF Sec. 10; the East la OF the
Northwest Ia of Sec. 10; the Southwest IA
and the West Ia of the Southeast Ia OF Sec
8; the South la of the Southwest Ia OF Sec 4
and the West IL and the West Ia Of the North
east IA of Sec. 9, all in Township u North,
Range 10 East, and containing in the aggre-
gate Twenty-f0ur Hundred and Eighty l1lool
acres, more or less, in the District Of Lands
North OF Red River;'' and said Tax Collector
adjudicatec the property 10 the State Of
Louisiana for taxes.
The state Of Louisiana by its Auditor, O.
/ 3. Steele, under the proxizinns Of Ae1 A Of
1885, on June 4th, 1859, as per deed In Book
*" page 567, decided said property to the
lana Levee District under the following err
rOneu0s description, to-wit: 1.-THE -. J.,
BOWMAN or GLENDALE TRACT com
posed OF the following land. to-wit: all u
Sec. IL; East Ia OF Sec. 10; Northeast Ia,
Northwest Ia and Northeast Ia Northwest
Id of Sec. IA; East Ia OF Sec. Is; East Ia Of
Northwest IA Of Sec, 10; Southwest IA and
West Ia OF Southeast Ia Of Sec 3; South Ia
Of Southwest Ia OF Sec. 4; West Ia OF Wesi
Ia OF Northeast Id Of Sec. 3, containing
Twenty-four Hundred and Eighty l1l80) acres,
all In Township IL north, Range 10 EAST,
On July 10tn, 1889, by deed recorded IN
Book ''K,'' page $50, the Fifth Louisiana
Levee District transferred said property y
stephen Duncan, Jr., by quit claim deed
under and by virtue OF a resolution OF said
board, by the following incorrect, incomplete
and insufficient description: THE - y.
BOWMAN or GLENDALE TRACT com
posed OF the following land, to-wits all q
Sec. IL; East Ia OF Sec. 10; Northeast IA,
Northwest Ia and Northeast IA OF Northwest
Ia OF Sec. Il; East Ia OF sec. Is; East Ia Of
Northwest Ia OF Sec. 10; Southwest IA and
West Ia OF Southeast Ia OF Sec. 3; south Ia 81
Southwest IA OF sec. 4; West Ia OF West IL
OF Northwest Ia OF Sec. 3, containing TWen-
ty-four Hundred and Eighty l2fs0l acres,
more or less, all in Township Il North, Range
10 East. .
Your petitioner further shows that said
Duncan remained In the actual undisturDel
and undisputed and notorious possession Of
the whole of said property from March IN,
1874, to July 10th, 1853, and prior thereto from
May It'll. 1857, and up to the date OF the trans
fer, above described, to your petitioner on
July 18th, 1901; and that during the years from
1885 to July 18th, 1901. the date o. ne sac
DALE" plantation, as herein first and prop.
erly described, was correctly rssessed IN tel
/ to said Stephen Duncan, DR., and the taxes
Dal0 IneFtOnf anu oiucc INC ouAc VI a-44 49,
to petitioner, to-wit; July 18th, 1901, the SAD
Il 'tGLENDALE'' plantation, as hereinapote
1 correctly described, and as nOtonousIy
known, has been correctly assessed 70 peu'
toner and the taxes paid thereon. =.
Your petitioner further shows that the
/ "GLENDALE" plantation as first ana cor
rectly described herein has been known, 90
cupied and cultivated as such since ne tms
prior 10 the year 1865 by well defined, End
well known and recognized, metes ana
bounds, AL of which viii more fuliy appear
by reference to an affidavit OF H. A. Garrett
made before Frank 8. Lawrence, Commis-
sioner for Louisiana In Mississippi, on lne
18th day OF July, 1901, which Is attached here.
to and made part hereof, and also Dy Map
and Plat OF John johnson, Parish surveyor.
Of Tensas Parish, made in 1878, and also ~
/ the Assessment rolls of your said parish i9'
more than thirty l30) years past.
Your petitioner shows that the consi1ela.
tions as shown In transfers above aet lvi,1
were duly paid, and that your petitioner !.
DESTROYS Of perfecting It's title 70 selo pLol-
erty by means OF a Mention granted accofo'
ing to law and duly published. -.
Wherefore, the premises consloefeel ko..-
toner prays that a Monition be gfanteo =.
the order OF this Court, calling on ~ pc.s.ot..
4 having cause to show the same WITHIN th-.J
1901 DAYS from the first insertion OF saiu ~.
milton In the public paper why the SAID 49,, ".
Il a. aforesaid should not be confirmed ana ~.
II mologated the erroneous descriptions t19
errors in the judicial proceedings complllnse
Of so amended as TO conform TO the coffec'
description Of the said ''0LENDALh p..e-
= tation herein first described, and Way 49,
informalites, irregularities or iheeali.ics N v