Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-03-19
NOTICE TO ABSENTEE.
In the District Court of Iowa i'm and
for Winneshiek County.

ASDA "ois 20 III, ioio'
To John A. Johnson, Absentee:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the Office of the Clerk
of Court in and for said county, a pc
ton of Mollie e. Johnson, in which
she alleges that she is the widow of
Filing Johnson, deceased; that as
son and heir of said deceased you are
entitled to one-fourth of an undivid-
ed twO-thirds of the proceeds of GER
tain premises sold in an action of par
tition in which the said Mollie E.
Johnson is plaintiff and Enga Hum
phrey ct al, are defendants. That said
premises are described as Lot 4 of
Block 3 and the south one-third of
Lot 5 in block 8, all in the Village of
Hesper, County of Winneshiek, State
of Iowa, and that you are one of the
defendants in said action of partition.
That on or about the year 1900 you
were resident of the said county of
Winneshiek residing with your parents
therein; that at said time you aband-
oned the home of your parents, that
ever since you have absented your
self therefrom and concealed your
whereabouts from said family; that
| your whereabouts is and has been un.
known to any member of said family
| for more than seven years, namely
years; that the proceeds derived from
the sale of the real estate heretofore
described and of which you were an
undivided owner by virtue of being
an heir of the said Filing Johnson,
deceased, is of the actual value Of
about $50; that if you were dead,
| your mother, the said Mollie Z. John
son, the petitioner, would be your
sole and only heir; that because of
your absence for more than seven
years, she is entitled to your share
in the proceeds of said sale by virtue
of being your mother; that it is nee
essary to have an administrator ap-
pointed to receive your share of the
proceeds derived from said sale and
pay the same over to the person enti-
tied thereto by law.
That unless you make your appear
ance at the expiration of the time re-
quired for publishing this notice un-
der Chapter 200, Laws of the Thirty
third General Assembly of Iowa, let
tiers of Administration will issue to
Robinson Reid, on filing bond in the
sum of $500.
Take notice and govern yourself
accordingly.
J. A. NELSON,
Attorney for Mollie e. John
son, Petitioner.
WHEREAS, Mollie E. Johnson, has
filed petition in the Office of the
Clerk of Court, in and for said coun-
ty, alleging that John A. Johnson has
absented himself and concealed his
whereabouts from his usual place of
residence in said county for seven
years and upwards; that said absen-
tee has property interests in the said
county of Winneshiek in about the
value Of $50; that If said absentee
were dead said petitioner would be
his sole and only heir; and asking
that letters of administration issue on
said absentee's estate.
Wherefore, it is ordered by the
court that the above notice be pub
lished in the Public Opinion, week
ly newspaper, published in the City
of DEBORAH, in said county and state,
for eight consecutive weeks, and that
If said absentee fails to make his APP
pearance at the end of the time re-
CURED for publishing this notice, the
court shall, on being satisfied of the
truth of the facts set forth in the Pc
tition, order letters of administration
to issue upon the estate of said alb
sentee issue as prayed.
A. N. HOBSON,
Judge of the 18th Judicial
District, presiding.
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