Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-03-27

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whatsoever. That as the petitioner anC
plaintiff is informed and verify believes
each and all of you, the defendants
claim to have an interest in the assets
funds and personal property belonging
to the Estate of George Bel, Deceased
and in the possession of said petitioner
and plaintiff as hereinbefore mentioned
and described. That the interest which
the said defendants, the Unknown
Claimants of all the cash, money, bonds,
notes, mortgages, accounts, funds, per.
sonal assets and personal property of
every kind belonging to the Estate of
George Biel, Deceased, late of the
County of Audubon, State ofIowa, have
or claim to have in the said assets,
funds and personal property belonging
to the Estate of George Biel, Deceased
and in the possession of the petitioner
and plaintiff as hereinbefore mentioned
and described, is the interest. if any,
which they, or any of them, acquired
and inherited as heirs of said George
Bel, Deceased, and the interest, if any,
which they, or any of them, acquired
from or through the unknown heirs of
said George Biel, Deceased, or from or
through any of them, as their respective
heirs, devises, legatees, spouses, as
signees or legal representatives, and the
interest, if any, which the said defend
ants. the Unknown Claimants of all
the cash, money, bonds, notes, mort
cages, accounts, funds, personal assets
and personal property of every kind be-
longing to the Estate of George Bel,
Deceased late of the County of Audi
bon, State of Iowa, have or claim to
have in the assets, funds and personal
property belonging to the Estate of
George Bel, Deceased and in the pos
session of the petitioner and plaintiff as
hereinbefore mentioned and described,
was derived, acquired and inherited
from said George Bel, Deceased as his
heirs and from the unknown heirs of
said George Biel, Deceased, or any of
them, as their respective heirs, devisees,
legatees, spouses, assignees or legal rep
resentatives, and the petitioner and
plaintiff does not know and is unable to
fore stated and set forth what interest
the said defendants, the Unknown
Claimants of all the cash, money, bonds,
notes, mortgages, accounts, funds, per-
sonal assets and personal property of
every kind, belonging to the Estate of
George Bel, Deceased, late of the
County of Audubon, State of Iowa, or
any of them, have or claim to have in
and to the assets, funds and personal
property belonging to the Estate of
George Bel, Deceased and in the pos
session of the petitioner and plaintiff,
James G.. Whitney as Administrator
with the Will annexed of the Estate of
George Bel, Deceased as hereinbefore
mentioned and described, or how such
interest was derived or claimed to be
derived, although the said petitioner
and plaintiff has diligently sought to
learn the same more definitely. That
the names and residences of each and
all of said defendants, the Unknown
Claimants of all the cash. money, bonds,
notes, mortgages, accounts, funds, per-
sonal assets and personal property of
every kind, belonging to the Estate of
George Bel, Deceased, late of the
County of Audubon, State of Iowa, are
unknown to said petitioner and plaintiff,
although he has sought diligently to
learn the same.
That the only wife that the said
George Bel, Deceased ever had was the
said Anna Margaretha WIlhelmina
Biel, Deceased and that the said Anna
Margaretha Wilhelmina Bel, Deceased,
left as her sole and only heirs the said
defendants, William Freese, August
Freese, Henry Joseph Freese and Fran
els Freese alias Frances Freese. That
the petitioner and plaintiff asks in said
petition that the said paragraph and
provision contained in the same Will of
George Biel, Deceased, reading as fol,
lows. to wit:
II give devise and bequeath all my
property both real and personal to my
wife Anna Margaretha Wilhelmina
Bel, if she survives me, so long as she
remains my widow; but if she remarries
then in that case; give, devise and be-
queath to my said wife the one half of
all my property both real and personal,
and the other half to the children of my
said wife, share and share alike" be
construed by the court as to whether
the testator, George Biel, gave, devised
and bequeathed to his said wife, Anna
Margaretha Wilhelmina Biel, in case
she survived him and remained his
widow during her lifetime and did not
remarry after his death, under the said
paragraph and provision of said Will,
the full, entire and absolute title to all
his property both real and personal OF
only gave, devised and bequeathed to
his said wife life estate in and to said
property, and that the court find, deter.
mine and adjudge whether under the
said paragraph and provision of said
Will the said Anna Margaretha Wilhel,
nina Bel, was given, devised and be.
queathed, in case that she survived the
said George Biel and remained his widow
during her lifetime and did not
remarry after his death, the full,
entire, complete and absolute title
to all the property both real and
personal left by the said George Bel
and owned by him at the time of his
death, or was only given, devised and
bequeathed life interest in and to said
property both real and personal, and
that the court find, determine and ad-
Judge whether under the said paragraph
and provision of said Will the said
George Biel intended to dispose of and
did dispose of, devise and bequeath all
of the property and estate, both real
and personal, left by him and owned by
him at the time of his death, absolutely,
or only disposed of, devised and beaueath-
ed life estate of his wife, Anna Mar
garetha Wilhelmina Bel therein and
thereto and died intestate as to the re-
mainder of his property, and that the
court further construe the said provisions
in said Will and Codicil and determine
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