Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-07-17
Original Notice

Mary Walton, his wife. the unllnown
heirs of John Walton. deceased. and
Nancy Dye, the husband OF Nancy
Dive. christian name unknown. LoNey
White. husband Of I.ovey White.
christian name unknown Mary \.
Mansfield the husband OF Mary A.
Mansfield, christian name unknown.
Joseph Wesley Walton and wife of
Joseph Wesley Walton, the unknown
heirs, devisees OF amy and all OF the
parties above named, and all parties
interested i'm the estates of amy Of
said parties, and the unknown claim
ants to that portion of the southwest
quarter of the southeast quarter and
southeast quarter OF southwest quar-
ter of section No. 8, and that portion
of the northeast quarter OF the north
west quarter OF section No. /, herein
after particularly described, all i'm
township IS north, range No. Alb, west
of 5 p. NJ, Defendants.
To the above named defendants
and each of them, and to the UNI
known claimants OF the land herein
described:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that there is now on file i'm
the office of the clerk OF the district
court of Harrison County. Iowa. "a
petition, by the plaintiff. Nj. $. Meats,
claiming that that he is the absolute
and unqualified ownerof the following
specifically described tracts or parcels
of land, being and lying in the south
west quarter of the southeast quar-
ter of section No. 6 and i'm the south
east quarter of the southwest quar-
ter of section No. 6, and i'm the north
east quarter of the northeast quarter
of section No. I, all i'm township No.
IS north, range As west of 5th p NJ.
Harrison County, Iowa, viz: Com
mencing at the northeast corner of
the southwest quarter of the south
east quarter of said section No. s..
running thence south to the south
east corner of said 40 acre tract, said
corner being, or having been, by gem
eral acquieScence and acceptance,
recognized as being i'm the center OF
the channel of the Boyer river at said
place, thence following the center of
the stream to point where said CEN
ter channel intersects the south line
of the 40 acre tract. last described,
thence west on said south line to the
southwest corner of said 4Oacre tract:
thence south on east line of the
northeast quarter of the northwest
quarter of section No. 4, to point
where said line intersects the center
of the channel of the Boyer river:
thence up stream along the center of
the channel of said Boyer river,
through. the northeast quarter of the
northwest quarter of section No. 4.
and across the southeast corner OF the
southeast quarter OF the south
west quarter of section No. s.
and continuing along the center OF
the channel of said Boyer river to
the point where said channel inter
sects the north line of the southwest
quarter of the southeast quarter OF
of beginning.
That plaintiffs title to all of tie
land bounded as above stated was OF
tanned by purchase about March L,
1913. FROM X. r. Brundige. who had
obtained title thereto 10y diverse CON
veyances and who, together with his
successive grantors have had and
held continuous, open, notorious. UNI
disputed and adverse possession d
said land under color OF title and
claim Of right for more than twenty
wears. And asking THAT certain de
tects in the record title of said land
and more especially i'm relation t.
conyeyances made by various de-
PENDANTS above named, he correct
ed. made explicit and all dc
fects caused by the confusion OF
names, or defective descriptions. be
cured and removed.
Alleging that the unknown claim
ants are all such parties as might in
any manner have or claim or might
have at any time had, or ollimed amy
interest i'm said tract OF tracts oi
land or amy part thereof and all such
as would by reason of being heirs,
} beneticaries or devisees OF amy oil tn
parties above named OF I'm amy WAY
/ interested i'm their estateS have ttlN-
EN- OF have been entitled TO amy inter
! est in said lands.
Alleging also that plaintiff has
made diligent search To learn ilit
names of such heirs. deyisees OF benc-
!, ticiaries. bat las been unable To learn
the same other than as set out above
Said petition prays that plalntl'l )
title to all of said land be established
and confirmed and that any right
, title interest or equity that amy Oh
the defendants might have or claim
in and to said land, OF any part there
Of be extinguished and forever barred
Z and that plaintiffs title thereto be
forever quieted against all such part.
. les, named, known and unknown, ant
AN such claimants and for all suel
further relief as to the court may APP
pear Just and equitable.
\ And unless you appear thereto ant
defend before noon Of the :.econd day
of the next term of said district
court. to he commenced and Eo.d at
Logan. Iowa. on the second day oil
September. 1913. default will b4 en-
! tered against you and judgment ant
decree rendered herein as prayed il
rsaid petition, to which petition ref
ference is made for further particulars
NJ. S. Meats. Plaintiff.
j. S. Dewell and Ross Mclaughlin,
Attys.
y On examination of the petition i,
the above entitled case, it is founs
that the foregoing notice is sufficient
and the same is hereby approved.
n is further ordered that said no
tice be published once each week fol
fonr consecutive weeks in The Mis-
sonri Valley Times, a weekly news
naner printed and published in Har
rison County, Iowa, the last publica
ton to be more than ten days before
the first day of the next term of sale
fdistrict court.
Dated this 18th day Of June, 1913
Thomas Arthur,
Judge Of the 18th Judicial District.
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