The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
ORIGINAL Notice
Original Notice.
In the district court OF the State OF
Iowa, In and for Mahaska County,
February Term, 1914.
Stella Barnes, Plaintiff,

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February Term. 1914.
Stella Barnes, Plaintiff,
The Unknown Claimants of the
following described premises, situat-
ed in Mahaska County, Iowa, to-wit;
south tS.) Sixteen (16) acres of the
Northwest quarter (NWA) of the
Northeast quarter (NEA), the South
west quarter (SWA) of the North
east quarter (NEA), and the South.
east quarter (SEA) of the Northwest
quarter (NWA) of Section Nine (9),
in Township Seventy-seven GO,
Range Fourteen u4,, West of the
9Th +. M. 3.
William W. willingham, William
Whitehead, Cyrus Wells, James II.
Barnes, Jacob S. Miller, r.. B. Ogden,
Rit hard B. Ogden, Martin A. Darland,
Samuel r. Darland, David Allen, and
their unknown wives and spouses and
the uaknown heirs, assignees, gran.
tees, devisees, legatees and all min
.Crs and all persons claiming any
right, title or interest, by or through
any or all Naf said Defendants,
''.. defendants. .s. Co.,
To each and all parties and I'M
known claimants named above in the
caption of this notice as Defendants:
You and each of you are hereby no
titled that there Is now on file in the
office of the Clerk of the District
court of Mahaska County. Iowa, a
petition of Stella Barnes, as Plain
tiff, claiming that she is the absolute
owner in fee simple of all of the
real estate described above in the
caption herein and that said caption
Is made part OF this notice, that she
has made diligent search to ascertain
the names and residences of the un-
known claimants; that she is now the
owner of all of your right, title and
interest in and to said premises,
that the mode of deyolution of Plain
tins title is direct chain of title
from the United States down to her
except for various deeds described in
the petition of this Plaintiff which
she alleges have been lost or de-
stroyed before being placed Of rec
ord and claiming that whatever
right, title or interest that you have
'Cr may have had in said premises
that the same has been lost by aban-
document and the same Is now barred
by the statute. of limitations and the
plea of equitable estoppal, also. claim
ing that this. Plaintiff and her gran
tees have been in open, notorious,
peaceable, continuous. q, actual and
hostile possession of said real estate
for over twenty years last past and
during said time you have made no
claim against said real estate ar
verse to-. this. Plaintiff, also praying
that Plaintiffs title in said premises
be quoted in her and asking for gen.
eral equitable relief, and for further
particulars see. petition now on file,
and unless you appear hereto and de-
fend before noon of the End day OF
the February, A, D. 1914, term of said
District Court of NIahaska County,
which will be begun and held at Os'
kaloosa, Iowa, on the End day of eb-
ruary, 1914. default will be entered
against you and Judgment and de
cree rendered thereon as prayed for
in said petition,
BURRELL 81 DEWITT,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
,... ORDER.
The foregoing original notice was
this day presented to me and by me
examined and approved and ordered
published in The Oskaloosa Herald
q newspaper published in Mahaska
county, Iowa, for four (4 consecu
tive weeks.
Dated this Gath day of December
1917.
HENRY SILWOLD,
Judge, Sixth Judicial District of Iowa
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