Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-04
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

ORIGINAL NOTICE.
u ne District Court Of Iowa, in and
for Marshall County.
n +. Miller. Plaintiff. Va. Matthias
Baker Isaac j. Garwood, Isaac H.
Pyle. Jonathan Humphreys. Allen j.
Pemberton, John D. Cudreth John
D. Cudworth. o. NJ. Hills, Osborn NJ.
Hill, o. NJ. HILL Alonzo B. Cooper. G..
r. Ballou. Charles T. Ballou, D. J..
Mann, David ]. Mann, Henry Reed.
Barnett Cunningham. James Shoe
maker, David Crawford. Rebecca A.
Weber, James M. Randolph, John
Ryan, William Parnell, Samuel L..
Hedrick, Laura Fallas, David Cam
rem, David Cannon, Joshua B. Myers.
J. B. Myers, Elias Cozad, and the
unknown claimants Of the South
Half CS2) of the Northwest Quarter
(Nw4) and the Southwest Quarter
(Sw4) of the Northeast Quarter On
E4), all of Section Is, Township
81, North, Range Eighteen 1s).
II. West Of the 5th P. NJ, Marshall
County, State of Iowa. and particu-
iarly all unknown claimants of said
lands or any part thereof, by.
through or under the defendants
above named. or either Of them,
either as heir, devisee, assignee, cred
itor, spouse. surviving spouse. or in
any other capacity. Defendants.
TO the Above Named Defendants and
Unknown Claimants:
You and each OF you are hereby
notified that there is now on file in the
Office Of the clerk of the District court
Of Iowa. in and for Marshall County,
the petition of the plaintiff. r. T. Mil
Ter, in the above entitled action, in
which he states that he is the absolute
owner in fee simple of the following
described real estate. to-wit:
The South Half (SH) OF the North
west Quarter (NW4) and the South
west Quarter CSW4) of the Northeast
Quarter (NE4) all Of Section Sixteen.
in Township Eighty four (S4), North.
Range Eighteen GS), West of the 9Th
P. NJ, Marshall County. State Of Iowa,
and that you and each Of you. he Is
credibly informed and believes. make
some claim adverse to the estate Of
plaintiff in said premises; that you
and each of you have transferred and
conveyed any and all interest that you
may at any time have had in said
premises, by good and sufficient con-
Seyances, at time when the grantor
OF such conveyanceS was possessed OF
full power, right and authority TO make
and execute same or that you and each
OF you have at various times. although
of sound mind and full age and never
having been convicted Of crime, neg
1ected and refused TO pay the taxes on
said above described real estate or
some part thereof, although the said
taxes were duly levied and assessed
and that said real estate, otter due
publication and advertisement and at
tie proper time, was lawfully sold in
public competition to the highest bid
der, for cash, to various persons, res
spectively, which persons are among
the prior grantors of the plaintiff: that
after due time and after the period of
redemption had fully elapsed in each
instance. as required by law. and after
due notice to the said persons and
heirs and parties in possession, the
said purchasers, at the said times, re-
epectively, said taxes not being paid
and no redemption in any instance be-
ing made, applied TO and received from
the county Treasurer of Marshall
County. Iowa, regular tax deeds, which
were duly recorded. and the said
grantees named in such deeds entered
into possession Of said real estate at
said various times and under said va
rfous deeds and that they and their
successors and assigns have continued
In possession OF said real estate since
said time; and that you and each Of
you. at various times. as in said Pc
tition particularly designated, have by
good and sufficient conveyance, at a
time when the grantor OF such convey
anees was possessed Of full power
right and authority TO make and exc
cute the same, transferred and con-
yeyed any and all interest you or any
Of you at such time had in said prem
tses. and assigned. transferred, con-
veyed and released each and every in
terest at any time held by you or any
of you. in and to said premises. or any
part thereof. at such time, or fully
satisfied, cancelled and revoked any
claim or lien held by you or any of you
on said premises, or any part thereof.
The plaintiff further alleges in his
said petition that by the terms of the
conveyances in said petition desis-
mated. to which you and each OF Won
are particularly referred. and by the
intent Of the parties, thru plaintiff S
prior grantors. he has become fully
vested with the fee simple title to the
premises hereinbefore described, and
is now the absolute owner thereof.
Plaintiff further alleges in said peti-
ton that there are persons whose
names and residences are unknown TO
this plaintiff. altho this plaintiff has
sought diligently to learn the same
who claim an interest In said real es-
tate hereinbefore described. adverse 70
plaintiff. as the unknown helrs al ia :,
survivors devisees or grantees re-
specttvely, Of the defendants above
named. and the unknown persons
claiming an interest in said realty, OF
some part thereof, by inheritance. de-
wise, grant or dover right. through OF
from the above named defendants, as
to each OF which unknown claimants
and above named defendants this
plaintiff AYERS that any right, claim, II.
tie or interest upon the part of eacs
and all of said defendants and un-
known claimants. Is barred by the
statute Of limitations; that the plain.
tiff and his prior grantors in the
chain Of title. have been in absolute
onnarart od,....,