Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-10
Original Notice.
In the District Court of the State of
Iowa, in and for Audubon County.
May Term, A. D., 1913.
William Schultz, Plaintiff,

In the District Court of the State of
Iowa, in and for Audubon County.
May Term, A. d., 1913.
William Schultz, Plaintiff,
Christopher Haugh, and wife,
Haugh, whose given name is un-
known; John Lahman, Senior, and
his wife Lahman, Senior,
whose given name is unknown; and
the unknown heirs, next of kin, as
signees and grantees of said defen-
dants, and the unknown Claimants
of the North Half of the North
West Quarter M NWi) Section
Ten (t0), Township Eighty-one (S1),
Range Thirty-six (36), West 9Th 7.
NJ. Audubon County, Iowa,
Defendants.
To said defendants above named:
You and each of you are hereby mott
fed that there is now on file in the
Office of the Clerk of the District Court
of the State of Iowa, in and for Audi
bon County, the petition of the above
named Plaintiff, William Schultz,
claiming that he is the absolute and un-
qualified owner in fee simple of the real
estate described as follows, to-wit:
The M NWt Sec. 10, Twp. 81, Range
80, West 9Th P. NJ. Audubon County,
Iowa. that he is reliably informed and
believes that the defendants make some
claim adverse to the estate of plaintiff
in said premises; that Christopher Haugh
claims title thereto under and by virtue
of a Patent from the United States,
dated May LIST, 1860, and his said wife
claims as widow and surviving spouse
of said Christopher Haugh; that said
Christopher Haugh failed and negle cted
to pay the taxes for the year 1866 duly
assessed against said premises, and the
same was sold by the Treasurer of Au
dubon County, Iowa, and a Tax Deed
issued therefor to Plaintiffs Grantor;
that all of the requirements of the
Statute pertaining thereto were fully
complied with; that the said Christopher
Haugh and wife, were thereby Invested
of all their right, title and interest
therein; that John Lahman, Senior, &C
quired title thereto by Tax Deed dated
Jan. 2Sth, 1871, and there after conveyed
the same unto Plaintiffs grantor by
warranty deed under the name of John
Lahman and wife. thereby conveying
all the interest of himself and wife
therein; that the unknown heirs, next
of kin, assignees and grantees of said
defendants, and the unknown claimants
of said real estate, claim under and by
virtue of the respective Instruments and
conveyances above referred to, and as
heirs at law, next of kin, assignees and
grantees of said defendants, Christopher
Haugh and wife, whose given name is
unknown, and of John Lahman, Senior,
and wife, whose given name is I'M
known. That defendants and all I'M
known claimants lost all interest in and
to said real estate by reason of. said
deeds above herein mentioned; that de-
PENDANT John Lahman Senior and John
Lahman is one and the same person
That the claim of said defendants con
stitutes a cloud upon the title of plain
tiff in and to said premises. That
plaintiff and his grantors have been in
open, notorious, exclusive, hostile and
adverse possession of said premises for
more than ten years last past, under
color of title and claim of absolute
ownership; that the names and residences
of the defendants, and of the unknown
heirs next of kin, assignees and grantees,
and the unknown claimants, and each
of them, are unknown to plaintiff, altho
he has sought diligently to learn the
same; and plaintiff asks that the title to
said real estate be quieted in him
against the adverse claims of the said
defendants, and all persons claiming
interest in said real estate or any part
thereof by, through or under defendants
Christopher Haugh or John Lahman
Senior or either of them and that they
be decreed to have no right, title or
interest therein.
For further and complete particulars
see petition now on file.
You, and each of you, are further
notified that unless you appear thereto
and defend before noon of the second
day of the next term of said court being
the May A. D. 1913, Term of said Dis
srict Court of Audubon County, Iowa,
which will commence on the 9Th day of
May, A. D. 1918 at the Court House in
Audubon in Audubon County, Iowa, a
default will be entered against you and
judgement rendered thereon and the
prayer of said petition granted.
CosSoN & Ross,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
On this end day of April, 1918, the
above and foregoing Notice, collected
from the averments of the petition re-
ferred to in said notice, and presented
to the undersigned Judge for inspection,
is presented to the undersigned, one of
the Judges of the Fifteenth Judicial Dis
trict of Iowa, for approval, and upon in
spection of said Petition and Notice it is
hereby ordered that the said Notice, and
the form thereof, is hereby approved
and it is ordered that the said notice be
published once each week for four con
secutive weeks, as provided by law, in
the Audubon Republican, a weekly
newspaper published in said county, at
Audubon, Iowa.
o. ID. WHEELER,
Judge 18th Judicial District of Iowa.