Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

ORIGINAL NOTICE.
To the unknown spouse vi Lorenzo -.
Gordon and the unknown heirs OF
said spouse: James W. Quinn, the
unknown spouse of said James w.
Quinn, the unknown heirs of James
w. Quinn: B. F. Singer and his I'M
known spouse and heirs OF each;
John D. Mellick and his unknown
spouse and heirs of each: j. d. Me-
lick and his unknown spouse and
heirs Of each; John D. Melick and
his unknown spouse and heirs OF
each; u. D. Meelick and his I'M
known spouse and heirs OF each;
John D. Meelick and his unknown
spouse and heirs of each; William
H. Jacobs and his unknwn spouse
and heirs of each: the unknown
spouse and heirs Of Henry E. j.
Boardman. deceased; Cyrus X.
Lyons and his unknown spouse and
the heirs of each: Joshua McClarnan
and his unknown spouse and the
heirs OF each, Joshua McLarnan and
his unknown spouse and heirs OF
each: Elias Cozod and mis- unknown
spouse and heirs OF each; Alexander
Smith and his unknown spouse and
heirs Of each: the unknown claim
ants OF the sen Of the EEA of sec
ton "a township 81 range IS west OF
The 9Th P. NJ. Of Iowa. also the I'M
known claimants of lot 2 of sub
division Of the south west quarter OF
the north west quarter of section 10
township 81 range II west Of the 5th
P. NJ. of Iowa.
You are hereby notified, that there
is now on file in the office OF the clerk
of the district court Of Marshall coun-
ty, state Of Iowa. the petition Of AL
bert Bottom claiming of you q decree
of said court establishing plaintiffs es-
tate in the following described real es-
tate in Marshall county. State OF Iowa,
to-wit:
The SEX Of the NEA OF section "a
township 81 range IS west Of the 5th
p. NJ. Of Iowa; also lot Of sub divis-
ion Of the SwA of the NWA Of section
10 township 81 range II west Of the
5th P. NJ. OF Iowa and that you be
barred and forever estopped from hav
ing or claiming any right or title to
said real estate adverse to plaintiff:
Said petition alleging TIA: plaintiff
is the owner in fee simple Of the fol-
lowing described real estate in Mar
shall county, Iowa. to-wit: The sen
Of the NEA OF section - township 81
range 10 w. 9Th P. NJ. Of Iowa, also
lot of the subdivision of the SWK
Of the wv Of section 10 township 81
Range II W, 9TH P. NJ. Of Iowa and
further alleging that plaintiff and his
grantorS have been in actual, uninter-
rupted, open, notorious and adverse
possession of said land for more than
10 years last past under claim and
color OF title.
That defendant Lorenzo D. Gordon
obtained title to said forty acres tract
from the United States in December,
1851, and In March, 1852, conveyed
same to,Mary Gordon by deed recorded
in hook "A" page "a of deed records
of the recorders office Of Marshall
county, Iowa in which deed the wife
of said Gordon did not release dover
and alleging that the dover right OF
eaid wife is barred by lapse of time.
That said Mary Gordon in Septem-
Der. 1853. conveyed said forty acre
tract to James W. Quinn by deed re-
corded In book a. page 4sS of said
deed records and said Quinn decided
same to B. F. Singer by deed recorded
in book page s of said deed records.
said Quinn signing his name j. w.
quinn, but plaintiff alleges that said
James W. Quinn and J. w. Quinn are
une and the same person and after
wards plaintiff became the owner in
the regular chain of title.
And alleging that in December, 1851,
one George w. Voris purchased said
lot 2 referred to as ten acre tract from
the United States and afterwards Elias
Good become the owner OF said ten
acre tract and conveyed the same to
John D. Mellck and undivided one
half and to Cyrus r. Lyons the other
half as shown by deeds recorded in
book pages 29s and 322 respectively,
said Good signing his name Elias
Cozard and plaintiff alleges that said
Elias Good and Elias Cozard are one
and the same person:
That said Cyrus r. Lyons conveyed
said ten acre tract to ]. D. Melick
and Joshua McClarnan BY deed re-
corded in book page s31 Of said deed
records, said Cyrus r. Lyons signing
his name Cyrus Lyons and Plaintiff al
leges that Cyrus r. Lyons and Cyrys
Lyons are one and the same person:
That Joshua McClarnan conveyed
his interest in said ten acre tract to ].
D. Meelick in deed recorded in book
Z II page II3 Oh Sdlu QeeQ records sign
ing his name Joshua McLarnan.
That John D. Meeick and John d.
Melick conveyed to Alexander Smith
by deeds recorded in book is pages S
and 591 respectively and plaintiff al
leges that the names Joshua NECTAR
nan and Joshua McLarnan wherever
appearing in foregoing conveyance
either as grantor or grantee are one
and the same person and that the
names John D. Mellick. J. d. Melick, J.
D. Meelick, John d. Meelic5 and John
D. Meiick wherever the same appears
as grantor or grantee in said convey
ances are one and the 81 lie person:
That on June Z, ST., Norman Jacobs
and William H. Jacobs became the
owner of said ten acre tract by sher-
iff's deed based on foreclosure of mort
gage Iet,., Z, ,s,;crfieii.;. a nj
Joshua McLarnen to Cyrus Lyons and
plaintin alleges that the interest OF