Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-07-27
Original Notice.

! In the district court of the state of
Iowa. in and for Wapello county,
August term, 1917.
Charles Springer and Hannah Belle
Springer, plaintiffs,
Thomas Fait and the unknown heirs
and claimants. unknown claimants,
Of Thomas Fait and Samuel Pack
wood, claimants to the south half
$50 Of ont lot No. three {3} In the
town Of Agency, Wapello county.
Iowa, defendants and unknown de.
fendents, Defendants.
To the said defendants, Thomas Fait,
and to the unknown heirs, husbands
and wives, administrator executors,
devisees and legatees and unknown
Thomas Fait and Samuel Packwood
and to the claimants and unknown
claimants to the south half (Sh) Of out
lot No. three (3) in the town Of
Agency. Wapello county, Iowa, de-
fendents:
You are hereby notified that the petit
ton Of the plaintiff in the above en-
titled cause is now on file In the office
OF the clerk Of the district court Of the
state of Iowa, in and for Wapello coun-
ty, Iowa. asking that their title be for
ever quoted in them to the above de-
scribed property. to-wit, the south half
(Si1) of out lot No. three in the town
of Agency, Wapello county, Iowa. and
stating that they have made diligent
search for the post office addresses of
any and all Of the defendants and have
been unable to find them, and stating
that their title is derived through Sam
uel Packwood deceased, and alleging
that Samuel Packwood was at one time
the owner Of the said south half (Sh)
of out lot No. three ca in the town Of
Agency. Wapello county, Iowa, and that
he decided the same to one Edward
Dudley in his life time, about May 4.
1857, but that said deed was never re-
corded. and was lost or destroyed and
plaintiffs through said deed. are the
owners. In possession and such owner
slip and possession has been open, no.
torious. peaceable, uninterrupted and
advise to all defendants for more than
so years. ~
That one Thomas Tait obtained a
deed from one John M. Estes about May
"a. 1870 which deed is recorded in Book
H, at page 2 Of the records in the
recorders Office OF wapello county.
Iowa, but that the same was irregular
and the said Thomas Fait never made
any claim to the said property and
never occupied it.
That Hiram c. Humbert husband OF
Lydia Humbert, deceased. made a deed
to her on December 10. 1907. but that
the scrivener in writing the said deed
wrote the name Lydia Humlert' in
stead Of Lydia Humbert": that said
deed was recorded in Book 10s at page
3Ss OF the records in the recorders Of
fee Of Wapello county. Iowa.
Petition asks that PLAINTIFFS title be
quieted in them and that each and all
Of the said defendants claim or right
thereto be forever barred. and stating
that the statute Of limitation bars any
claim Of any and all Of the said defend
ants. as we'll as the particular curative
acts Of the General Assembly of the
state of Iowa.
For further particulars see petition
now on nle.
And that unless you appear thereto
and defend before noon of the second
day Of the next term OF the district
court of the state OF Iowa. In and for
Wapello county, being the August
term Of said court which will COM
mence at Ottumwa, Wapello county.
Iowa. on the 27th day Of August. 1917,
default will be entered against you and
judgment rendered thereon.
A. W. Enoch, Attorney for Plaintiffs
Dated at Ottumwa, Iowa, this 18th
day of July 1917.