Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-02-01
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

Soren W. Sodorff, Plaintiff, vs. HI
ram H. Stratton, H. H. Stratton,
Mabel L. Johnson, formerly Ma
bel l.. Stratton, and -- John
son, her husband; Frank w.
Stratton and Sarah E. Stratton,
his wife; Emory II. Stratton and
Emma A. Stratton, his wife, De-
PENDANTS.
The State of Washington, to the
said Hiram II. Stratton, H. H. STRAIT
| ton, Mabel L. Johnson, formerly Ma
| bel L. Stratton, and - Johnson,
her husband, Frank w Stratton and
Sarah E. Stratton, his wife, Emory
H. Stratton and Emma A Stratton
his wife. defendants:
You and each of you are
hereby summoned and required
to appear in the Superior Court
of the State of Washington, in
and for Whitman County, with
in sixty days after the date of
the first publication of this sum-
mons, to-wit, within sixty days after
the 18th day of January, 1918, and
defend the above entitled action in
| the above entitled Court, and answer
the Complaint of the Plaintiff, and
serve copy of your answer upon
the undersigned, Attorney for the
/ h H., d.
Whitman County, State of Washing
ton, and in case of your failure so
to do judgment will be taken and
rendered against you according to
the demand of the Complaint which
has been filed with the Clerk of said
Court. The object and purpose of
this action is: To obtain a decree of
the above named Court, adjudging
and decreeing that the defendants,
Mabel l.. Johnson formerly Mabel
l., Stratton), Frank w. Stratton and
Emory H. Stratton, were at the time
of the death of Julia A. Stratton,
wife of Hiram H. Stratton, the sole
and only living children, the issue
of the marriage of the said Hiram H.
Stratton and Julia A. Stratton, and
were at the time of the death of said
Julia A. Stratton together with their
said father, Hiram H. Stratton, the
sole and only heirs at law of said
Julia A. StrattOn, deceased; and that
on the 18th day Of March, A. D.
1890, they were the sole and only
heirs at law of said Julia A. STRAIT
est of their said father, Hiram II.
Stratton) deceased, and that on said
last mentioned date they and each
of them were over the age of q
years; and adjudging and decreeing
that II. II. Stratton, grantor in that
certain deed, executed and delivered
on October 2Sth, 1890, to Charles M.
Heater, grantee therein, recorded in
Book Al of Deeds at page so of the
records of Whitman County, Wash
ingtOn, is and was the same person
as Hiram H. Stratton the grantee in
that deed made, executed and deliv-
cred by Emory H. Stratton, grantor
dated January. 18th, 1883, which
deed is recorded in Book l
of Deeds of Whitman County,
Washington, at page sc there
of and that said defendant, H.
H. Stratton, is one and the same
person as Hiram H. StrattOn, the
grantee named and described in those
certain Quit Claim Deeds, made, ex-
eCuted and delivered on March 18th,
1890, by Emory H. Stratton ct al,
Mabel L. Stratton and Frank w.
Stratton ct al, as grantors, saiu Quit
Claim Deeds being recorded in Book
"a of Deeds of Whitman County,
Washington, at pages 406-40S and
400 respectively; and also adjudg-
ing and decreeing that the title be
forever quieted in plaintiff in and to
the northwest quarter of Section 13,
in Township IA North, Range As
East of the Willamette Meridian, in
Whitman County, Washington, and
decreeing that the plaintiff is the
owner thereof and whole thereof in
fee simple, and entitled to the pos
session thereof, free from any right,
title, claim, interest or estate OF any
person or persons whomsoever and
more especially the defendants and
each of them, and all persons claim
ing of to claim by, through, or under
them or either of them; and forever
barring the defendants and each of
them, and any and all persons claim
ing or to CLAIM by, through, or under
them. or either of them, from ever
asserting or claiming any right, title,
interest, claim or estate therein or
thereto or to any part or portion of
said lands and premises.
Dated January IS, 1918.