Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-02-22
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

Mabel L. Johnson, formerly Ma
! bel L. Stratton, and --- John
son her husband; Frank w.
Stratton and Sarah Z. Stratton,
his wife; Emory II. Stratton and
Emma \ Stratton. his wife, De-
PENDANTS
The State of Washington, to the
said Hiram It. Stratton, II. II. STRAIT
ton, Mabel L. Johnson. formerly Ma
bel L. Stratton, and --- Johnson,
| her husband, Frank W. Stratton and
Sarah f. Stratton, his wife, Emory
| II. Stratton and Emma A. Stratton,
his wife. defendants
You and each or you are
hereby summoned and required
10 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 a copy of your answer upon
the unders gned Attorney for the
Plaintiff, at his office in Pullman,
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 Conn plant. 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 i. 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 II. 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
hpf OF 10 of I J,,1;
ton with the exception of the inter
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. H. StrattOn, grantOr in that
certain deed, executed and delivered
on October 28th, 1890, to Charles NJ.
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 II. Stratton, the grantee in
that deed made, executed and deliv-
cred by Emory H. Stratton, grantor,
dated January 18th, 1888, which
deed is recorded in Book
of Deeds of Whitman County,
Washington, at page SO there
of and that said defendant, H
Fl. Stratton, is one and the same
person as Hiram II. Stratton, the
grantee named and described in those
certain Quit Claim Deeds, made, ex-
ecuted and delivered on March 18th,
1890, by Emory II. Stratton ct al,
Mabel L. Stratton and Frank w
Stratton ct al. as grantors, sain 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 quoted in plaintiff in and to
the northwest quarter of Section Is,
in Township IA North, Range 45
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 1S, 1918.
d. G. DOW,
Attorney for the Plaintiff.
Post Office address: Pullman, Wash.