The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-05-01
Original Notice.

Original NOClce.
In the District Court of Iowa in
and for Decatur County. February
: Original Notice and Order for the
Publication Thereof.
In the matter of the Estate of
- Summers, Absentee, (Being
name unknown, Of John and Eliza
IS John Mcdaniel, John Weldon.
Frank Amy, Larkin Mcdaniel, An
drew Mcdaniel, Permelia Caps,
Julia Ann Summers, William Sum
mers, John Summers and All 9th
er Unknown Heirs-a t-laW, Deyi-
mers, Julia Ann Summers, Will.
lam Summers and John Summers,
and of the Above Named Absentee:
BE 1T REMEMBERED That on
this 14th day of March, 1919, it be
ing a regular day of the February,
aforesaid this cause came on for
hearing upon the petition. of A. T.
Weldon for an order of this court to
prescribe the notice and order the
same published in the matter of the
petition of A. T. Weldon in the estate
of -- Summers, absentee, Chris
tan or given name unknown, , but
Summers) and the court on reading
said petition and being duly advised
in the premises orders that the fol-
lowing notice be and hereby is pre-
scribed, and an order be and hereby
is made as to the publication thereof
to-wit:
That there is now on file in the
office OF the Clerk of the District
Court aforesaid the petition of A. T.
Weldon alleging that the said -
Summers, absentee, was a son or
daughter Of John and Eliza Sum-
mers; that the mother, Eliza Sum
mers was the sister of Larkin Nc
Daniel, late a resident Of Decatur
that the said wv Summers, ab-
sentee, was born in Missouri or
Kansas; that the said Eliza SUM
mers died in Labette County, Kan
sas, in the year 1876 and left as her
sole and only. heirs-at-law, Julia Ann
Summers ers William Summers, John on
a apees and aia one other child n Whose;
said Larkin Mcdaniel, single, died
intestate in Decatur County, Iowa,
on or about the goth day of Septem-
Der, 1915, leaving as his sole and on.
" heirs-at-law, John MCDANIEL of
1s c o%a gcha W Il Made can ns
Vile, Missouri; Frank Amy, Med
ford, Oregon; Larkin MCDANIEL, Bay
City, Texas; Andrew Mcdaniel, Tar,
River, Oklahoma; Permelia Caps,
Byron, Oklahoma; Julia Ann SUM
mers, address unknown, (probably
unknown (pTobably dead; John
ably dead); ---- Summers, absen-
tee, address unknown, and one other
child of the said Eliza Summers,
whose name and address are UNI
known; that the part Of the estate
of the said Larkin Mcdaniel that
So%ld 60 to and 6eoGg to Sna i ann
Summers, -- Summers, abSen-
tee, and the other child, name and
address unknown of Eliza Summers,
would be about 100000 or 100000
each; that the said ---- Sum
mers, absentee, has concealed his or
he hsn for hat P per ssa Of
and property left by Larkin McDan-
iel was and is in money, is in Deca-
tur County, Iowa, and is in the
possession of the petitioner, the duly
appointed, qualified and acting ad-
ministrator of the estate of Larkin
Mcdaniel; that the petitioner has
siderable money under the order of
court in trying to locate and find the
heirs of the said Eliza Summers, de-
ceased; that so far as is known the
following are the sole and only
heirs-at-law of the said Sum
m %,a absentee, y y2h,ao Mcdaniel nj
Mcdaniel, Andrew Mcdaniel, Per-
melia Caps and A. T. Weldon, petit
It Is further ordered that the with
in and foregoing is the notice pre-
scribed by this court in said cause:
that the same be addressed to said
and published in the Leon Report
err" newspaper of general circula-
ton in Leon, Decatur County, iowa,
for period of eight consecutive
weeks. and that said notice be served
personally on all Of the heirs residing
within the State Of Iowa in the man
required for the service of original
notice; that the proof of publication
and service of said notice shall be
made in manner and for the time or
dered, and at the expiration of said
time, be filed with said petition, and
thereupon, If said absentee fails to
appear the court shall hear the nroof
truth of the facts set forth in the Pc
tition concerning said absentee, shall
order Letters of Administration un-
on the estate Of said absentee to is
sue as though he were known. to be
dead and that the court may declare
said party legally dead, and may
hear proof and determine who the
legal heirs of said absentee are and
their respective interests id said es-
tate, and for such other and further
order as the court may find necessary
and proper,
To all of which you will take due
notice and govern yourselves accord
ingly.
Signed in open court this 14th day
of March, 1919.
H. K. Evans,
Judge Third Judicial District of
Iowa
To all of which all persons named
and. interested will take due notice
and govern themselves accordingly.
G. w. HOFFMAN,
and v. r. McGINNIS,
32-St ATTORNEYS for Petitioner.
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