The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-27
lam Summers and John Summers,
and of the Above Named Absentee:

lam Summers and John Summers,
BE IT REMEMBERED That on
this 14th day of March, 1919, it be
ing a regular day of the February,
1919 Term Of the district Court
aforesaid this cause came on for
hearing upon the petition OF A. L.
Weldon for an order of this cour: to
prescribe the notice and order the
petition of A. T. Weldon in the estate
Of John Summers, absentee, and the
court on reading said petition and
being duly advised in the premises,
orders that the following notice be
and hereby is prescribed and an Or
der 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 D't.;r,:t
Court aforesaid the petition of \. T.
Weldon alleging that the said John
Summers, absentee, was "a o n
of John and Eliza Summers, and
the sister of Larkin Mcdaniel late
a resident of Decatur County, Iowa,
John Summers, absentee, left De-
catur County, Iowa, about the year
1868; that the said Eliza summers
died in Labette County, kansas, IN
the year 1SaS ana ie't as l her Ann Ann
Summers, William Summers, John
Summers, absentee, and two other ne,
chil(Yen, as petitioner is informed,
whose names are unknown to him;
that the said Larkin Mcdaniel, single,
died intestate in Decatur County.
February 1915, leaving as his sole
and only heirs-at-law, John McDan-
lei. of Harlem, Montana; A. T. Wei
don, Davis City, Iowa; John Weldon,
Gainesville, Missouri; Frank Amy,
Medford, Oregon; Larkin McDahiel,
Bay City, Texas, Andrew McDanle;l,
Capps, Byron. Oklahoma; Julia Ann
Summers. address unknown, (pro1-
ably dead); William Summers, ad-
John Summers, absentee, address
unknown (probably dead and two
other children of the said Eliza sum
mers whose names are unkRow W.
said Larkin- Mcdaniel that would go
to and belong to Julia Ann Summers,
w iIiiam Summers, John Summers,
and the two children, whose names
and addresses are unknown would pc
about 100000 or. 100000 each;
that the said John Summers, apsen,
tee, has concealed his Whereabouts
that the estate and property left by
Tarkin Mcdaniel was and is IN
money. is in Decatur County, Iowa
and is in the possession Of the ppetl,,
TONER, the duly appointed, .quallhed
and acting administrator OF the ~. Is,
tate of Larkin MeDan a!9i;on tha 1ear rcS
and spent considerable money under
the order of court in trying to LOCATE
and find the heirs of the said Eliza
Summers, deceased; that so FAR as IS
known the following are the sole ana
only heirs-at-law. of the said John
Summers, absentee, M John Mcpa arkin
Mcdaniel, Andrew Mcdaniel, Per-
melia Camps and At. 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 70 saiu
absentee and his heirs named herein
and published in, the Leon Report
er," a newspaper Of general clrcuia-
| zion 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 tne maj! y!
required for the service or 9rlgtinai
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 sal9
| time, be filed with said petition, ana
thereupon, if said absentee falls. 70
annear the court shall hear the PROOF
presented and if satisfied with the
truth of the facts set forth in the pc
tition concerning said absentee, shall
order Letters of Administration up
on the estate of said absentee to Is
sue as though he were known 70 We
dead and that the court may decIare
said party legally dead, and may
hear proof and determine who \tne
legal heirs of said absentee are ana
their respective interests IN sara es-
tate. and for such other and furtner
order as the court may find necessary
To ali of which you will take due
notice and govern yourselves accoru-
ingly. .,,;. ,A+b d,v
of March, 1919.
Judge Third Judicial District OF
10 all of which all persons named
and interested win take due notice
and govern themselves accorqlngly.
CIV G. w. HOFFMAN,
and v, r. McGINNlS.
oe-et Attorneys for Petitioner.