The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
Page EIGHT
Original Notice.

In the District Court of Iowa in
and for Decatur County. February
Term, 1919.
Publication Thereof.
In the matter of the Estate Of
William Summers, Absentee.
TO John Mcdaniel, John Weldon
Frank Amy, Larkin Mcdaniel, An
drew Mcdaniel, Permelia Capps
Julia Ann Summers, William sum
mers, John Summers and All Oth
er Unknown Helrs-at-1aa;W!, Desl
mers. Julia Ann Summers, Will
lam Summers and John Summers
and of the Above Named Absentee
BE IT REMEMBERED That or
this 14th day of March, 1919, it be
ing a regular day OF the February
1919 Term of the District Court
hearing upon the petition of A. T.
Weldon for an order of this court TIC
prescribe the notice and order tht
Same published in the matter OF thc
petition OF A. 7. Weldon in the estate
of William Summers, absentee, and
the court on reading said petltlon
and being duly advised in the prem
be and hereby is prescribed ana an
order be and hereby is made as to the
publication thereof to-wit:
That there is now on Tile IN the
office of the Clerk of the DISTRICT
Court aforesaid the petition OF a; -
Weldon alleging that the said Will
lam Summers, absentee, was son son
that his mother Eliza Summers was
the sister of Larkin Mcdaniel late
a resident of Decatur County, Iowa,
now deceased; that the said Will
lam Summers. absentee, left De-
catur County, Iowa, about the year
1868; that the said Eliza Summers
died in Labette County kansas 5as IN IN
and only heirs-at-law, Julia Ann
Summers, William Summers, absen-
tee, John Summers, and two. other
chiiden, as petitioner is informed.
whose names are unknown to him;
that the said Larkin Mcdaniel, single,
died intestate in Decatur County,
Iowa, on or about the - DAY Of
and only heirs at-law, John McDan-
lei, Of Harlem, Montana; A. r. Vel
don, Davis City, Iowa; John Weldon,
Gainesville, Missouri; Frank Amy,
Medford, Oregon; Larkin McDanlel,
Bay City, Texas; Andrew MCDANIEL,
Tar River, oklahoma; Permella
Capps, Byron, Oklahoma; julia n Ann
),
ably dead); William Summers, ab-
sentee, address unknown, (probably
dead; John Summers, address
unknown (probably deadl, and two
other children of the said Eliza Sum-
mers whose names are unknown,
that the part of the. estate OF the
said Larkin Mcdaniel that would go
to and belong to Julia Ann summers,
William Summers, absentee, John
Cnn,r,orc and the two children,
whose names and addresses are I'M
known would be about $3,0OO.0O or
$4,000 each; that the said William
Summers, absentee, has concealed
his whereabouts for period OF
more than 40 years.. that the
Kin Mcdaniel was and is in money;
is in Decatur County, Iowa, and
is in the possession of the petit,
TONER, the duly appointed, quallfed
and acting administrator OF the es-
tate of Larkin Mcdaniel; that the
petitioner has made diligent search
and spent considerable money under
the order Of court in trying TO LOCALS ;;ae
Summers. deceased; that so far as is
known the following are the sole and
only heirs-at-law of the said Wllllam
Summers, absentee, John Mcdaniel,
Frank Amy, john Weldon. Larkln
Mcdaniel, Andrew Mcdaniel, Fer
melia Capps and A. T. Weldon, petl-
Il 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
absentee and his heirs named herein
and published in the Leon Report
err" a newspaper of general clrcula-
ton in Leon, Decatur County, Iowa.
for period of eight consecutlve
weeks, and that said notice be served
nersonaIly on all of the heirs residing
within the State of Iowa in the man
ner and for the length OF time as IS
REQUIRED for the service OF original
notice: that the proof Of publication
and service of said notice shall De
made in manner and for the time or,
dered, and at the expiration or sag
time, be filed with said petition and
thereunon. if said absentee fails to
annear the court shall hear the proof
presented and if satisfied with the
truth of the facts set forth in the pc,
fition concerning said absentee. snail
order Letters of Administration up
on the estate of said absentee 70 IS
sue as though he were known 10 De
dead and that the court may aeclale
hear proof and determine who the
legal heirs of said absentee are and
their respective interests in said es-
tate. and for such other and furtneF
order as the court may find necessary
and proper. .o,,o z,o
To all of which you will take Que
notice and govern yourselves accord
ingly. .,;c ,A,b dow
of March, 1919. r. ~ r,-o
Judge Third Judicial District OF
TO all of which all persons named
and interested will take que notice
and govern themselves accordingly
c. w. HOFFMAN,.
and v. r. McG1NNlS,
s2a-st Attorneys for Petitioner.
Original Notice.
Tn the District Court of Iowa IN