The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-27
Original Notice.

Original Notice.
In the District Court of Iowa in
and for Decatur County. February
e Original Notice and Order for the
Publication Thereof.
In the matter of the Estate OF
William Summers, Absentee Is .u,o,don
10 Frank ;Idn ANY, ny Iarkiin MCDANIEL, An
drew Mcdaniel, Permelia Capps,
mia Ann Summers, William Sum
mers. John Summers and All 9th
er Unknown Heirs-at-law, Dew
sees and Legatees Of Eliza sum M
mers, Julia Ann Summers, VII
and of the Above Named Absentee:
BE IT REMEMBERED That on
this 14th day of March, 1919, 1T be
ING "a regular day of the February,
1919 Term of the District Court
aforesaid this cause came on TOT
hearing upon the petifti4thn; On OF cont a.: To-
prescribe the notice and order the
same published in e-matter OF the
netition of A. r. Weldon in the estate
Of William. Summers, absentee, ana
the court on reading said petition
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 DlstrlGt
Court aforesaid the petition OF A. !.
Weldon alleging that the sad Will sdn
Of John and Eliza Summers, and
that his mother Eliza Summers wa
The sister Nof Larkin Mcdaniel, late
a resident of Decatur County, Iowa,
now deceased; that the said VIII M
lam Summers, absentee, lelt De.
catur County, lowad a M1i1a s Smn yer
died in Labette County, Kansas, IN
the year 1876 and left as her sole
and only heirs-at-law, Julia Ann
Summers, William Summers, absen-
tee, John Summers, and two otner
childen, as petitioner is ln1ormeu'
that the said Larkin Mcdaniel, single,
died interstate. in Decatur County,
Iowa. on or about the day Of
February, 1915, leaving as his sole
and only heirs-at-law, John McDan-
lei, of Harlem, Montana; A. ~. WEI
don, Davis City, Iowa; John Weldon
Gainesville, Missouri; -, FraMn na AinS'
Raw CITY. Texas; Andrew Mcdaniel,
Tay River. Oklahoma; Permelia
capps. Byron, Oklahoma; Julia Ann
Summers, address unknown, (prop-
ably dead); William Summers, ap-
sentee, address unknown. (p I6Gresy
dead; John hronaS S%m deeGj. and ado two
other children Of the said Eliza SHIN
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, JOIN
Summers, and the two children tic en-
known would be about $S,000;00 or
$500. 90 each; that the said William
Summers, absentee, has concealed
his whereabouts for period OF
more than 40 years; that the
estate and del pr9psr and f IS in oy money
Is in Decatur County, Iowa, and
is in the possession Of the pet,
TONER. the duly appointed, .quallhed
and acting administrator OF the es-
tate ofLarkin MCDANIEL; that tne
petitioner has made diligent search
and spent considerable money , HnaGe
and find the heirs of the said Eliza
Summers. deceased; that SO far as is
known the following are the sole ! ana
nniv heirs-at-law of the said william
Summers. absentee, John McDanlel,
Frank Amy, John Weldon. LaTkin
MCDANIEL, Audrey a Mc RGa1daI pe ei-
mela CdppS anu a.
It is further ordered that the with
scribed BY this court in said cause;
that the same be addressed TO said
absentee and his heirs named hereih
and published IN the leon Leon GTcU1 T.
lion in Leon, Decatur. County, Iowa.
for period of eight consecutive
weeks. and that said notice be served
nersonally on all of the heirs residing
within the State of Iowa in the man
ner and for the length OF time as IS
reunired for the service OF. 9rlglnai
and service of said notice shall be
made in manner and for the time or
dered. and at the expiration or sa1d
time. be filed with said petition ana
thereupon, if said absentee fal!s 70
appear the court shall near the piH ~
ruth Of the facts set forth in the pc,
titinn concerning said absentee, shall
order Letters Of Administration up
m the estate of said absentee to IS
sue as though he were known 70 pc
dead and that the court may declare
said party legally dead, an NO nay ny
legal heirs of said absentee are, ana
their respective interests In sald es-
tate and for such other and TURNER
order as the court may find necessary
n To ali of which you will take due
notice and govern yourselves accord
ingly. IT, ,1+h aov
VI Ms1ioA' H. X. Evans,
Judge Third Judicial District OF
To all of which all persons named
and interested will take due notice
and govern themselves accordlngiy.
C. w. HOFFMAN:
and v. r. McG1NNIS,
32-at Attorneys for Petitioner.
Original Notice. y
In the District Court Of Iowa in
,nd for nocaflIr County February