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

In the District Court OF iowa IN
and for Decatur County. February
Original Notice and order for the
In the matter Of the Estate of
william Summers, Absentee.
To John Mcdaniel, John Weldon,
Frank Amy, Larkin MCDANIEL, An
drew Mcdaniel, Permelia Caps,
Julia Ann Summers. william Sum sun
er Unknown Heirs-at-law, Devil
sees and Legatees of Eliza sum
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 William Summers, absentee, and
the court on reading ssaid, petition
Uses, orders that the following notice
be and hereby is prescribed and an
order be and hereby is made as to the
publication thereof towit:
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 Will
of John and Eliza Summers, and
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, LETT De-
catur County, Iowa, ABOUT I}; the year ar
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 other
childen, as petitioner is informed,
whose names are unknown to him;
that the said Larkin Mcdaniel, single,
died intestate in Decatur, County:
September, 1915, leaving as his sole
and only heirs-at-law, John McDan-
iel, of Harlem, Montana; A. 7. We'll
don, DAVIS City, Iowa; John Weldon,
Gainesville, Missouri; Frank Amy
Medford, Oregon; Larkin MCDANIEL,
Bay City, Texas; Andrew Mcdaniel,
Tar River, Oklahoma; Permelia
Summers, address unknown, (prob
ably dead; William Summers, alb
sentee, address unknown, (probably
dead); John Summers, address
unknown (probably deadD, and two
other children of the said Eliza Sum
mers whose names are unknown;
that the. part Of the. estate of the
to and belong to Julia Ann Summers,
William Summers, absentee, John
Summers, and the two children,
whose names and addresses are UNI
known would be about 100000 or
100000 each; that the said William
Summers, absentee, has concealed
his whereabouts' for period OF
and p4opef ysarSi eft Lane ae
kin Mcdaniel was and is in money,
is in Decatur County, Iowa, and
is in the possession of the peti-.
toner, the duly appointed, qualified
and acting administrator OF the es-
tate Of Larkin Mcdaniel; that the
petitioner has made diligent search
and spent considerable money under
and find the heirs of the said Eliza
Summers, deceased; that SO far as is
known the following are the sole and
only yheirs-at-law of the said William
Summers, absentee, John Mcdaniel,
Frank Amy, John Weldon, Larkin
Mcdaniel, Andrew Mcdaniel, Per-
meila CappS ana "A. l. "eiuoil' petl-
toner.
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
absentee and his heirs named herein
and published in the Leon Report
err" newspaper of general circdla-
ton in Leon, Decatur County, Iowa.
for a period of eight consecutive
hof cold nntiro he SarVn6
personally 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 be
made in manner and for the time or
dered,, and at the expiration OF said
thereupon, If said absentee fails to
appear 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 to be
said party legally dead, and may
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 further
order as the court may find necessary
and proper.
To ali of which you will take due
notice and govern yourselves accord
ingly.
Signed in open court this 18th day
of March, 1919.
Judge Third Judicial District Of
Iowa. :.
To all of which all persons named
and interested will take due notice
and govern themselves accordingly.
c. w. HOFFMAN.
and v. R. McGINNIS,
32-8t Attorneys for Petitioner.