The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-04-10
Original Notice.

Original Notice.
F" 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
son or daughter, given or Christian
name unknown, of John and Eliza
Summers, deceased.)
TO John. Mcdaniel, John Weldon.
Frank Amy, Larkin Mcdaniel, An
drew Mcdaniel, Permelia Capps,
Julia Ann Summers, William Sum-
mers, John Summers and All 9th
err Unknown Heirs-at-laW, Devi-
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
ing a regular day of the February,
1918 Term of the District Court
aforesaid this cause came on for
hearing upon the petition Of A. II.
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
tian or given name UNKNOWN but
son or daughter of John and Eliza
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 ppe-
scrib6d, and an order be and hereby
is made as to the publication thereof
to-Wit:
That theresis now on file in the
office Of the Clerk of the District
Court aforesaid the petition of A. r.
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 resident Of, Decatur
that the said - Summers. alb
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 heirsat-law, Julia Ann
Summers, William Summers, John
SUMMERS and Summers,
absentee, and one other child whose
name is unknown to him; that the
said Larkin Mcdaniel, single, died
intestate in Decatur County. Iowa,
on or about the goth day of Septem-
Der. ). leaving as his sole and on
ly heirs-at-law, John Mcdaniel Of
Harlem, Montana; A. T. Weldon: Da-
Wis City. Iowa; John Weldon, Gaines
vile, Missouri; Frank Amy, Med
City, Texas: Andrew Mcdaniel, Tar
Byron, Oklahoma; Julia Anne Sum
mers, address unknown, probably
dead); William Summers. address
unknown (probably dead); John
Summers, address unknown, prob
ably dead - Summers, absen-
child of the said Eliza Summers,
whose name and address are I'M
known; that the part of the estate
of the. said Larkin Mcdaniel that
would go to and belong to Julia Ann
Summers, William Summers, John
Summers, Summers. abSen.
tee, and the other child. name and
would be about 100000 or 100000
each; that the said Sum-
mers, absentee. has concealed. his or
her whereabouts for period of
more than 40 years; that the estate
and property left by Larkin McDan-
iel was and is in money, is in DeGa-
tur County Iowa, and is in the
possession of the petitioner, the duly
ministrator of the estate of Larkin
Mcdaniel; that the petitioner has
made diligent search and spent con.
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-
mers, absentee, John Mcdaniel,
Frank Amy, John Weldon, Larkin
Mcdaniel Andrew Mcdaniel, Per-
melia Caps and A. T. Weldon, petit
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 circula-
ticn in Leon, Decatur County, Iowa.
for a period of eight consecutive
weeks, and thak said notice be served
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
time, be filed with said petition, and
|thereupon, if said absentee fails to
appear the court shall hear the proof
presented and II satisfied with the
truth OF the facts set forth in the pc