The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-05-08
Original Notice.


and for Decatur County. February
Original Notice and Order for the
Publication Thereof.
In the matter of the Estate Of
William Summers, Absentee.
Frank Amy, Larkiin Mcdaniel, An,
drew MCDANIEL Permelia Caps,
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,
BE 1T 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. =.
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 said petition
and being duly advised in the prem
Uses, orders that the following notice
be and hereby is prescribed and an
publication thereof to-wit:
That there is now on lille IN the
office of the Clerk of the District
Court aforesaid the petition Of \. r.
Weldon alleging that the said Will
lam Summers, absentee, was 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, in
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
lei, of Harlem, Montana; A. T. Wei
don, Davis City, Iowa; John Weldon,
Gainesville, Missouri; Frank Amy,
Medford, Oregon; Larkin McDaniei,
Bay City, Texas; Andrew Mcdaniel,
Capps, Byron, oklahoma; Julia Ann
Summers, address unknown, (prob-
ably dead); William Summers, alb
sentee, address unknown, (probably
dead; John Summers, address
unknown (probably dead), and two
other children of the said Eliza Sum-
mers whose names are unknown;
said Larkin Mcdaniel that would go
to and belong to Julia Ann Summers,
William Summers, absentee, John
Summers, and the two children
whose names and addresses are un-
known would be about $3,000:00 or
100000 each; that the said William
Summers, absentee, has n c9nceale ID
estate and property left by Lar
kin Mcdaniel was and is in money,
is in Decatur County, Iowa, and
is in the possession Of the petit,
toner, the duly. appointed, qualified
tate of Larkin Mcdaniel; that the
petitioner has made diligent search
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 and
only heirs-at-law Of the said d, Willi az;
Frank Amy, John Weldon, Larkin
Mcdaniel, Andrew Mcdaniel, Per-
melia Capps and A. T. Weldon, peti
toner.
It is further ordered that the with
in and foregoing is the notice pre-
scribed by this court IN said cause;
that the sa me be addressed to said
absentee and his heirs named herein
and published in the Leon Report
en-" a newspaper of general circula-
ton in Leon, Decatur County Iowa.
for a period of eight consecutive
weeks, and that said notice be served
personally on all of the heirs residing
~ $ofo of IN
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
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
dead and that the court may declare
said party. legally dead, and may
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 14th day
of March, 1919.
H. K. Evans.
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.