The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-04-17
Original Notice.

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
William Summers, Absentee.
To John Mcdaniel, John Weldon
drew Mcdaniel, Permelia Caps
mers, John Summers and All 9th
! er Unknown Heirs-at-law,. Devi-
sees and Legatees of Eliza sum
mers, Julia Ann Summers, Will
lam Summers and John. Summers.
aHa = II 'I RE NIHiG B 5iS That on
this 14th day of March, 1919, it be
1919 Term Of the District Court
| aforesaid this cause came on for
hearing upon the petition of A. -.
| Weldon for an order OF this court to
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
ises, orders that the following notice
be and hereby is prescribed and an
order be and hereby is made as to the
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
lam Summers, absentee, was son
of John and Eliza Summers, and
that his mother Eliza Summers was
a resident of Decatur County, Iowa,
now deceased; that the said Will
lam Summers, absentee, left De-
catur County, Iowa, about the year
Uses; that the said Eliza Summers
died in Labette County, Kansas, in
the year 1876 and left as her sole
Summers, William Summers, absen-
tee, John Summers, and two other
childen, as petitioner is informed.
whose names are unknown TO MIN;
that the said Larkin Mcdaniel, single,
died intestate in Decatur County,
Iowa, on or about the 2Qth DAY OF
September, 1915, leaving as his sole
iel, of Harlem, Montana; A. I. Vel
don, Davis City, Iowa; John Weldon,
Gainesville, Missouri; Frank Amy,
Medford, Oregon; Larkin McDaniel,
Bay City, Texas. Andrew Mcdaniel,
Tar RIVER, Oklahoma; Permelia
ably dea6; 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;
that the part Of the, estate Of the
to and belong to Julia Ann Summers,
pWilliam 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 concealed
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 petl-,
toner, the duly appointed, quanned
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 locate
and find the heirs OF the said ElfZa
Summers, deceased; that SO far as is
known the following are the sole and
only heirs-at-law of the. said William
Summers, absentee, x John McPan nEin
Mcdaniel. Andrew Mcdaniel, Per-
melia Capps and A. T. Weldon, petit
Il is further ordered that the with
in and foregoing is the notice pre-
scrbed by this court in SAID cause;
that the same be addressed to sad
absentee and his heirs named herein
and published in the Leon Report
err newspaper of general circula-
tion 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
within the State of Iowa in the man
ner and for the length of time as IS 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 falls TO
appear the court shall hear the proof
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
hear proof and determine VINO the
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. X. 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-St Attorneys for Petitioner.
Original Notice.
In the District Court of Iowa in