The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-31
Original Notice and Order for Pub.
LEGATION Thereof.

In the District Court Of the State
Of Iowa, in and for Decatur county.
In the matter Of the estate Of Ell
mer Reed, Absentee, son of Henry
Reed and Mary j.. Reed.
To Henry Reed, Carrie l.. Piercy
Clarence p. Cartwright, Ernest Y.
sole heirs of Mary ]. Reed, and to
Elmer Reed, Absentee:
Be it remembered that on this
18th day of July, 1919 It being a
regular day of the July, 1919, term
of the District Court Of Decatur
county, Iowa, this cause came on for
hearing on the petition OF Henry
perscribe the notice and order the
same to be published in the matter
of the petition of Henry Reed in the
estate Of Elmer Reed, absentee, and
the court on reading said petition
and being advised in the premises
orders that the following notice be
and is hereby prescribed and an or
der is hereby made as to the publ
cation thereof to-wit:
That there is now on file in the
office of the Clerk of the District
court of Decatur county Iowa, the
petition of Henry Reed alleging that
the said Elmer Reed, absentee, was
a son of Henry Reed and Mary J.
Reed, that Mar. J.. Reed IS nov de-
ceased SasS o and d that re the said III Ei%er
county in the state of Iowa until
about the 21st day Of June, 1907.
That the said Elmer Reed has alb
sented himself and concealed his
whereabouts from his family and
relatives for more than ten years last
passed. That he has property in
GOOD T@rrv@ two e. hSv%N
BY his mother in her will. That the
sole heir at law of the said Elmer
Reed is the petitioner Henry Reed.
That Henry Reed resides at Davis
City, Iowa. That the other named
legatees under the will of Mary j.
Reed reside in Decatur county, Iowa.
That the property of the said alb
sentee Elmer Reed is Of the value
H Toner aSo has made diligent search ear in
trying to locate the said Elmer
Reed. 1t is further ordered by the
court that the within and foregoing
notice is the notice prescribed by
this court in said AUS and that
the same be addressed to the said
absentee and the heirs named here
in, and that this notice be published
of general circulation in Leon, De-
catur county, Iowa, for a period Of
eight consecutive weeks, and that
said notice be served personally on
all the heirs residing within the
state of Iowa in the manner and for
the length of time as required for
the service of this original notice.
That the proof of publication and
service of said notice shall be made
in name and for the time ordered
and at the expiration of said time
that said notice be filed with said Pc
tition, and %thereupon if the said alb
sentee Elmer Reed fails to appear the
court shall hear the proof presented,
facts set forth in the petition con-
corning said absentee shall order
letters of administration of the es-
tate of the said Elmer Reed to is
sue as though he were known to be
dead, and that the court may de-
clare said Elmer Reed legally dead,
and may hear proof and determine
who the legal heirs of said absentee
are, and their respective interests in
said estate, and for such other and
further orders as the court may find
necessary and proper to make.
To all of which you will take due
notice and govern yourselves accord
ingly.
Judge of the 3rd Judicial District
of Iowa.
TO ali of which all persons named
and interested in said estate will
take due notice and govern them
selves accordingly.
5O-8t Attorney for Petitioner.