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ORIGINAL NOTICE., Is the District Court of Iowa, is and for Marshall County. March Term, 1914. - -.•. Walter F. Reed, Plaintiff, vs. • The. unknown claimants of lots one, two and eight in block • eight of . the town of LeGrand, Marshall County., Iowa: Samuel Inman, Eli Inman, William Inman, Aaron Inman, Fannie Hanks, George Adam Brand, Margaret Spence, Christian liohl, MartbaAl. Dohi; C. Dahl, Augustas .^ Enode,- Harriet B. -Knode, Samuel R. Culp, Nancy-E. Culp.. Abraham Oleson, Daniel; Richards, the, unknown claimants of . said real estate by,.Through or under. Eli Inman, Elizabeth Inman, Rebecca BlondiO; Asa Inman, Ben-, /jainin Inman, Susan . Coppocfc, David Inrnan,' Drucella : Hill and Alice S. Simkins, now .deceased;; and the unknown claimants of said real estate abuve described by. through or under any of the per sons be rein before numod, whether as heir, devisee, grantee, bench ciary, assignee, creditor, spouse, surviving spouse or in any other capacity ‘whatever;Defendants:To the Defendants Named oxOTHERWISE DESIGNATED ABOVE:You, and each of-youj are hereby notified that there.is now ou.file in the office of the Clerk of the District 'Court of Iowa, .in and/for Marshall. County] the peutiob of Waiter F. Reed as plaintiff,' claiming that lie is the ' absolute and unqualified owner in fee simple;of lots one, two and eight in block . eight of ■ the town .0! .LeGrand, Marshall , county, Towa, and claiming that he acquired title thereto by purchase and that, by him3eJf and his grantors, he has been in actual, open, notorious, continuous, peaceable, exclu-; sive,. uninterrupted and adverse possession of said real estate, and every pan thereof, -under • deeds. and conveyances from the actual owners thereof and unde: claim of absolute ownership, paying aliases and assessments thereon, for more than forty years la3t past.. Also claiming that you, and each of you, and all persons claiming by, through or under you, or either of-you, are forever barred and estopped from haying, claim-ing.or asserting any interest in said real. estate adverse to plaintiff., - And ^plaintiff alleges in his .said petition ■ and asks to have so ‘determined and decreed by the court:That Augustus Wl Knode, who enter- j ed and afterwards received from the United States a patent to. the southwesi quarter of the.southeast quarter of section twelve, township eighty-three north, range seventeen west of the Sth P. M. of Iowa, being the land upon which the lots above described are located, was the same peras' the Augustus W. Kriade who, joined hy ids wife, conveyed said land to Eli’Inman by deed bearing date October 23, 1834, as the same appears of record in the Recorder’s office of Marshall County, Iowa, the name-“Knade” being an error i recording said deed, and that Harriet ., Knode was the wife of Augustus, W. Knode, and that both Augustus W. Knode and Harriet B. Knode, by said deed above referred to, conveyed all then interest in said land. 'That Eli Inman and Elizabeth • Inman ere husband, and wife and prior to October 5, 1865, they had conveyed by good and sufficient warranty deed , to D. A. Marvin ail of lots one and two in block eight of the town of LeGrand, Marshall County, Iowa, and that at said date the said D. A. Marvin was the fee simple owner of said lots, but that the said deed from Eli Inman arwFwife to D. A’. Marvin of said lots was'lost and - neyer recorded; that said deed was given for a valuable consideration. and full ‘ possession was given-thereunder.That. George Adam Brand was the same person as George A.’ Brand and that such person conveyed all his. interest in’ lot eight in block eight of the town of LeGrand,Marshall County, Iowa, to Margaret Spence by deed 'bearing date October 14, 1862, and that the said Margaret Spence, grantee, was the same person as the Maggie. C. Spence who conveyed said -lot to- Lucinda Haworth by a deed bearing date November 19, 1863, and that she was a: the time . of making this conveyance a single woman.That Christian Dohl, grantee of Lucinda Haworth in a deed conveying said loi ’ eight in block eight of the town of Le-I Grand, Marshall County,. Iowa, which j deed bears date August 20, 1864, was the same person, as the C. Dphl ,who conveyed said lot,to Abraham Oleson under -date of-June 12,1866; that MarthaM. Dohl -wasUiis-wife .and the name C; “Dahl appearing in the record'of said deed refers to and is the name of the same person as Christian Dohl. ' . 'That'Abraham Olsen, grantor in the deed of lots, one, two and eight in block eight .of-the. town of LeGrand, Marshal] County, Iowa, to Nelson Brow, which deed bears date September'13, 1867, was the same person as the Abraham Oleson to whom S. R. Culp and wife conveyed lots one and two in said block by /deed under date ot August 31, 1866, and the same person as the Abraham Oleson to whom C. Dohl and wife conveyed loteight by deed under date June 12, 1866, and that said Abraham .Olsen was single,man at the time he executed. the, deed to Nelson Brow.That Samuel R. Culp, grantee of D. A. Marvin and wife in the deed, of lots one and two in block eight of the town of LeGrand, Marshall County, Iowa, which deed bore the date October 5, 1865, was the same person-as the S. R. Culp who conveyed ssid: lots to Abraham Oleson under date of August 31, 1866, and Nancy E. Culp was his wife.That Alice S.* Simkins died intestate prior to September 16, 1889, seized in fee of lots one, two and.eight in. block eight of the town of LeGrand, Marshall County, Iowa, and left surviving her her husband H/E. Simkins and- three 'children, viz., Ed Simkins, Nellie M. Simkins and John Herby Simians, and no other heirs at law. .' That Thos.. Townsend was not the owner of any part of block eight of the town of LeGrand, Marshall County, Iowa; March 20,1867, when he caused a deed of.said block, to be' executed to Daniel. Richards, but was the owner of blockfour of said town and the intent of - both parties to such deed was to convey said block four and said Daniel Richards never had or claimed any interest .in said . .block eight by virtue ■ of .said- deed but -did go into possession of block four and a deed was thereafter executed, by. said Townsend conveying said block. four, and setting forth'the above facts.That EE Inman and Elizabeth Inman, husband and wife, are now.both deceased, ■le'aving'as their only heirs at law Samuel Inman, . EE Inman, William Inman, Aaron Inman 'and Fannie'. Hanks, who are now iiving, and the heirs at law. of Rebecca Blandin, Asa Inman, -Benjamin Inman, Susan Coppock, DruceUaHaE mid David .Inman, who are now deceased.Plaintiff further asks in said petition that the title to said lots one, two and eight in block eight of the- town of LeGrand, 'Marshall County, Iowa,'. be;- quieted in him, and that he be adjudged to be the absolute owner in fee simple of - said lots and that he have such other and further relief as may be equitable in the premises-No-personal judgment is asked against, any'of the defendants. -: ■ .For further particulars see. the petition now on file.Now, unless you appear and make ‘defense thereto at, or before noon of thesec-ori'd day of the next. March term of the said District Court of Iowa, in and for Marshall County, to be begun and held at the courthouse, in Marshalltown, Iowa, on the ninth day of March, 1914, your default will be entered and a judgment and decree rendered against you thereon as prayed in said petition.Dated, at Marshalltown, Iowa, this 3rd day of January,-A. D. T914.WALTER F. REED, Plaintiff,By G. A. MOTE,. His Attorney.Thg~ foregoing original notice is approved by me-and the same is ordered published once each week for ax period of four successive' weeks in the , LeGrand Reporter, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published in LeGrand, Marshall County, Iowa, the last of which publications shall be not later than February 26th, 1914; :Done . in chambers at Marshalltown, Iowa, this 3rd day of January,. 1914.B. F. 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