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Grace Rogers Quiet Title



LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS STATE OF INDIANA, MARSHALL COUNTY, SS: In the Marshall Circuit Court September Term, 1930.

Cause No. 18216

Grace M. Rogers VS Conaway Rector, et al.

Now comes the plaintiff in the above entitled cause of action by William O. Osborn, her attorney, and files her complaint together with an affidavit that the respective residences of the defendants, Conaway Rector,
Edwin R. Edwards,
John W. Palmer,
J. F. Wise,
Eli Parker and Company,

    Eli Parker and Jonathan F. Wise, partners doing business as partners under the firm name and style of Parker and Company,
Nellie M. Wise,
Lewis Rector,
Francis A. Thomas, F. A. Thomas,
Frances A. Thomas and
L. T. Vanschoiack,
    as Trustee of the Estate of James E. Thomas under the will of Frances A. Thomas
are each and all unknown and, after deligent search and inquiry cannot be ascertained;

and also that both the names and respective residences of the defendants,
    the unknown wife or widow of the said Conaway Rector,
    the unknown wife or widow of the said Edwin R. Edwards,
    the unknown wife or widow of the said John W. Palmer,
    the unkonwn wife or widow of the said J. F. Wise,
    the unknown wife or widow of the said Eli Parker,
    the unknown wife or widow of the said Jonathan F. Wise,
    the unknown husband or widower of the said Nellie M. Wise,
    the unknown wife or widow of the said Lewis Rector,
    the unknown wife or widow of the said Francis A. Thomas,
    the unknown wife o or widow of the said F. A. Thomas,
    and the unknown husband or widower of the said Frances A. Thomas,
    and the unknown wife or widow of the said L. Vanschoiack,
are each,and all unknown and after diligent search and inquiry cannot be ascertained;

and also that the names and respective residences of each and all of the defendants, the unknown heirs or devisees of each and all the said Conaway Rector and of his unknown wife or widow,
Edwin R. Edwards and of his unknown wife or widow,
the said John W. Palmer and of his unknown wife or widow,
the said J. F. Wise and of his unknown wife or widow,
Eli Parker and Company,
    Eli Parker and Jonathan F. Wise, Partners, doing business as partners under the firm name and style of Parker and Company,
the said Nellie M. Wise and of her unknown husband or widower,
the said Lewis Rector and of his unknown wife or widow,
the said Francis A. Thomas and of his unknown wife or widow,
the said F. A. Thomas and of his unknown wife or widow,
the said Frances A. Thomas and of her unknown husband or widower, and
the said L. T. Vanschoiack,
    as Trustee of the Estate of James E. Thomas under the will of Frances A. Thomas
are each and all unknown and after diligent search and inquiry cannot be: ascertained;

and also that the names and respective residences of each and all of the women once known by the names and designations above stated whose names have changed and who are known by other names, the names of each and all of whom are unknown, are each and all unknown and after diligent search and inquiry cannot be ascertained; and also that the names and respective residences of the spouses of all persons above named and designated who are married, are each and all unknown and after diligent inquiry cannot be ascertained; and also that the names and respective residences of each and all of the unknown representatives, executors, administrators, receivers, lessees, successors and assigns of each and all of the above and foregoing named and designated defendants, are each and all unknown and after diligent search and inquiry cannot be ascertained; and also that the names and respective residences of all persons and corporations who assert or who might assert any title, claim or interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein, or any part or parcel thereof, by, under or through any of the above and foregoing named and designated defendants, are each and all unknown and after diligent search and Inquiry cannot be ascertained.

That each and all of said above and foregoing named and designated defendants are believed to be nonresidents of the State of Indiana;

That each and all of said above named and designated defendants are necessary parties defendant to the above entitled action, which is an action concerning real estate, towit: to quiet title to the real estate described in the said complaint in said above cause, situated in Marshall County, Indiana, and described as follows, to-wit:
    All that part of Lot Number Two (2), in Section Twenty-two (22), Township Thirty-two (32) North, Range One (1) East, bounded and described as follows:
      Commencing at the Southwest. corner of said Lot Number Two (2), said Section, Township and Range aforesaid, being the point of intersection of the East and West center line of said Section Twenty-two (22) aforesaid with the meander line on the East shore of Lake Maxinkuckee, thence North Twenty (20) degrees West following said meander line a distance of Twenty-one and Twentyfive hundredths (21.25) feet to the point of intersection of said meander line aforesaid with the North line of an established East and West public highway, being the place of beginning, and the southwest corner of the real estate herein described; thence running East on the said North line of said highway and parallel with the south line of said Lot Number Two (2) aforesaid a distance of One Hundred Ninetyeight and eight Tenths (198.8) feet to a point marked by an iron pipe; thence North Seven (7) degrees and Forty-five (45) minutes West a distance of. Eighty-seven and eight tenths (87.8) feet to a point marked by an iron pipe; thence West two (2) degrees and Eighteen (18) minutes South a distance of Two Hundred Fifteen and nine tenths (215.9) feet to a point on said meander line aforesaid marked by an iron pipe; thence South Twenty (20) degrees East following down said meander line a distance of Eighty-four (84) feet to the place of beginning.


That it is the purpose of said plaintiff in said cause of action to quiet her title to said described real estate as against all claims and claimants whatsoever and whom-| soever, and as against the world.

Notice is therefore hereby given to said defendants and each of them that unless they be and appear on the 1st day of November, 1930, the same being the 54th Judicial day of the September, 1930, Term of the Marshall Circuit Court, at the court house in Plymouth, in the county of Marshall and State of Indiana, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in their absence.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of this court at Plymouth, Indiana, this the 19th day of August, 1930. (SEAL)
GLEN L. UNDERWOOD, Clerk of Marshall Circuit Court
W. O. Osborn, Clerk of Marshall Attorney.

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