Jackson County IA Archives Court.....Watson, Mott January 15, 1902
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Source: Estate Of Mott Watson
Written: January 15, 1902
Recorded: January 15, 1902

    In The District Court of Iowa in and for Jackson County

    In The Matter of the Estate of Mott Watson, deceased.

    Probate Number 1684

    George Niles Watson, Plaintiff

    Vs

    Julia Richardson, et al, Defendants

    JUDGMENT

    Now on this 15th day of January A. D. 1902, it being the regular January
Term of this Court, this cause came on to be heard on motion of the defendants
for judgment in said cause in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court
of the State of Iowa, said plaintiff George Niles Watson appeared by Murray &
Farr and G. L. Johnson, his attorneys and the defendants by W. C. Gregory, L. A.
Ellis, Joe R. Lane and F. D. Kelsey their attorneys; and it appearing to the
Court from an inspection of the record that the decision and judgment of the
District Court of the State of Iowa in and for Jackson County, Iowa rendered in
the above entitled cause at the June term thereof A. D. 1897, sustaining the
demurrer of the said George Niles Watson plaintiff to the answer of the
defendants herein setting up the plea of former adjudication had been appealed
from by said defendants to the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa and had been
reversed by said Court, and that said Court had held and determined that the
question of heirship of said plaintiff and his right to the estate of said Mott
Watson, deceased was fully tried and determined in the certain suit in the
District Court of the State of Iowa, wherein Leslie C. Watson was plaintiff and
Julia Richardson, Jesse B. Watson and wife, Orla Watson and wife, Lucia Bird,
John Bird, George B. Watson and wife, Julia L. Childs, Austin Watson and wife,
Day Otis Watson and wife, George R. Watson and wife, Ida A. Hudson, Joseph
Hudson, Cora May Rogers and husband and Alice Watson were defendants and wherein
George D. Niles, made a defendant therein, filed a cross petition, calling
himself George Niles Watson, alleging that he was the illegitimate son and only
heir at law of Mott Watson, deceased, and entitled to all the estate of said
decedent and wherein it was held adjudged and decreed by said Court that said
George D. Niles, calling himself George Niles Watson was not an heir of Mott
Watson, deceased and not entitled to any part of his estate but that the
defendants are the sole and only heirs at law of Mott Watson, deceased; from
which said judgment and decree the said George D. Niles, calling himself George
Niles Watson appealed to the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa and said Court
affirmed said judgment and decree.

    And this coming on for further proceedings herein and it appearing to the
Court that judgment should be entered herein in accordance with the decision of
the Supreme Court, it is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court
that the plaintiff calling himself George Niles Watson is not an heir of Mott
Watson deceased and he is not entitled to the personal estate of said decedent
or any part thereof and that he has no claim thereon or interest therein, either
in personal or real estate.

    It is further adjudged and decreed by the Court that the defendants Leslie
C. Watson, Julia Richardson, Jesse B. Watson, Orla Watson Lucia Bird, George B.
Watson, Kate M. Kent, Edgar Watson, Eugene Watson, Julia L. Childs, Austin
Watson, Day Otis Watson, George R. Watson, Ida A. Hudson, Cora Mae Rogers and
Alice Watson are the sole and only heirs at law of Mott Watson deceased and are
entitled to all of the personal estate of said decedent as well as all of the
real estate of which he died seized and that the petition of the plaintiff be
and the same is hereby dismissed and the defendants have and recover of and from
the plaintiff their costs herein and that a general execution issue therefore.

    A. J. House
    Judge 



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