The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-03-07
Court House and Court House SQUARE

Which Judgment and decree of said
Ray circuit court remains in full force
and effect, and is conclusive on said
city of Lexington as to the title of La.
fayette county in the whole of said pub.
lie square, as enlarged by the addition
of said six lots in block 81, of said add
ton to the town of Lexington thereto,
and as to the court house, Jail, clerks
offices, and all other buildings and i'm.
provementS on and around the said
court house square.
The. facts and proceedings in said
suit aforesaid are obtained from a tran
script of the pleadings and record Ell.
tries therein, certified under the hand
and seal of the clerk of said circuit
court of Ray county. Missouri. Sc
the following facts are clearly and
beyond cavil or question established by
the plat of the addition to the town of
Lexington, the statutes of the state of
Missouri, the records and proceedings
of the county court, and the decision
and judgment of the circuit court of
Ray county, Missouri, namely:
First. That the county of Lafayette
is the owner of the whole of the court
house square i'll the city of Lexington,
enlarged ny said six lots in block 81,
with all the buildings and improvements
thereon.
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fayette county is in the city of Lexing-
ton, and the courts of the county are
properly therein, on said public square.
Third. That the city of Lexington
has no right or title to said court house
square. or any part thereof, or to any of
the buildings or improvements on the
same; it and its officers and agents
having been perpetually enjoined by a
court of competent jurisdiction against
entering in or upon said public square,
and from grading, and from doing any
work, or erecting any building or build
ingS in or on such public square.
Hence it will be seen that all of the
objections and bubbles that have been
raised by the agitators of Higglnsville
about the title of the county to the
court house square" and the buildings
thereon, as we'll as in regard to the
county seat have been settled by the
courts and the law of the land.
And besides, and in addition to all
other sources of title as above set forth,
the county of Lafayette, through lis
officers and agents has had the open,
notorious, adverse and continuous pos
session of said court house square" for
half a century, claiming title to the
same against all the world, which, of
itself, would give as good and complete
a title thereto as any deed could do.
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