Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-17
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
In the Circuit Court of Iron county, Missou-
ri, in vacation-February 9th, 1898.
William Henson, plaintiff,

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David Lewis or his unknown heirs, 7. L.
Van Doren or his unknown heirs, Mason.
FRAGILE or his unknown heirs, c. c.
Zeigler or his unknown heirs Augustus
Pease or his unknown heirs, and all IN
known interested parties, defendants.
Petition to Quiet Title.
Now at this day comes the plaintiff by his
attorney and files his petition, duly verified
by affidavit, setting forth that he is now and
has been since the year 1880, the owner and
in actual possession of the certain tracts or
parcels of land situate, living and being in
Iron county, Missouri, described as follows,
to wit:
The northwest part of the east half of lot
two CD of the northeast quarter of section
three 81, in township thirty-three, north,
range four a. east, containing ten Q0)
acres, more or less.
That said above described land has been
in the actual, open, notorious, hostile, and
adverse possession of said plaintiff and his
grantors since the year 1865 to the present
time, under and by virtue of Irregular warranty
deeds duly recorded; that he verify believes
that there are other persons claiming an in
terest of record in said real estate hereinbe-
fore described, either as owners, part own
ers, or otherwise, whose names he cannot
insert herein because they are unknown to
him, and the nature and extent of whose in
terests or how derived is unknown to him,
and he has no knowledge of the same; that
he believes that David Lewis or his heirs or
devisees, J. L. Van Doren or his heirs or
devisees, c c. Zeigler or his heirs or de-
visees, Mason FRAGILE or his heirs or de-
visees, Augustus Pease or his heirs or de-
visees, claim an interest of record in the
above described real estate, whose names he
cannot insert herein because they are I'M
known to him, and the nature and extent of
whose interests are unknown to him, and he
has no knowledge of the same, and that said
defendants are non-residents of the State of
Missouri, and cannot be summoned in this
cause by the ordinary process of law. 1t is,
therefore, ordered by the undersigned clerk
of the circuit court of Iron county, in the
State of Missouri, in vacation, TINT publica-
ton be made notifying said defendants that
an action has been commenced against them
in the circuit court of said county, State
aforesaid, the object and general nature of
which is to obtain a decree of said court de-
claring the title to the aforesaid real estate
described as follows, to wit:
The northwest part of the east half of lot
two CD of the northeast quarter of section
three (3), in township thirty-three (33),
north, OF range four east, containing ten
acres, more or less, to be vested in the plain
tiff herein, under and by virtue of the Statute
to perfect title in such case made and pro-
vided by section 2095, Revised Statutes of
the State of Missouri, 1889: and, unless
they be and appear at the next term of said
court, to be holden for said county of Iron,
and State of Missouri, at the courthouse in
said county, on the fourth Monday in April,
next, Cl898), and on or before the third day
thereof, Gf the term shall so long continue;
and, if not, then before the end of the term =,
and plead to said plaintiffs petition, the
same will be taken as confessed and judg-
ment rendered in accordance with the prayer
thereof.
1t is further ordered that copy hereof be
published according to law in some weekly
newspaper published in said county of Iron
and State of Missouri.
ARTHUR HUFF, Clerk.
a true copy from the record:
Attest, with seal, this 9th day of Febru-
[sEALl airy, A. D. 1898.
ARTHUR HUFF, Clerk
Circuit Court Iron County, Mo.
By Jos. HUFF, D. c.
VIM. R. Edgar, Atty for Plaintiff.