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


In the Circuit Court of Iron county, Missou-
ri, in vacation-February 9th, 1898.
H. n. Hutchins, plaintiff,
vs..
David Lewis or his unknown heirs, 7. L.
Van Doren or his unknown heirs, Mason
FRAGILE or his unknown heirs, c. c. Zieg
Ter or his unknown heirs, Augustus Pease
or his unknown heirs, and all unknown
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 1869, the owner and
in the actual possession of certain tract or
parcel of land situate, lying and being in
Iron county, State OF Missouri, described as
follows, to wit:
The west half of lot two (2) of the north
east quarter of section three 90 in township
thirty three (33), north, range four "a east,
containing thirty 900 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 1850 to the present
time, under and by virtue of regular 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, 7. L. Van Doren or his heirs or
devisees, {. c. Ziegler or his heirs or de-
visees, Mason FRAGILE or his heirs or de-
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visees, claim an interest of record in the
above described real estate, whose names he
cannot insert herein because they are IN
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 or the State of
Missouri, and cannot be summoned in this
cause by the ordinary process of law.
1t is, therefore, ordered by the undersign-
ed clerk of the circuit court of Iron county,
in the State of Missouri, in vacation, that
publication be made notifying said defend
ants that an action has been commenced
against them in the circuit court of said coun-
ty, State aforesaid, the object and general
nature of which is to obtain decree of said
court declaring the title to the aforesaid real /
estate described as follows, to wit:
The west half of lot two ~ of the north |
east quarter of section three 80, IN township |
thirty-three (33l, north, range four a. east,
containing thirty (30l acres, more or less, to
be vested in the plaintiff herein, under and
by virtue of the Statute to perfect title in |
such cases made and provided by section |
2095, Revised Statutes of the State of Mis- |
sour, 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 Mis- /
sour, at the courthouse in said county, on
the fourth Monday IN April, next, (lS98), |
and on or before the third day thereof, (if |
the term shall so long continue; and, if not,
then before the end of the term), and plead |
to said plaintiff petition, the same will be |
taken as confessed and judgment 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- |
SEAL airy, A. D. 1898.
ARTHUR HUFF, Clerk
Circuit Court Iron County, Mo.
By Jos. HUFF, D. G.
VIM. r. Edgar, Atty for Plaintiff.