Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-06-20
ORDER OF PUBLICATION,
In the Circuit Court Of Washington
County, Missouri, August term, 1900
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In the Circuit Court Of Washington
County, Missouri, August term, 1900
Pleasant r. Ramsey, plaintiff,
The unknown heirs OF J. B. WertS.
deceased. and William l.. Wertz,
deceased, defendants.
Now at this day comes the plaintiff
herein and files his petitien, alleging.
among other thiHgS, that he owns and
claims to have title in Zee simple to,
and is in possession of the land in said
| Lot number three Of the northwest
quarter of section four al, township
thirty-tive (a.l. range one ~ east, sit
uated in the County of Washington
and State of Missouri.
That in said petition 1T is averree
that the aforesaid J. b. Wertz aHd
William L. WertZ, in their lifetime,
claimed some interest, right or title
| in or to the real estate above described,
adverse to the paintiffs'S title end
interest therein: that the said ], b.
Wertz and William L. WertZ are dead,
and whatever interest they had insand
| to said real estate descended to tileir
| heirs, whose names are unkuOWn to
this plaintiff, AID cannot be inserted
| here; that whatever interest or title
said heirs havessn and to said real es-
tate, they derived by inheritance from
said j. 3. Wertz and William L.
| Wertz; that TIE said J. B. Wert5 and
William l.. WertZ were both, at the
time of their death, nOn-reSideutS OF
| the State of Missouri: that the heirs
OF said j B. AVertZ and William l..
, Wertz are now nOn-reSidentS Of the
State OF Missouri, and cannot be Serv-
ed with process. That said petition
is duly verified by the affidavit Of the
plaintiff, w3iereupOn it is ordered by
the clerk iH vacation, that said de-
PENDANTS be notified by publication
! that plaintiff has commenced suit
against them in this court, the object
and general nature of which is to as
| certain and determine the estate,
title and interest Of the parties to said
| suit, respectively, in the real estate in
said petition described, and for this
court to define and adjudge by its
judgment or decree, the title, estate
and interest of the parties to said suit,
severally, in.and to said real property,
and that unless the said ab0ve-named
defendants be and appear at this court,
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and holden at the court house in the
town Of Potosi, in said County of
! Washington, On Monday, the 9th day
of August, 1909, aud On or before the
third day of said term. if the term
shall so long continue, and if not, then
on or before the last day of said term,
answer or plead to the petition in said
cause, the same will be taken as con-
fessed, and Judgment rendered accord
ingly. And it is further ordered that
a copy hereof be published according
to law, in the Potosi Journal. a weekly
newspaper. published in said County
OF Washington, for four weeks success
lively, published at least once a week.
the last insertion to be at least fifteen
days before the first day of said next
August term Of this court.
ISAAC A. LETCHER, Clerk.
STATE OF MISSOURI l.,
County of Washington.
/, Isaac A. Letcher. clerk, hereby
certify the foregoing to be true copy
as the same appears OF record jn my
Office. Given under ray hand and seal
of Office, in Potosi, this 26th day OF
| May A. D. 1900.
[Seal.] ISAAC A. LETcHER, Clerk.