Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-05-30
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
In the Circuit Court of Washington
County, Missouri. August term, 1900.

Pleasant T. 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 petition, alleging,
among other things. that he owns and
claims to have ii title in fee simple to,
and is in possession of the land in said
petition described, as follows, tO-wit:
Lot number three of the northwest
quarter of section four a.. township
thirty-iiye 60. range one ~ east, sit
uated in the County of Washington
and State of Missouri.
That in said petition it is averred
that the aforesaid. J. B. WertZ and
William L. WertZ, in their lifetime,
claimed some interest, right or title
in or to the real estate above described,
adverse to the plaintiff>'s title and
interest therein: that the said J. B.
WertZ and William L. WertZ are dead.
and whatever interest they had in and
to said real estate descended to their
heirs, whose names are unknown to
this plaintiff, and cannot be inserted
here; that whatever interest or title
said heirs have in and to said real es.
tate, they derived by inheritance from
said J. Il. Wertz and William l..
WertZ: that the said J. B. Wertz and
William l.. Wertz were both, at the
time of their death, non-residents of
the State Of Missouri; that the heirs
of said J. B. WertZ 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, whereupon it is ordered by
the clerk in 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
defendants be and appear at this court
at the next term thereof, to be begun
and holden at the court house in the
town Of Potosi. in said County Of
Washington, on Monday, the 9th day
of August, 1900, and 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 accordin g
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, o.
County of Washington. 3D.
l, Isaac A. Letcher, clerk, hereby
certify the foregoing to be true copy
as the same appears OF record in my
Office Given under my hand and seal
of Office, in PotoSi, this Goth day Of
May A. D. 1900.
[Seall ISAAC A. LETCHER. Clerk.