Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-08-29
Order of Publication.
STATE OF MISSOURI, lss
County of Audrain.
In the Circuit Court. To Sep-
tenn Der Term, 1901.

In the Circuit Court. To Sep.
TENDER Term, 1901.
ELWIN Il. COATSWORTH. Plaintiff.
JOHN WILLlNGHAM. and his un.
known heirs, and his and their AS
signs. Defendants.
Now ON this day August 9Th. 1901.
comes Elwin Il. CoatSworth. plaintiff in
the above entitled cause before the I'M
dcrsigncd j. G. Buckncr. Clerk of the
Circuit Court Of Audrain County. Mis-
souri,. in vacation. and files his PETITION
under his oath, alleging, among other
things. that defendant. John Willingham.
il living. would hold the apparent record
It'll" to til" real estate hereinafter de-
scrihcd aud for which reason he is made
"A party defendant in this cause: that II
the said John Willingham he living he
has concealed himself so that the ordi.
nary process Of law cannot be- served up
on him; but that plaintiff has been rcll-
ably Informed and he therefore alleges
that the said John Willingham has long
since died: that plaintiff therefore verify
til" subject matter Of the petition AS heirs
of the defendant, John Willingham de-
ceased, or persons interested in the sub
jet matter Of this suit rs claiming by.
through or under the deceased or his
heirs: that plaintiff cannot insert in the
petition the names Of the heirs Of the
said John Willingham nor the names of
"A a. "a M m nrN I'm mia .l.,ip
interest in the subject matter of the pc
tition, through or under him or his heirs.
because they are unknown to plaintiff:
that the only knowledge he has of the rx-
tent of the interest Of said unknown per-
sons in the subject matter Of the petition.
or in the hereinafter described real cs-
tate. is that there is nothing appearing
Of record showing that the said John
Willingham died tcStatc. and the appar-
cnt record title to said real estate would
be in him. if living. and was in him at
the time of his death. and the interest Of
said unknown parties in said real prop
crty is derived from the said John Will
ngham. and such interest is held by
them as his heirs, or by persons claiming
by. through or under him or them: but
the plaintiff does not know how many
heirs the said John Willingham died
leaving. nor how many heirs to his cs-
tate there are now living, nor of any one
to whom the said John Willngham. or
any Of his heirs, ever conveyed said prop
"rty or any part thereof
Its therefore ordered by me as Clerk
aforesaid. in vacation, that publication
bc made notifying the said defendants
that an action has been commenced a
gainSt them 10y petition. in tn" Circuit
Court of Audrain County. in the State Of
Missouri, the object and general nature
of which petition being to obtain a deere"
of Court pcrfrcting in Plaintiff IA record
title to. and divcSting defendants Of all
Interests and title in the following de-
Scrihcd real estate, situated in tn" Coun-
ty Of Audrain and State Of Missouri. to-
wit:-Lot g. in Block II. in the original
town of Mexico. as provided by section
$50 Of Chapter 3 and section 1908 Of Chap
ter ~ Revised Statutes of Missouri 1880:
and unless they be and appear at the
next term of this Court, To be- holden at
the Court House in the City of Mexico, in
the said County Of Audrain ON the 10th
day of September. 1901, and on or before
the first day thereof If the term shall so
long continuc and IL not then before the
end of the term. answer said petition the
same will he taken as confessed and
Judgment will be rendered against them.
1t is further ordered that IA copy hereof
he published one" a week in the Mexico
Missouri MESSAGE, newspaper pub
liSccd in the said County Of Audrain. for
four weeks successfully. the last inscr-
ton to be- at least fifteen days before the
commencement Of the next term of this
Court.
STATE OF MISSOURI,
COUNTY OF AUDRAIN.
|, J. &. Buckncr, Clerk Of the Circuit
Court. within and for the County and
State aforesaid do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a full,tr and per-
feet copy Of the Order Of Publication In
the above entitled cause, as fully as the
same appears of record in my Office
Witness my hand and official seal.
Done at Office in the City of Mexico.
County and State aforesaid, this eth day
of August, \ ID, 1901.
&C. BUCKNER,
SEAL Clerk Andrain Circuit Court,
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q. HIT, Attorney for Plaintiff.