Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-08-15
Order of Publication.
STATE OF MISSOURI, $
County Of Audrain.
In the Circuit Court. To Sep
tenn Der Term, 1901.

In the Circuit Court. To Sep
tenn Der Term, 1901.
ELWIN Il. COATSWORTII. Plaintiff
JOHN WILLINGIIAM, and his nm
known heirs. and his and their AS
signs, Defendants.
Now on this day August eth, 1901,
comes Elwin II. 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 decentralization Willingham,
if living, would hold the apparent record
title to the real estate hereinafter de-
scrbcd and for which reason he is made
u party defendant in this cause: that IL
the said John Willingham be living he
has concealed himself so that the ord
nary process Of law cannot be served up
on him: but that plaintiff has been rcl-
| ably informed and he therefore alleges
that the said John Willlngham has long
since died: that plaintiff therefore verify
believes there are persons interested i'm
the subject matter Of the petition as heirs
Of the defendant. John Willingham de-
ceased, or persons interested in the sub
jcct matter of this suit as 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 Willngham nor the names of
any one claiming or who might claim an
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 cx-
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. il 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
ingham. and such interest Is held by
them as his heirs. or by persons claiming
by. through or under him or them; hut
the plaintiff does not know how many
heirs the said John Wilingham died
leaving, nor how many heirs to his cs-
tate there are now living, nor Of any one
to whom the said John Willingham, or
any of his heirs, ever conveyed said prop
crty or any part thereof.
! Its therefore ordered by me- as Clerk
| aforesaid, in vacation, that publication
he made notifying the said defendants
that an action has been commenced a.
gainSt them by petition. in the Circuit
Court of Audrain County. in the State OF
Missouri. the object and general nature
Of which petition being to obtain decree
of Court pcrfccting in Plaintiff record
title to. and divcsting defendants of all
interests and title in the following de-
scribed real estate, situated in the COun-
ty of Audrain and State Of Missouri. to-
wit:-Lot Il, in Block II, in the original
town of Mexico. as provided by section
$50 OF Chapter and section ia6S Of Chap
ter Is Revised Statutes of Missouri 1880;
and unless they be and appear at the
next term Of this Court, to he holden at
the Court House in the City Of Mexico, In
the said County Of Audrain ON the 18th
day of September 1901. and on or before
the first day thereof II the term shall So
long continue and II not then before tho
end Of the term. answer said petition the
same will be taken as confessed and
judgment will bc rendered against them.
Ii is further ordered that's copy hereof
be published once week in the Mexico
Missouri MESSAGE, newspaper pub
liSccd in the said County Of Audrain, for
four weeks successfully. the last inscr-
ton to he at least fifteen days before the
| commencement of the next term Of this
Court
STATE OF MISSOURI, SIS
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,truc 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,
o. HIT, Attorney for Plaintiff.