Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-08-08
Order of Publication.
STATE or MISSOURI, s.
County OF Audrain.
In the Circuit Court. To Sep
tenn Der Term, 1901.
.LWIN Il. COATSWORTI. Plaintiff.

ELWIN Il. COATSWORTIT, Plaintiff.
JOHN WILLINGHAM. aud his un-
known heirs. and his aud their AS
signs. Defendants
Now ON this day August eth. 1901.
comes Elwin Il. Coatsworth, plaintiff in
tn" abov" entitled cause. before the un-
dcrSigncd j. {. Buckncr Clerk Of the
Circuit Court of Audran County. Mis-
souri,, in vacation. and files his petition
under his oath. alleging. among other
things, that standardization Willingham,
If living, would hold the apparent record
title to the real estate hereinafter de-
scrih"d and for which reason he is made
party defendant in this cause: that il
tn" said john Willingham he living he
has concealed himself So that the nrdi-
nary process of law cannot he served up
on him: but that plaintiff has been rcli-
ably informed aud he therefore alleges
that the said John Willingham has long
since died: that plaintiff therefore verify
believes there are persons Interested in
tn" subject matter of the petition aS heirs
of the defendant. John Wilingham de-
ceased, or persons Interested in the sub
jcct matter of this suit aS claiming bv.
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
any one claiming or who ght claim an
interest in tn" subject matter Of the pc
titiun. through or under him or his heirs.
because they are unknown to plaintiff:
that the only knowledge he has of the en-
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
Nillingham 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 a.,
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 Willingham 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
erty or any part thereof.
It's therefore ordered by me rs Clerk
aforesaid, in vacation, that publication
he made notifying the said defendants
that an action has been commenced n
ganst 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 Il decree
Of Court pcrfccting in Plaintiff record
title to. and divcsting defendants of all
interests and title in the following de-
Scribcd real estate, situated in the COun-
~ Of Audran and State Of Missouri, to-
wit:-Lot &. in Block II. in the original
town of Mexico. AS provided by section
G53 Of Chapter and section 1858 of Chap
ter IS Revised Statutes of Missouri 1880:
and unless they he 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 If the term shall SO
long continue and if not then before the
end Of the term. answer said petition the
same will he taken aS confessed aud
judgment will he rendered against them.
II is further ordered that II copy hereof
be published once a week in the Mexico
Missouri MESSAGE, II newspaper pub
lisccd in the said County Of An drain. for
four weeks successfully. the last inscr-
tion to hc at least fifteen days before the
commencement Of the next term Of this
Court.
STATE OF MISSOURI, =.
COUNTY OF ACDRAIN.
|, j, {. Buckncr, Clerk Of the Circuit
Court, within and for the County and
State aforesaid do hereby certify that the
above aud foregoing is a full true aud 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 aud State aforesaid, this 9TH day
Of August, y ID. 1901.
j. {. BUCKNER.
SEAL Clerk Andrain Circuit Court,
O. HIT, Attorney for Plaintiff.