Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-04-16

Jacob Abuhl and John M. Hitz,
plaintiffs,
VS..
The Unknown Heirs of John s.
Bishop, Defendants.
Now on this day April 18th, A,
D. 1903, comes plaintiffs by their
Attorney, and files petition with
the Clerk of this Court, in vaca-
ton, duly verified by affidavit Of
plaintiff, stating among other
things, that on the 4th day of Sep
TENDER, 1858, the said John ).
Bishop, now deceased, was the
owner in fee of the following de.
scribed land situated in the County
of Audrain and State of Missouri,
to- wit: The north half of the
northeast quarter and the north
east quarter of the northwest
quarter, all in section thirty (30)
township fifty-two(52) of range
nine 90 west of the 9th principal me-
ridian; that he on said above date,
sold and undertook to convey said
land to one Joseph Crooks, but
that the deed made. aud the
description of said land therein
was erroneous, and does not in fact
describe the said land intended to
be conveyed, describing it as To-
Gated in township NOD" when it
was intended to convey the lands
hereinbefore described. That plain
tiffs are, in fact, now the right
full owners of said land, by u sue
cession of conveyances from said
Joseph Crooks, who obtained title
thereto through John S. Bishop as
aforesaid and they have succeeded
to the aforesaid rights of the said
Crooks as purchasers and assignees
thereof; that the said John s. Bis
hop and his wife, Elizabeth A. Bis
hop, are long since deceased; and
that there. are, and plaintiffs verify
believe there are, persons inter-
ested in the subject matter of the
petition herein whose names they
cannot insert therein, because they
are unknown to them; that such
unknown parties are the heirs OF
the said John s. Bishop, deceased,
and the interests of said unknown
parties i'll the subject matter OF
this petition are such interests as
they may have asIheirs of the said
John s. Bishop, but the number
of said unknown heirs and their
relation to the said John S. Bish-
Op the plaintiffs are unable to
state, and therefore are unable to
give the extent of their several in
terests and how derived further
that as above stated. 1t is there
fore ordered by the clerk OF this
court in vacation that publication
be made notifying the said un-
known heirs of John S. Bishop,
and now therefore you unknown
heirs of John s. Bishop, are here
by notified of the filing OF this
suit, the object and general ma
ture of which is to obtain a decree
of this court vesting in them the
title of the north half OF
the northeast quarter and the
northeast quarter of northwest
quarter Of section 30 township 81
range 8, in the county of ,AudraiI
and State of Missouri and di-
recting the clerk of this court to
correct of record the said deco
from the said John S. Bishop anG
wife to Joseph Crooks so that sale
record when corrected will describe
said land as being in township fifty
two (52) and for such other and
further relief as may be proper;
and unless you be and appear al
the next regular term of this cour
to be begun and held at the court
house in the city of Mexico, Au.
drain county, Missouri, on the
first Monday Of June A. d. 1908
and ON or before the first day Of
said term, answer or otherwise
plead to plaintiffs petition tn
same will be taken as confessed
and judgment rendered accord
! ingly.
1t is further ordered by the clerl
that a copy hereof be publishe,
in the Mexico Missouri Message
a weekly newspaper, publ shed il
Audrain county, Missouri, 70
four weeks successively the las
] insertion to be at least fifteel
days before the commencement o.
said next term of this court.
State of Missouri SIS
County Of Audrain,
5 /, w. II, Morris, clerk Of tn
circuit court within and for th
county and state aforesaid, d
hereby certify that the above ant
z foregoing is a full true and pei
feet copy OF the order Of publica
i IL i n. !.