Mexico Missouri message., 1903-07-30
Order of Pub1cation.

Order OF Publication.
state Of NIissourl) IN the circuit court
$50
county Of Audraln To the September
Term, 1908. 30
The Unknown Heirs Of ELI smith, de-
ceased, Delehuhhvo'
Now ON this 9th day OF July AID 1903,
comes plaintiff herein by his attorney
and files with the clerk Of this court IN
vacation his petition duly verified by am
davit of plaintiff, alleging among other
things: that he Is the owner and now IN
the lawful possession of the following
described tracts or parcels OF lana lying
being and situate i'm the county OF Au-
drain, state of Missouri, tO-wlb; -Jhe
southeast fourth of the northeast guar
ter OF section twenty-one, township MY.
one, range SEVEN west; also beginning at
the northeast corner of the souLheast
fourth OF the northeast quarter OF section
twenty one, township fifty -One, range
seven, west, and run thence south 80 de-
grees 81 minutes east, Cos chains 10 u
stone, sthence west 36 minutes south 29.l2
chains to stone, thence west 2S.lS chains
to stone, thence east 30 minutes north
| Q. % chains to the southwest corner OF the
southeast fourth Of the northeast quar-
| ter of section twenty-On township ntJy-
one range seven, west, thence east aiohg
the south line of said southeast fourth OF
| the northeast quarter OF section twenty
one, township iifty-one, range seven, 70
the southeast corner of said southeast
| fourth of the northeast quarter OF section
twenty-one. township tfty-one, range
! seven, thence north along the east line Oi
| said southeast fourth of the northeast
quarter of section twenty-One, tOWlshlp
| tifty-one, range seven, to the point OF De-
ginning. said last described tract lying,
| being and situate in sections twenty -one
! and twpnty-twO, township hfty-one range
seven. west. I'm Audrain county, state Oi
| Missouri:
| That he holds the title TO said real prop
ertv and that the said title thereto mas
vested in him and those under whom he
claims by Limitation under the provisions
Of section four thousand two hundred SIX
| ty-eight, entitled Limitation IN case OF
certain titles" of chapter forty-elgh
and of section six hundred fifty three oil
chapter eight, said section being entitled
suit to perfect title by limitation pro
ceedings,n of the revised statutes OF Mis-
souri,, 1876: that the equitable title To
said lands emanated from the govern
ment more than eleven years before inc
filing of this petition; that the SAID
plaintiff and those under whom ne
| claims have been in the lawful posses
sion of said real property LOT over
thirty-one consecutive years next pre-,
ceeding the filing of this petition: Thai
said lands might be claimed by any or all
of said defendants: that SAID iands nave
not been i'm the possession OF defendants
or any of them who might claim the
same, or Of anyone under whom Jhey Oh
any of them might claim for over thirty
one consecutive years; Jhat helther ue'
PENDANTS or any of them, nor anyone un'
der whom they or any OF them mlghl
claim said lands have paid any taxes
| thereon for over thirJy-One consecutive
wears next preceding the filing of this pc
Tition: that neither defendants or any o.
them have ever brought an action 10 re-
cover said lands: that There appears Oh rec
ord a claim and title to said lands IN tayol
of defendants and adverse to plaintiff II
that there appears of record in book y
page 352. in the office of the Recorder o
deeds of Audrain county deed OF specla
warranty from Andrew +. Jones ant
wife, Susan, j ones to Eli Smith, undei
date of January oath 500, ana fecoTaeI
i'm the aforesaid book on April 2oth l51O
that the said Eli Smith died intestate, II
the state of Missouri, on or about the =
day of October A. ID. 1850, leaving helr'
who are to the said plaintiff unknown
that there 10 not now living widow o
the said Eli Smith deceased, and tina
plaintiff verify believes there are SOM
persons interested in the subject matte
OF this petition as heirs of Eli Smith de
ceased. or as claiming by, through or un
der the said ELI Smith deceased, whose
names he cannot insert herein because
they are unknown to him, and whose In
terest i'm said lands is derived by VIRTUE
of said above described deed 70 ~
Smith, now deceased, and that plalntli
has fully set out so far as his knowledg
extends, the interest OF such persons ah'
how derived
IL is therefore ordered by the clerk o
this court in vacation that publication b.
made notifying the said unknown heirs o
of Ell Sminh deceased, defendants, Ina
a suit has been commenced against then
i'm this court, the object and general ma
ture of which il to perfect title In plain
tiff To said real property. by limitation
under section 426S of chapter AZ, entltle!
Limitation i'm case OF certain titles
and to declare the same fully vested II
plaintiff under section O53 OF chapGe
eight, entitled "Suit to perfect title b.
limitatioH-pr proceedings, OF the reVlse'
statutes of Missouri 1879, and for an,
other relief as to the court may seen
, inst and proper.
Now therefore you the unknown hetrso
Ell Smith deceased, defendants, are here
by notified of the tiling OF this suit, an
unless you be and appear ut the mex
regular term of this court to be Degu
| ana held at the court House in the cit
| oil MEXICO, county anu Sbdbo ulOlOodiN "
the third Monday i'm September A. u
1908, and on or before the first day there
of answer or otherwise plead TO the sal
petition thd same will be taken as con
iessed, and Judgment will be rendered !
accordance with the prayer OF plainti
therein.
! 1t is further ordered that a copy. hereo
be published in the Mexico Missoul
Message, newspaper published week.
2 In said Audrain county, state OF missouri
being the paper designated by the att0r
ney for plaintiff, for four weeks success
lively. tile last Insertion to be at ieas
fifteen days before the commencement
the said next term OF this court.
State of Missouri ss
! county Of Audrain
I /, w. II, Morris, clerk of the Circu
court within and for the county an
] state aforefaid, do hereby certify tina
z the foregoing is a full, true and comple'
COPY OF the order OF publication IN th
case OF Guy w. Graves vs.. Unknow
. Heirs OF Eli smith, deceased as full
the same now remains Of record IN my O
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