Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-08
Order of Publication.

County OF Audfaln court
January term, 1905.
William d. Mason, Plaintiff,
VS..
The unknown heirs. assigns and
devisees of Jacob Holt, aud SUISSE
Holt, his wife, deceased, and all
persons claiming or who might
claim by thru or under them or
either of them. Defendants.
Now on this December 9Th,
1901, comes Plaintiff by Attorney,
aud files petition herein. duly veri-
fed by affidavit wherein among
other things plaintiff states that
he is the owner in fee of the fol-
lowing lands in Audrain county,
Missouri, to-wit: Eight acres off
the south end of the East one half
of the east one half of the north
east rourth Of the southwest quar-
ter of section %. township %
range 9. That the title to said
land eminated from the United
States government more than ten
years prior hereto, to-wit; in the
Isl; that the plaintiff herein
and his prior grantors have been
in the actual possession of said
and claiming title to the same and
have continuously paid taxes on
the same for the last thirty con
secutive years. That Jacob Holt
was on Sept. 18th, 1869 the own
en- of said land in fee and on
said Jacob Holt and Suissa Holt
his wife in consideration of the
sum of 5000 to them paid by
one G. w. w. Willingham at
tempted by warranty deed to con
vey said lands to said w bingham
but by mistake of the scrivener
who wrote said deed the convey
auce was made to c. w. w. Will
| lington but that the said 6. w.
| w. Willingham Immediately enter
ed into possession Of said lands
and that he and his grantees have
been in possession of the same
ever since. Plaintiff states that
the said Jacob Holt and Suissa
Holt are dead. Plaintiff states
that he verify believes that there
are persons interested in the sub
iect matter of this petition as heirs
or drvisees of Jacob Holt or who
might claim by thru or under him
or them whose names and places OF
/ residence he cannot insert because
/ they are unknown to him and that
he does not know what interests
they may have therein.
Ii is therefore ordered by the
clerk of this court, in vacation,
that publication be made herein,
notifying the unknown heirs, as
signs and drviSeps of Jacob Holt
and Suissa Holt his wife, deceased,
and all persons claiming or who
might claim by through or under
/ them or either Of them, the de-
PENDANTS herein, of the filing OF
this suit, the object and general
nature of which is to obtain de-
cree of the Circuit court Of Au'
drain county. Missouri, correcting
the mistake in the deed aforesaid
and that plaintiffs utIe to saIC
real estate be perfected IN him by
Limitations under the provisions 81
section 1863 Revised Statutes 81
Missouri, 1899, aud for other anC
} further orders, and now I'M
, less you said defendants be aut
appear Mt the next term OF thu
circuit court of Audrain county
Missouri, to be begun and held a
|, the Court House in Mexico, Au
drain county, Missouri, on the Bro
Monday in January, 1908. and OF
or before the first day of salt
| term answer or otherwise plead t.
} plaintiffs petition the same will b.
taken as confessed and judgmen
rendered accordingly. Aud it i
I further ordered that copy hereO
a he published in the Mexico Mis-
souri, Message, n weekly newspa
per published in Audrain county
y Missouri, for four weeks success
sively the last insertion to he a
least 10 days before said next tern
OF court.