Mexico Missouri message., 1904-12-15
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
State of Missouri,
County of Audrain.

Cella Ihllilp, rune SllVerSteln,
Benjamin Phillip, Simon Phil
lip, Nathan Phillip aud Maurice
Phillip, Plaintiffs,
VS..
James Z. Harrison, John +. Har-
rison. Ann L. Pool, The I'm
known Heirs of Mary e.. Smith,
deceased, The Unknown Heirs
of William II. Harrison, deceas-
ed, The Unknown Heirs of Al
bert p. Harrison, The Unknown
Heirs Of Lucy J. Harrison, de-
ceased, aud the Unknown Heirs
of Martha l. Harrison, deceas-
ed, Defendants.
Now on this November Doth,
1904, come Plaintiffs aud file their
petition, duly verified by affidavit,
wherein among other things Plain
tiffs allege; that Lewis Phillip died
interstate on the Sth day Of NOvem-
Der, 1903, leaving the plaintiff,
Celia Phillip as his widow, and the
other plaintiffs above named as his
only children and heirs at law; that
at his death the said Lewis Phillip
was, aud as his widow and heirs at
law, the plaintiffs now are the alb
sOlute owners aud in the lawful
possession of lot One, in Block
Four in the Original Town of Mex.
leo, in the County Of Audrain, in
the State Of Missouri. That the
equitable title TO said property
eminated from the Government of
the United States Of America more
than thirty.fOur years next before
the filing of this suit; that plain
tiffS hold the title to all Of said
property and that the same has
vested in plaintiffs aud those un-
der whom they claim by limitation
under and by virtue of the pro-
visions Of the Statutes of the State
of Missouri.
That prior to Oct. 4th, 1837James
Il. Smith and Il. &. Mansfield were
the owners of said property, and on
said day, being then the owners of
said property, they sold and con-
veyed by deed to George Myers, all
of said property, from whom the
said Lewis Phillip, deceased, and
the plaintiffs, as his widow and
heirs at law, acquired the title to
said property through mesne con-
veyances. That said Myers did
not record his deed to said prop.
erty until July 9th 1855. That
after said James II. Smith and r.
q. Mansfield sold and conveyed
said property to said George Mey-
ers as aforesaid, the said r. q.
Mansfield, on June 18th, 1855 ex-
ecuted Il quit claim deed to said
land and other property to one
John p. Clark, who recorded his
said deed on June Goth, 1855 in
the office of recorder of deeds of
Audrain County, Missouri, and
afterwards on the 18th day of July
1850 the said Clark conveyed his
interests in said property to one
William p. Harrison by Quit claim
deed and said deed was recorded in
said Recorders Office on said last
named day.
That said William =. Harrison
died leaving as his children and
heirs James Y. Harrison, John +.
Harrison, Mary @. Smith, William
II. Harrison, Martha l.. Harrison,
Ann e. Pool and Albert p. Harris
on, now deceased, and his widow
Lucy j. Harrison, who has since
died; that afterwards the said
Mary c. Smith, Martha l.. Harris
on, Albert p. Harrison and Will
Il. Harrison died, each leaving
heirs whose names cannot be in
serted in this petition and who
cannot be made parties defendant
herein by their proper names be
cause they are unknown to each
and all Of the plaintiffs.
That by reason Of the fact that
said Il. g. Mansfield, after convey
ing all of his interest in said prop
ty to said Meyers, executed a quit
claim deed therefor to said Clark
before said Meyers had recorded
his deed, and said Clark conveyed
his interest in said property to
said William p Harrison who re-
corded his deed as aforesaid, the
said defendants above named,
might claim to own the undivided
one-half of said property.
Plaintiffs further state that the
Unknown heirs of Mary g. Smith,
deceased, The Unknown heir of
William IL. Harrison. deceased,
The Unknown heirs of Martha l..
Harrison, deceased, The Unknown
heirs of Albert p. Harrison, de