Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-21
Order Of Publication.

Order OF publication.
state Of Missouri In the Circuit Court
J. N. Cross. Plaintiff,
The unknown heirs and widow OF Joseph
Heplef, deceased, and the
Unknown heirs and Wild
Ow OF Paul Abat, deceas-
ed, defendants.
Now on this End day Of December, 1905,
comes plaintiff and files his petition duly
verified, and in said petition plaintiff
the title 10 certain real estate situated In
the county Of Audraln and state OF Mis-
souri, described as follows:
All OF lot number one %; all Of lot
number two 90, except four az feet IN
width of the west side Of said lot mum.
bered two l2), all Of lot numbered seventh
except four i4l feet In width of the west
side Of said lot numbered
SEVENTH; and all Of lot numbered
(l2) OF the addition made to the City OF
Mexico by the county Of Audlain aud
known as County Addition 10 the city OF
Mexico, Missouri.
Plaintiff further states in said petition
that the title to said land is vested in
him and those under whom he claims by
limitations under the provisions OF sec
tlOn 426S, Chapter 4S, article OF the re-
vised statutes Of Mo. for 1899; and that
the equitable title 10 said land emlnated
from the Government OF the UnitedStates
Of America more than thirty years ago.
Plaintiff further says In said petition
that he is now in possession OF said land
and that he and those under whom he
claims have been in the lawful, actual,
open, notorious, continuous and adverse
possession thereof claiming said land as
their own for more than thirty years. and
that he and those under whom he claims
have paid all the taxes on said land for
w IRE than thirty years, and that one JO-
,eph Hepler appears TO have claim TO
title of record adverse TO that Of plain
till In this, tO-wit;
Said Hepler obtained title TO said land
on March 9th, 1871, and so far as the rec
ord shows, has never conveyed away said
land, and also that one, Paul Abat, ap-
pears to have claim of title Of record
adverse tothat Of plaintiff In this, to-wit:
On October 18th, 1859, the said Paul
Abat obtained title to said land by deed,
which Is Of record, and July 1885, under
took TO convey said land to plaintiffs re-
mote grantOTs but said conveyance was
Intellectual to show by the record that the
title of said Paul Abat to said land
passed
The plaintiff in said petition further
says that said Joseph Hepler and said
| Paul Abat died intestate and have been
dead for more than thirty years, and that
the names of the widow and children of
said parties, IL any there be, are unknown
| To him aud for that reason he cannot in
| sert their'names III his said petition and
in this publication.
That the interest Of said unknown
| persons is that of widow and heirs Of Jo-
scph Hcpler and Is derived through JO-
| seph Hepler as their husband and
| father. And that the interest of said UNI
| known persons Is that of widow and
| heirs Of said Paul Abat and Is derived
through said Paul Abat as their husband
and father, and that the interest of said
unknown persons cannot be described in
said petition and this publication more
| fully by him for the reason that their
| Interest in said real estate is unknown to
| him.
II is therefore ordered by the clerk OF
this cOurtin vacation that publication be
made notifying said unknown persons
above named and described OF the institu-
| tiOn of this suit, and now you said de-
| PENDANTS above named and set forth, are
| hereby notified of the filing of this suit
the object and general nature Of which Is
|
circuit court perfeeting plaintiffs title To
the aforesaid lands by Imitation under
| the provisions of section 42GS 1860, Chap.
ter IS Revised statutes of Mo. for 1876
and under aud by virtue of the general
rules and equity.
And now unless you said unknown de-
| PENDANTS named, described and set forth
| herein be- and appear at the next regular
term Of this court to be begun and
l.. Il
in the city OF Mexico, Amdrain Co.
| Missouri, ON the 3rd Monday In January
1896, and on or before the first day OF said
term answer or otherwise plead To plain
tits petition the same win be taken as
confessed and Judgment rendered accord
ingly.
And it is further ordered that a copy
hereof be published in the Mexico MIS-
| souri, Message, a weekly newspaper pub
lished in Audrain county, Missouri, fol
four weeks successfully, the last inser
ton to be at least fifteen days before thu
commencement OF the January 1905 tern
of this court.
State OF Missouri Ice
County OF Audrain %
I, w. II. Morris, clerk of the Clrcui
court of Audrain county, Missouri, d.
hereby certify that the foregoing is
full, true and complete copy OF the Orde
Of publication in case OF j, n. Cross VS.
Unknown Heirs Of Joseph Hepler anC
Paul Abat, ct al, as fully as the same APP
pears Of record In my Office. Witness m!
hand and official seal. Done at my OF
fee, in the city of Mexico, Audrain coun