Mexico Missouri message., 1905-12-07


Tho unknown heirs and widow of Joseph
Hepler, deceased, and the
Unknown heirs and wild
ow Of Paul Abat, deceas-
cd, defendants.
Now ON this end day OF December, 1906,
comes plaintiff and files his petition duly
verified and In said petition plaintiff
alleges that he is in possession and holds
the title to certain real estate situated in
the county of Audraiu and state of Mis-
souri, described as follows:
All OF lot number one (); all OF lot
number two (2), except four "a feet In
width off the west side Of said lot mum.
bercd two L2), all Of lot mum bered sevenC7,
except four Al feet In width of the west
side VI said lot numbered
sevenlO' and oil Of lot numbered
eight ISl; all In block numbered twelve
~ Of the addition made to the City Of
known as County Addition 10 tho 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
ton 426s, Chapter 4s, article Of the re-
vlsed statutes Of Mo. for 1885, aud that
the equitable title to said land emlnated
from the Government OF the UnitedStates
OF America more than thirty years ago.
Plaintiff further says In said petition
that he 10 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 oil the taxes on said land for
more than thirty years, and that one Jo-
seph Hepler appears TO have claim to
title OF record adverse to that Of plain
til In this, to-wlt:
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, APP
pears TO have claim Of tito OF record
adverse tothat Of plaintiff In this, to-wit:
On October 18th, 1852, the said Paul
Abat obtained title to said land by decd,
which Is OF record, and July 1855, under
took TO convey said land TO plaintiffs re-
mote grantors but said conveyance was
Intellectual 70 show by the record that the
title OF said Paul Abat to said land
passed.
Tho plaintiff In said petition further
says that said Joseph Hepler and said
Paul Abat died Interstate and have been
dead for moro than thirty years, and that
the names of the widow and children OF
said parties, II any there be, are unknown
to him and tor that reason he cannot In
sert their names In his said petition and
IN this publication.
That the Interest OF said unknown
persons Is that OF widow and heirs Of Jo-
seph Hepler and Is derived through JO-
seph Ifepler as their husband and
father. And that the interest OF said un-.
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 10 said real estate is unknown to
him.
II lsthorefOre ordorod by the clerk OF
this courtin vacation that publication be
made notifying said unknown persons
above named and described OF the instltu.
ton OF this suit, and now you said de-
PENDANTS above named aud set forth, are
hereby notified OF the filing OF this suit,
the object and general nature of which Is
to obtain decree OF the AudrRln county
circuit court perlecting plaintiffs title 70