Mexico Missouri message., 1905-12-28
Order of Publication.

Order OF Publication.
state of Missouri In the Circuit Court
County OF AudTain January term, 1906.
j. N. Cross, Plaintiff,
The unknown heirs and widow Of Joseph
Helper, 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
alleges that he is In possession and holds
| the title 10 certain real estate situated In
the county Of Audraln and state Of Mis-
souri, described as follows:
number two (2), except four az feet In
width of the west side Of said lot mum
bered two ~, all OF lot numbered seventh
except four n feet In width of the west
! side OF said lot numbered
SEVENTH; aud all OF lot numbered
eight. ~; all IN block numbered twelve
| u2) OF the addition made 10 the City OF
Mexico by the county Of AudIain and
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
| tiOn 1868, Chapter -, article OF the re-
vised statutes OF Mo. for 1899; and that
| the equitable title % said land eminated
II from the Government Of the UnltedStates
Of America more than thirty years ago
Plaintiff further says In said petition
that he Is now In possession OF said land
aud that he and those under whom he
claims have been In the lawful, actual,
-. Agsas
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
moro than thirty years, and that one Jo-
scph Hepler appears 10 have claim to
title OF record adverse to that OF plain
TIL In this, to-wit:
Said Hopler obtained title TO said land
on March 9Th, ls4l, 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, 1852, the said Paul
Abat obtained title to said land by deed,
which Is Of record, and July 1856, under
took TO convey said land to plaintiffs re-
mote grantOrs but said conveyance was
: Intellectual TO show by the record that the
title Of said Paul Abat TO said land
passed.
The plaintiff I'm said petition further
says that said Joseph Hepler and said
Paul Abat died intestate and have beer
dead for more than thirty years, and thai
the names of the widow and children o
, said parties, II any there be, are unknown
to him and for that reason he cannot In
sert their names in his said petition ant
, in this publication.
That tho interest of said unknown
persons Is that Of widow and heirs Of 10
/ seph Hepler and is derived through 10
seph Hepler as their husband anC
father. And that the interest Of said un
known persons is that Of widow ant
: heirs of said Paul Abat and is derived
. through said Paul Abat as their HUSBAND
and father, and that the interest of salt
9 unknown persons cannot be described Ii
said petition and this publication NOR
I fully by him for the reason that thel
I interest in said real estate Is unknown L
! him.
1t Is therefore ordered by the clerk 0
/, this courtin vac alton that publication b
made notifying said unknown person
[ above named and described OF the institu
tiOn Of this suit, and now you said de
u PENDANTS above named and set forth, ar
, hereby notified of the filing of this suit
the object and general nature Of which
e to obtain decree Of the Audrain count
L NllbulO SOulb FcA lNSblliB plolhbAh NlpiO Y
u the aforesaid lands by Imitation unde
4 the provisions Of section 42Gs- 42G9, Chap
ter - Revised statutes of Mo. for lSg
e and under and by virtue Of the genera
rules and equity.
Aud now unless you said unknown de
b PENDANTS named, described and set fort
!, herein be and appear at the next regula
> term of this court to be begun an
held at the court hons
in the city Of Mexico, Audrain Co
Missouri, on the Ord Monday in January
1906, and OH or before the first day Of sal
d term answer or otherwise plead TO plaiT
tih's petition the same win be taken q
u confessed and Judgment rendered accord
# ingly.
And IL is further ordered that cop
hereof be published in the Mexico MI,
souri, Message, a weekly newspaper pull
lished In Audrain county, Missouri, Il
four weeks SUCCESSFULLY, the last inse
|, tiOn TO DO at least fifteen days before II
commencement Of the January 1905 ter
7, Of this court,
40 State Of Missouri ls,
County If Audrain
|. W. II. Morris, clerk Of the Circu
court uf Audraln county. Missouri. Z
hereby certify that the foregoing Is
full. true and complete copy Ut The ord
Of publication in ease Uf y, y. Cross \
Unknown Heirs NJ Joseph llrplrr M
|. Paul Abat. ctul, NJ fully rs The sam" u
- pears Of record in my office. Witness u
1 hand and official seal. Don" NJ my u
iicC, in the city Of Mexico. Audruin con