Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-08-31

State Of Missouri In the Circuit Court
County Of Audrain September term 1905
Neaman Byrns, Plaintiff,
Eliza NJ. Davis, alias Eliza NJ. Porter,
alias Eliza NJ. Martin, and the un.
known heirs Of Mary j. Coram, de-
ceased Defendants.
Now this July 3lst, 1905, comes the
Plaintiff and files with the clerk Of
the Audrain county circuit court,
his Petition duly verified by his afTida-
Wit, wherein among other things, plain
tiff states that he is the owner in fee and
in open and exclusive possession Of the
following lands in Audrain County, Mis-
souri,, tO-wit: A parcel Of land in the
southwest quarter Of section 30, town
ship 81 ranger west described rs fol-
lows: Begin at the northwest corner Of
said southwest quarter Of section 80 and
run east on the quarter section line His
chains to the northeast corner Of said
southwest quarter, thence run south
Is 81 chains; thence west IS chains,
thence north 2.33 chains, thence west
2. 90 chains to west line of said south
west quarter: thence north on west line
Of said section 3d. ll.ji chains to place
of beginning, containing $40? acres as
survey thereof made February 2lst, 1905.
That on the 9th day Of October, 1871,
James d. Davis died ntestate, owning
the above described land, and that he
left surviving him twelve sons and
daughters and the heirs of deceased
daughter, Mary j. Coram, all of whom
conveyed their interest in the above de-
Scribcd lands to plaintiffs grantors cx-
cept one son, Samuel Davis, who died in
testate many years ago, and who left
surviving him as his sole and only heirs
a son, Clarence Davis, and his widow,
the defendant Eliza NJ. Davis. That said
sen, { larence Davis died intcStatc while
minor and left his mother, said Eliza
NJ. Davis, as his only heir and said Eliza
NJ. Davis thereafter married and is the
above named Eliza NJ. Porter or Eliza NJ.
Martin. That Mary j. Coram the
daughter aforesaid, died intcState in
1870, prior To the death OF said James ID.
Davis, and that said Mary j. Coram left
children surviving her, and it does not
appear from the record OF conveyance
that they have ever conveyed their in
terest in the above lands as heirs Of
said James ID. Davis, deceased.
That each Of the defendants, Eliza
NJ. Davis, alias Eliza NJ. Porter, alias
Eliza NJ. Martin, are nOn-resdentS Of the
| State Of Missouri.
Aud further plaintiff states that he
verify believes there are persons inter
ested in the subject matter of this petit
ton as children or heirs Of said Mary j.
COram, deceased, whose names he cannot
insert herein because they are unknown to
him and their interest and estate, what
ever IL is, so far as the knowledge of this
plaintiff extends is an undivided interest
Inherited from said James d. Davis.
1t is now, therefore ordered by the
clerk Of this court, in vacation, that pub
| LEGATION be made herein notifying. the
on-resident defendants, said Eliza NJ.
Davis, alias Eliza NJ. Porter, alias Eliza
NJ. Martin, and the unknown heirs Of
Mary j. Coram, deceased, that suit has
been commenced against them in the cir
cult court of Audrain county, Missouri,
tho object and general nature of which
is TO obtain decree Of said court, ascer-
tanning and determining the title, estate
and interest Of h Q plaintiff
and defendants herein, in and to
the aforesaid premises and that plain
tIff's title aud interest in said land be de-
termined and adiudged, and that title to
said lands be Quieted and perfected in
this plaintiff, free from any right or claim
on the part of the defendants or any Of
them, and that the defendants and each