Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-09

In the IlrCult COurt OF iron county,, MIS-
souri,, in vacation-February IS, 1905.
Arthur Huff, Plaintiff,
William A. Jones, Mrs. Harriet w. Miller,
Mrs. Blanche Darlington Mullony, Mrs.
Mary E. Price and Mathew Price, her
husband, Francis Vale lie Sieur, August
us Vale LIE Sieur, Mary Emily LIE Sieur,
Ethel Augustus Cowbry, Francis Adolphe
LIE Sieur, a minor, Joseph Vale LIE Sieur,
a minor, Mrs. Pauline Nor Ellington,
Fannie Jones and Mrs. Elizabeth Jones,
widow of Augustus Jones. deceased, De-
PENDANTS.
Petition to quiet title.
Now at this day comes the plaintiff, by
attorney, and by leave of court, files his
amended petition in this cause duly verified
by the affidavit of said plaintiff, setting forth
that he is now, and has been since the year
1908, the owner of and in the actual possess
sion of certain tracts or parcels of land,
situate, lying and being in Iron county, State
Of Missouri, described as follows, to-wit:
part of the John Lewis survey No. 2I4I
in township "a north, range 3 east, bounded
as follows: Beginning at the corner where
the line between sections 8 and 9 intersects
the south boundry line of said survey No.
2I4I at a triangular granite stone, from
which a black oak IS inches in diameter
bears south Is degrees, east 2o links, and a
hickory IS inches in diameter bears north IS
degrees, west ~ links; thence north sc Sd
degrees, west 9 63-Ioo chains to a granite
stone set for corner; thence north 70 Id
degrees, west Al o9-Ioo chains to a granite
ctpna cat pp the aact hopG pf n cro,l1 craaly ,
tributary of Saline Creek, and also on the
west line of said John Lewis survey No.
2I4I, from which a sycamore 20 inches in
diameter bears north 50 degrees, east s.
links; thence north 3 degrees, east 28 $4,000
chains to a granite stone set at the south
west corner of ]. M. Fitzpatrick's land, from
which a post oak 10 inches in diameter
bears north O. degrees, west IS links, and
a white oak "a inches in diameter bears
south 81 degrees, east IFS links; thence
south So Id degrees, east 81 3I-Ioo chains
to a granite stone set at the southeast corner
of J. NJ. Fitzpatrick's land, which point is
also on the west line of Vim. Buford's land; |
thence south ga degrees, east ID 72-Ioo
chains to a point in the middle of the Gale
donia and 1ronton county road, from which
a black walnut If inches in diameter bears
south AZ degrees, west S. links; thence
South Is Ia degrees, east 2 o chains to a
point in the middle of said Caledonia and
lronton county road, from which a white
oak "a inches in diameter bears south "a
degrees, west 50 links; thence south So Ia
degrees, east 6 $1,000 chains to a point in
the middle Of said Caledonia and Ironton
county road set a granite stone for corner,
which point is also the northwest corner Of
Mrs. Virginia McCol's land, from which a
hickory "a inches in diameter bears south
20 degrees, west AZ links; thence south
l ga degrees, west "a oo-Ioo chains to
granite stone set for corner at the southwest
corner of McColI's land, from stump of
white oak bears south 50 degrees, west I6
I-2 links, and black oak 6 inches in diane
ter bears north I degree, west q links;
thence north sc 1-2 degrees, west II 35-Ioo
chains to the beginning corner, containing |
Ioo 5-1oo acres, more or less.
That said above described land has been
in the actual, open, notorious, hostile and
grantors since the year 1855 to the present
time under and by virtue of regular war
ranty deeds duly recorded;
Plaintiff further states that he believes
that the parties named herein as defendants
are the sole heirs Of Augustus Jones, de-
ceased, and that they claim. as such heirs,
an interest of record in the above de-
scribed real estate, and that the nature and
extent of their interest is unknown to him, |
and he has no knowledge of the same.
Plaintiff further states that the defendants,
William A.. Jones, Mrs. Blanche Darlington
Mullony, Mary Emily LIE Sieur, Ethel
Augustus Cowbry, Joseph Vale lie Sieur, a
minor, Mrs. Pauline Northington, Fannie
Jones and Mrs. Elizabeth Jones are nom
residents of the State of Missouri, and that
the ordinary process Of law cannot be served
upon them.
1t is therefore ordered by the undersigned
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Iron county, in
the State of Missouri, in vacation, that pub
lication be made notifying said nonresident
defendants that an action has been COM
menced against them in the Circuit Court of
said county, State aforesaid, the object and
general nature of which is to obtain a decree
Of said court declaring the title to the afore-
said real estate to be vested in the plaintiff
herein, under and by virtue of the statute to
perfect title in such cases made and provided
by Section 653, page 262 of the Revised Stat
utes Of 1899. Vol. No. /;
And unless they be and appear at the next
term of said Court, to be holden for said
County of Iron, and State of Missouri, at
the courthouse in said county, on the fourth
Monday in April next (Ioo5), and on or be-
fore the third day thereof (if the term shall
so long continue; and if not, then before the
end Of the term) and plead to said plaintiffs
petition, the same will be taken as confessed
and judgment rendered in accordance with
the prayer thereof.
1t is further ordered that a copy hereof be
published according to law in some weekly
newspaper published in said county Of Iron
and State Of Missouri.
]. M. HAWKINS, Clerk.
A true copy from the record:
Attest with seal this February 28th,
[sEAL] 1905.
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