Mexico Missouri message., 1905-05-04
Order Of Publication.


State Of Missouri 90 In thecircuit court
County Of Audrain ''June term, 1905.
John =. Schmidt Plaintiff
Bridget Murphy and Cornelius Murphy,
and the unknown heirs Of said Bridget
Murphy and Cornelius Murphy, and the
Unknown heirs of Thomas J. KCcton.
deceased, Defendants
Now on this day April 18th. 1905,
comes plaintiff and files with the clerk Of
this court, in vacation, his petition duly
verified by ailidavitwhcrcin among other
things plaintiff states that nc is the own
or i'm fee and in possession Of the follow
ing land situated in Audrain county,
Missouri, tO-wit: Tho east half Of the
south east quarter Of section II, town
ship 81. range 10 west Of the Fifth p. NJ.
That the title to said land CminatOd
from the United States Government more
than ten years prior to the filing Of this
petition, tO-wit, in the year Isl, and
that said land, or an interest therein
might be claimed by the heirs or dovlsoes
Of Bridget Murphy and Cornelius Muir
ply, II dead, or by them, II living, or by
the unknown heirs Of Thomas J. KeetoD,
deceased, aud that the heirs Of said
Bridget Murphy and Cornelius Murphy,
are unknown to plaintiff. That Thomas
j. Kecton entered said land and that he
died about 1854, and left surviving
him his widow, Celia Kocton, and two
sons, Wesley c. Kccton and william l..
w. KsetOn, and daughter Margaret +.
CauthOrn, all of whom sold and convey
cd their interests in said land, but IL
does not appear whether said Thomas j.
Kceton, deceased left other surviving
heirs. but II he did there is no conveyance
OF their interests.
Plaintiff further states that In 1868
said Bridget Murphy became the owner
Of said land, and in the same year she
executed power Of Attorney, to one
Thomas Pagan, TO dispose Of said land,
and IN 1869 said Thomas Pagan as At
torncy for said Bridget Murphy and Cor
nclius Murphy, sold and conveyed the
South cast fourth Of the south east quar-
ter Of said section II, but 1t does not APP
pear of record that said Cornelius Muir
ply executed power Of Attorney TO said
Pagan. or that he joined in the power Of
attorney with his said wife. Plaintiff
states that the heirs and dcvisccS Of
said Thomas j KcctOn, deceased, other
than the ones above named, who have
executed deeds to said land, and the
heirs and dcvlsCcs OF said Cornelius Muir
ply and Bridget Murphy, If they are de-
ceased, are unknown to plaintiff, and
that If said Bridget Murphy and Corne-
Illus Murphy arc living, their residences
are unknown TO this plaintiff.
And plaintiff further states that no
verify believes there are persons Inter-
estcd in the subject matter Of this petit
ton, as heirs or dcviSGcs Of said Thomas
j. Keeton, deceased, or heirs or dcvisees
Of said Bridget Murphy and Cornelius
Murphy, deceased, claiming Orwho might
claim, by, through or under thom, or
some of them. whose names or places OF
residence he cannot insert herein be-
cause they are unknown to him, and that
he does not know what the interests OF
such unknown persons are, unless as
heirs or dGviseNs Of said Thomas j. Kee-
ton or Bridget Murphy or Cornelius Muir
ply as above stated and that II said liTldg-
ct Murphy or Cornelius Murphy are living
their place of residence is unknown to
him.
1t is therefore ordered by the clerk Of
this court in vacation, that publication
be made herein notifying thu said Bridget
Murphy and Cornelius Murphy and tho
Unknown heirs Of said Bridget Murphy
and Cornelius Murphy, and the unknown
heirs Of Thomas J.KcctOn, deceased, that
plaintiff has begun suit against them in
the Audrain county circuit court, the OBJ
ject and general nature of which is to OBJ
tain decree Of said court pcrtcct!ng
plaintiffs title to the lands herein first
described by limitations under the prOvis-
ions of Section 42GS Revised Statutes OF
Missouri, 1899; and now unless you said
defendants aforesaid, be and appear at
the next regular torn of tho AndraiH
Co. Circuit Court, to be begun and held at
the Court House in Mexico, Audraln
county, Missouri, on the first Monday in
June, 1905, and on or before the first day
of said term, answer or otherwise plead
TO plaintiffs petition the same will be
taken as confessed and decree rendered
accordingly.
And it is further ordered that II copy
hereof be published in the Mexico Mis-
souri, Message, weekly newspaper pub
lishcd in Audrain county, Missouri, fol
four weeks successfully, the last inscr'
ton TO be at lsast fifteen days before the
first of day of said next term of court.
| State of Missouri 90
County Of Audrain
/, w. II. Morris Clerk Of the Circuit
Court within and for tho state and coun'
ty aforesaid, do hereby certify that thu
foregoing il full, true and complete
COPY OF Order Of Publication In above
case, as full as the same now remains on
| file and OF record in my office.
(sEAI.) Witness my hand and official
seal. Done at Office In the City OF Mex
| leo, county and state aforesaid, this It'll
day Of April, A. d. 1905.
W. IL. MORRIS, Clerk.
| FRY d Rodgers, AttyS for Plaintiff.