Mexico Missouri message., 1905-12-14
Order Of Puhllcation.

state Of Missouri In the Circuit Court
County Of Audrain January term, 1909.
J. N. Cross, Plaintiff,
The unknown heirs and widow OF Joseph
HepleT, deceased, and the
Unknown heirs and Wild
ow Of Paul Abat, deceas-
ed, defendants.
Now on this End dag Of December, 1905,
comes plaintiff and files his petition duly
alleges that he Is in possession and holds
the title 10 certain real estate situated In
the county Of Audrain and state Of Mis-
souri, described as follows:
All OF lot number one ~; all OF lot
number two (2), except four ~ feet In
width of the west side OF said lot mum.
bered two l2), all OF lot numbered seventh
except four ~ feet In width on the west
side OF .Dd sqld I0t n nnnSsrSd
eight lsJ; all In block numbered twelve
Q2) OF the addition made 70 the City Of
Mexico by the county Of Audlain aud
known as County Addition TO the city OF
Mexico, Missouri.
Plaintiff further states In said petition
| that the title 70 said land IL vested In
him and those under whom he claims by
limitations under the provisions Of sec
ton 1908, Chapter 4s, article Of tho re-
Vised statutes Of Mo. for 1899; and that
the equitable title TO said land eminRted
from the Government Of the UnitedStates
OF America more than thirty years ago.
| Plaintiff further says In said petition
that he is 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
| Dna qaasinn therpOf claiming said land M
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
more than thirty years, and that one Jo-
scph Hepler appears TO have claim TO
| title Of record adverse TO that Of plain
tiff in this, to-wit:
Said Hepler 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, APP
pears to have claim Of title Of record
adverse tothat Of plaintiff in this, tO-wit;
On October 18th, 1852, the said Pau
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 70 said land
passed.
The plaintiff in said petition further
says that said Joseph Hepler and sale
| Paul Abat died intestate and have beer
dead for more than thirty years, and tina
the names of the widow and children o
said parties, II any there be, are unknown
to him and for that reason Ire cannot in
sert their names in his said petition anC
In this p utilization.
That the interest Of said unknown
| IL IaN ~ NyfA nj hnl nF In
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 saiC
unknown persons cannot be described II
said petition and this publication NOR
fully by him for the reason that thei
interest in said real estate 10 unknown
him.
1t Is therefore ordered by tho clerk O
this courtin vacation that publication b
made notifying said unknown person
above named and described OF the lnstitu
tion of this suit, and now you said de
PENDANTS above named and set forth, ar
hereby notified OF the filing Of this suit
the object and general nature of which
10 obtain decree OF the Audrain count
circuit court perfecting plaintiffs title I
the aforesaid lands by Imitation unde
the provisions OF section 426S- 1859, Chap
ter 4S Revised sta tuteS OF Mo. for lS0
and under and by virtue OF the genera
rules and equity.
And now unless you said unknown do
PENDANTS named, described and SGT fort
herein be and appear ut the next Tegula
term of this court to be begun an
held at the court hons
in the city OF Mexico, AudTain Co
Missouri, OH tho 3rd Monday In January
; 1905, and on or before the first day OF sal
term answer or otherwise plead to plain
tiff's petition the samo will bC taken a
confessed aud Judgment rendered accord
inRly.
| And it is further ordered that a cop
hereof be published In the Mexico Mis-
souri, Message, a weekly newspaper pub
liShed In Audrain county. Missouri, 70
four weeks successfully, the last lnseI
ton to be at least fifteen days before th
, commencement Of the January 1906 teri
of this court.
State Of Missouri ss
D County Of Audrain
, /, w. II. Morris, clerk OF the CIrcu
D court Of Audrain county, Missouri,
hereby certify that the foregoing is
full, true and complete copy OF the Orde
10 OF publication in case OF J. N. Cross VI
Unknown Heirs Of Joseph Hepler an
Paul Ahat, etal, as fully as the same al
pears Of record in my Office. Witness m
hand and official seal. Done at my oil
! fee, in the city Of Mexico, Audraln cOuu