Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-04-13
CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
State of Missouri, ss
County OF Audrain, y
In the Circuit Court, June Term, 1905
Iu UHN VTENWFV OV~
Wabash Railroad Company Plaintiff
VS..
John Fl. Lane, John W. Musgrave, and
the Unknown Heirs, Devisees and
Grantees or Assigns OF w. Fl.
Geadrich, deceased -. Defendants

the Unknown Heirs, Devisees and
Grantees or Assigns OF w. H..
Geadrich, deceased 80. Defendants
Now on this day, April LIST, 1905,
comes Plaintiff and files with the
Clerk OF this Court, 10 vacation, bis
petition duly verified by affidavit,
wherein the Plaintiff states that it is
a corporation, organized and existing
under and by virtue OF the laws OF the
State of Missouri, and as such cofpor-
alton has power to u and be sued
and to exercise the power and right Of
eminent domain.
That Plaintiff In pursuance OF the
laws OF Missouri and OF its charter is
engaged in owning and operating al
railroad from st. Louis, Missouri,
westward through the County OF Aud.
rain to Kansas City, Missouri, and at
Mexico in said Audrain County IN
furtherance OF its business as such
railroad corporation, its public husi-
ness requires that 1t shall have further
and other and additional grounds for
depot, stock yards, with side tracks,
switches, %turnouts, convenient and
useful for tho prosecuting OF It's bust.
ness.
nc further states that it needs and
seeks to acquire for public $ and for
the purpose aforesaid a parcel or tract
OF land situated in the City OF Mexico
and County OF Audrain and described
as follows, to-wit: All that tract or
marcel OF land situate east OF Morris
street In the said City OF Mexico and
bounded on the north by the rightof-
way Of the Wabash Railroad, and on
the south by the south branch OF the
Louisiana & Missouri River Railroad,
which last named railroad is operateda
and occupied by the Chicago&Aiton
Railway Comray. anu being all that
part ctlof seven Cd OF Block eleven
Ill and all those parts OF Block four
l4l, Block five 10y and Block three (3l
Of Morris Addition to the City OF
Mexico lying east OF said Morris street
and between the rightofways of the
two said railroads last named, and In
Guiding the streets and alleys as indi.
Gated upon the plat OF said Morris
Addition along said tract OF land
aforesaid, save and except the follow
ing portion OF Block three ~, begin at
a point on the east line OF said Morris
In the center of the r~!ghtofway
OF the Louisiana & Missouri River
Railroad: thence north fifty feet for
a point Of beginning; thence north
hfty-eight feet and four inches; thence
north seyenty-Six degrees and forty-five
minutes east two hundred and forty
six feet and six inches; thence south
thirty-fHe feet and six inches; thence
and along the north line of the
rightofway Of said last named railroad
to the point Of beginning.
That the said w. Fl. Goodrich In
his life time to-wit: September 9TH,
1898, by general warranty deed record
ed In Book SO, page 1858 Of the Record
er's ofice OF Audrain County, Mis-
souri,, became the owner OF said lands
herein sought to be condemned.
And that thereafter, to-wit: In or
about the year 1900 the said w. II.
Goodrich departed this life, and until
his death appeared to be the record
owner Of said lands.
That the said W. II. Goodrich left
surviving him heirs at law, but they
are unknown TO this Plaintiff, its
agents, officers Or attorneys. And that
the said W. ii. Goodrich, either ia his
life time, by his last will duly exc
cuted by him, devised said land to
some person or persons unknown to
this Plaintiff, or In his life time grant
ed or assigned said lands to some per-
son or persons unknown TO this Plain
til, or at the death OF the said W. II.
Goodrich the said lands were inherit.
ed from him by his heirs at law which
said heirs are unknown TO this Plain
tiff and Plaintiff alleges that the title
to said lands is either In said unknown
devisees, heirs, grantees or assigns OF
the said W. II. Goodrich, deceased,
and said Plaintiff declares its belief
that said title Is IN one or the other
OF the said three unknown classes OF
person OF persons, but Plaintiff has no
knowledge or information and Is ig-
norant as TO whether the said title be
In the one or the other OF the said un-
known parties. Plaintiff further
states that 10 and the owners OF said
tract OF land who are non-reSidentS OF
the State Of Missouri cannot agree
upon the proper compensation to be
paid for said land or any interest
therein which Plaintiff seeks to ac-
quire, although Plaintiff has used
every endeayor to learn and ascertain
who be the true owners OF said lands,
and that the names neither OF the un-
known heirs, devisees, grantees, or as
signs Of said W. II. Goodrich can be
inserted hereinf for none are known TO
this Plaintiff.
Your petitioner therefore prays for
the appointment by the said Court, or
by the Judge thereof in vacation, Of
three di~sinterested freeholders as COM
missioners,or Of a jury to ascertain and
assess the damages which the said
owners OF said tract Of land may sus-
tain as the Just compensation to
which they may be entitled in conse- |
Quence OF the appropriation aud use
Of said lands by the said Plaintiff for
the purposes aforesaid.
Plaintiff further prays for an Order
Of Publication notifying said I'M
known owners whoever they maybe of
the time, place and hearing Of this
petition by the said Court or by the
Judge thereof In vacation.
1t is now therefore ordered by the
Clerk Of the Audrain County Circuit
in vacation, that publication
be made herein notifying the un-
known heirs, deviSees and grantees or
assigns OF w. II. Goodrich, deceased,
that the Wabash Railroad Company
has begun proceedings against them
Ia the Circuit Court OF Audrain Coun-
ty, Missouri, the object and general
nature OF which is for condemnation
and appropriation for public use by
said Wabash Railroad Company, OF
the land herein and above described,
and praying for the appointment OF
Commissioners or a Jury 10 ascertain
and assess the damages which the
owners OF said tract OF land may sus.
tain, 10 consequence OF the appropri-
alton and use OF said land by said
Railroad Company; and now you said
unknown heirs, devisees and grantees
or assigns OF w. ii. Goodrich, deceas-
ed, are hereby notified that Plaintiff
will present his petition for appoint
ment Of Commissioners, Ia above
cause, on Monday, May lst, 1905, at
Montgomery City, Missouri, before
the Honorable James ID. Barnett,
Of the Eleventh Judicial Cir
cult OF Missouri, and Judge Of the Au-
drain Circuit Court, In vacation, and
you Will be and appear before said
as aforesaid, when said Com