Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-10
Order of Publication.

Order of Publication.
State of Missouri I'm the circuit court
County Of Audrain June term, 1906.
Matthias Crum, Plaintiff,
Carissa IL. Woodbury., William II. Wood
bury, George Woodbury., and Charles
w. Baker, Defendants.
Now this April 10Th, 1906, comes
plaintiff and files with the Clerk OF the
Audrain Co.circuit court, I'm vacation, his
petition, wherein among OF h err
things plaintiff states that he is the own
er in fee and in possession of the follow
ing lands in Audrain County, Missouri,
to-wit: The east half Of the southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter Of Sec
ton %; the southeast quarter of south
west quarter of said section %; the
southwest quarter of the southeast quar-
ter OF said section %; and sixteen acres
off Of the west side of the southeast
quarter of the southeast quarter OF said
section %; all in township SO, range o
west, also the east half of the northwest
quarter of section "a; the west half of the
northeast quarter Of said section "a;
Isixtee acres of of
the west side of the northeast quarter OF
the Northeast quarter OF said section
q and eight acres in the form Of square
in the northwest corner of the southeast
quarter of the northeast quarter of said
section 81 all in township So, range west
containing 300 acres more or less.
That on October 2sth, 1879, Clarissa
II. Woodbury., William II. Woodbury. and
George Woodbury. owned said land and
on said date executed their deed of trust
on said land to George u. Macfarlane
trustee to use OF Charles w. Baker, to
secure certain pr omissory notes therein
described, that thereafter default being
made in the payment of said notes, said
| lands were sold under said deed of trust,
that Charles w. Baker aforesaid became
the purchaser of said lands at said sale,
and took possession of said lands on De-
cember 10th, 1877, and he and his grant
ees and this plaintiff as his subsequent
grantee have been in open adverse pos
session of said land ever since; that all
of the defendants herein are non-resi-
dents of the state Of Missouri. And
plaintiff states that the said defendants
might have some claim or claim to have
some title, estate or interest in said
lands adverse to plaintiff by, through
or under said deed OF trust.
1t is therefore ordered by the clerk OF
the Circuit Court OF Audrain county, Mis-
souri,, that publication be made herein
notifying the said non resident defendants
aforesaid, that suit;has been commenced
against them in the Circuit court of Au-
drain county, Missouri, the object anC
general nature OF which is to obtain Q
decree of said court to ascertain and de-
termine the estate, title and interest o.
plaintiff and the defendants herein ii
said land, as is provided by section $50 re
vised statutes OF Missouri 1899 and b.
its decree to define and adjudge the it'll
and estate of the plaintiff In said lanC
and adiudge said deed of trust as re
corded in Book M, page 1888, satisfied OF
barred and adjudge said lands released
from the lien thereof, and for other ant
further orders as may be proper; ant
now you said Clarlssa II. Woodbury.
William II. Woodbury., George Wood
bury and Charles w. Baker, non-resi
dent defendants, are hereby notified 0
the filing OF this suit, the object and gen
eral nature thereof, and unless you b
: and appear at the next regular term o
the Audraln county circuit court TO b
begun and held at the court house Fl
Mexico, Audrain county, Missouri, Of
the first Monday In June, 1905, and on o
before the first day Of said term, answe
or otherwise plead TO PLAINTIFFS petition
the same will be taken as confessed AM
decree rendered accordingly.
And It Is further ordered that cop,
hereof be published IN the Mexico Nils
souri, Message, a weekly newspaper pub
lished In Audrain county, Missouri, fOi
four weeks SUCCESSFULLY, the last inser
. ton 10 be at least IS days before the frs
day OF said next term OF Court,
state OF Missouri L.
, County OF Audrain %
1, w. II Morris, clerk of the Circui
2 Court OF AndFain County, Missouri, ID
hereby certify that the above Is full AM
true copy Of the Order Of Publication Il
the case of Matthias Cfum Vs.ClarIssa II
Woodbury. ct oil, as fully as the same ap
: pears Of record IN my office. Witness nj
hand and seal, at the Office In Mex
leo, Audrain County, Missouri, TIL
April 10Th, 1906
lSeal) w. II NORRIS,
Clerk Circuit Court
Audrain County, Missouri.
Fry & Rodgers, Att'ys for Plaintiff.