Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
Order of Publication.


S,,te Of Missouri In the circuit court
County OF Audrain June term, 1905
William II. Ridgeway, Plaintiff.
The unknown heirs and widow OF EllJah
Eubanks, deceased Defendants
Now this Goth day of March. 1906,
comes plaintiff and files with the clerk OF
This court. i'm vacation, his petition duly
verified by affidavit of plaiutih, wherein
among other things, plaintiff alleges thab
he Is i'm possession Of and holds the tue
to certain real estate situated IN Auqralh
county. Missouri, described as follows,
to-wit.
All of the West one half ~ of the
northwest fourth U-D of the northeast
quarter "a OF section one ~ Up. nlty-
one (5l), north, range ten (luD west OF U!e
5th i. ar. in Audrain county, Missouri.
That the title to said land is vested in
him and those under whom he claims by
Limitation under the provisions OF sec
tion 426S of Chapter 4S. Article !, OF the
revised Statutes of Missouri Tor lSU.
And plaintiff states that one, Elijah
Eubanks, appears TO have a claim TO title
of record adverse TO that of plaintiff in
this, to-wit, said Ell iah Eubanks obtain
ed a record title to said land on March
| 18th, 1912, and so far as the record shows,
has never conveyed away said land; that
SAID Elllhn iLuUdihS uttu iilbOsbdbo anu
| has been dead for more than thirty
wears, and that the names OF the widow
| and children of said Eubanks, IL any
| there be, are unknown to plaintiff and
| for that reason he cannot insert their
names herein; that the interest Of said
unknown persons Is that OF WIDOW ana
heirs of Elijah Eubanks and Is derived
! through said Elijah Eubanks as their
| husband and father, and that the inter
| est of said unknown persons cannot be
described herein more fully by him for
! the reason that their interest in said real
estate is unknown to him.
1t is therefore ordered by the clerk OF
the Audrain county Circuit Court, in va
cation, that publication be made herein,
notifying the Unknown heirs and widow
of Elijah Enbanks, deceased, that suit
| has been commenced against them I'm the
Circuit Court of Audrain County. Mis-
souri, the object and general nature of
which is to obtain decree yestlng title
to the lands herein before described, in
plaintiff by limitation under the proyi.
sions of section 42Gs and 1860 Revised
Statutes of Missouri, for 1899, free from
all clouds, claim or claims of title by do
PENDANTS or any one OF them, and for
such other relief as to the court may
seem proper.
And now you said unknown heirs and
widow of Elijah Eubanks, deceased, are
hereby notified Of the filing of plaintiffs
suit, the object and general nature there
of, and unless you be and appear at tho
next regular term OF the Circuit Court Of
Audrain county, Missouri, 10 be begun
and held at the court house in Mexico.
Missouri, on the first Monday
in June, 1906, aud ON or before
the first day Of said term, answer or 9TH
erwise plead to plaintiffs petition the
same will be taken as confessed and the
decree rendered as prayed
And it is fuather ordered that copy
hereof be published in tho Mexico Mis-
! souri, Message, o weekly newspaper pub
lished in Audrain county, nj tssouri, fOI
four weeks successfully, the last user
, ton to be at least 10 days before the first
day of said next term of said Court.
State of Missouri lss
County of Audrain %
, !, w. II. Morris. clerk of the Circuit
Court Of AldEain County, Missouri dC
hereby certify that the aboveis full aud
true copy of the Order of Publication In
the case of VIM. IL. Rid geway VS. The
Unknown heirs and widow of Elijah Eu-
I banks, deceased, as fully as the same APP
pears of record in my office. Witness my
, hand and and seal, at the Office in Mex.
leo, Audrain County, Missouri, thi;
March 2Rth, 1906,
: lSeal.i w. II. MORRIS,
5 Clerk Circuit pOupt
Audrain County, Missouri
d, A, Murphy, Attorney for Plaintiff,