Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-08-29

the interests that said unknown heirs, devil
sees or assigns may claim in and to said
property; that it is impossible for the plain
tiff to further describe the said parties or
their interests, or to state more definitely or
certainly whether said parties claim as heirs,
| devisees or as assigns or grantees of the de-
ceased; that it cannot insert herein their
names because they are unknown to it; that
it cannot describe their interests or claims any
more fully or definitely than herein set out,
for the reason that the above contains all the
information and knowledge which the plain
tiff has or can obtain as to said parties, their
names, or the manner of their claims or the
extent of the same;
| That the unknown heirs, devisees and as
! signs of Edward A. Norman, deceased, are
such persons as under the laws of the State
of Missouri would inherit as next of kin of
said deceased, or are such persons as may
be named as devisees or legatees of the de-
ceased in the will of the deceased, or are
such persens as may have acquired some
right, title or interest, or claim of right, title
or interest as assigns or grantees of the said
Edward A. Norman, deceased; that the
names and number of said unknown heirs,
/ devisees and assigns are to the plaintiff un-
known; that the deed records of Iron Coun-
ty do not disclose their names or the num-
Der of the said unknown heirs, devisees or
assigns, or the interests that the said un-
known heirs, devisees or assigns may claim
in and to said property; that it is impos
sible for the plaintiff to further describe the
said parties or their interests, or TO state
more definitely or certainly whether said
parties claim as heirs, devisees or as grantees
of the deceased; that it cannot describe
their interests or claims any more fully or
| definitely than herein set out, for the reason
that the above contains all the information
and knowledge which the plaintiff has or
can obtain as to said parties, their names or
the manner of their claims or the extent of
| the same.
Plaintiff further alleges that all of the said
defendants, William G. Lea and Edward A.
Norman, are non residents of the State of
Missouri, and that the ordinary and custom
airy process Of this Court cannot be served
on the defendants in this State.
Plaintiff shows the Court that it has paid
the taxes on said property under claim of
ownership for more than ten years, and has
had possession of the same for more than
ten years next before the filing of this suit.
prays the Court to try, ascertain and to find
the title of the parties plaintiff and defend
ants in and to said lands and by its decree
to adjudge it to be the owner of the fee
simple title in and to said land, and that the
defendants have no right, title or interest in
or to said lands or any part thereof, and
that they be debarred from hereafter claim
ing any right, title or interest in and to said
lands, or any part thereof, and for such
further relief as it may be entitled to.
1t is further ordered by the Clerk afore-
said that publication be made notifying said
defendants, viz: William G. Lea, Edward
A. Norman, the unknown heirs, devisees
and assigns of William G. Lea, deceased,
the unknown heirs, devisees and assigns of
Edward A. Norman, deceased, that an ac-
ton has been commenced against them by
petition in the Circuit Court Of Iron County,
in the State Of Missouri, the object and gem
eral nature Of which is to try, ascertain and
determine the title, estate and interest OF the
plaintiff and defendants respectively, in and
to the real estate described in the plaintiffs
petition as follows, to-wit:
The south one-half Of section "a, in town.
ship 81, north, range west.
That unless said defendants be and appear
at the next regular term Of said Court, to be
begun and holden at the court house in the
City of Ironton, County of Iron, and State
of Missouri, on the fourth Monday in Oc-
tober next, 1907, and on the first day of said
term of Court, answer or plead to plaintiffs
petition, the same will be taken as con-
fessed, and judgment shall be rendered ac-
cordingly.
And it is further ordered that copy here
of be published in the IRON COUNTY REG
IsTER, weekly newspaper printed and pub
lished IN Ironton, Iron County, Missouri,
for four weeks successfully, published once
a week, the last insertion to be at least
thirty days before the first day Of the next
regular term Of this Court
JESSE M. HAWKINS, Clerk.
| Atrue copy:
Attest, with seal, this goth
[sEAL] day Of July, 1907.
! JESSE M. HAWKINS, Clerk
Iron County Circuit Court.
VIM. r. Edgar, Attorney for Plaintiff.
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