Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-14
Order of Publication.


STATE OF MISSOURI, lee
COUNTY OF IRON.
In the Circuit Court of Iron county, Mis-
souri-lo the April term, 1907.
The Sligo Furnace Co., a corporation, Plain
tiff,
Alfred Coulter, Josiah Gould, Henry II.
Sanders, Henry Sanders, Richard
O'Bryan, Richard O'Brien; the unknown
heirs, devisees and assigns of Alfred
Coulter, deceased; the unknown heirs,
devisees and assigns of Josiah Gould,
deceased; the unknown heirs, devisees
and assigns of Henry II. Sanders, de-
ceased; the unknown heirs, devisees and
assigns of Henry Sanders, deceased; the
unknown heirs, devisees and assigns Of
Richard O'Bryan, deceased; the unknown
heirs, devisees and assigns of Richard
0'Brien, deceased, Defendants.
Now at this day comes the plaintiff, the
Sligo Furnace Company, by its attorney,
VIM. R. Edgar before the undersigned
clerk of the circuit court Of Iron county,
Missouri, in vacation, and files herein its
petition duly verified by the affidavit of {.
L. Rogers, vice president of the aforesaid
Sligo Furnace Company, setting forth that
it is a corporation under the laws OF the
State Of Missouri.
Plaintiff further alleges that the plaintiff,
the Sligo Furnace Co., a corporation, owns
and claims to own the fee simple title to the
following described lands in the county Of
Iron, State of Missouri, to-wit:
The west one-half of lot one ofthe north
west quarter, and the southwest quarter of
section 3, in township "a, north, Of range 2
west, and lot 3 and the west one-half Of lot
q of the northeast quarter, and lots 3 and a
of the northwest quarter, and lot 5 of the
northeast quarter, and lot s of the northwest
quarter, and lots e and 7 of the northwest
quarter Of section 1, township 81, north, of
range 2 west.
Plaintiff further alleges that the defend
ants are asserting or claiming some right,
title or interest in and to said lands adverse
to, and which is a cloud on the title of the
plaintiff.
Plaintiff further alleges that there are per-
sons asserting or claiming some right, title
and interest in and to said lands adverse to
the plaintiff, whose names are unknown to
plaintiff, and whose names mo be in
serted herein as defendants, because their
names are unknown to plaintiff.
Plaintiff further alleges that the unknown
heirs, devisees and assigns Of Alfred Coult-
er, deceased, are such persons as under the
laws of the State of Missouri would inherit
as the next of kin of said deceased, or are
such persons as may be named as devisees
or legatees of the deceased in the will of
deceased, or are such persons as may have
acquired ONE right, title or interest
or claim of right, title or interest
as assigns or grantees of the said
Alfred Coulter, 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 interest that the said un-
known heirs, devisees or assigns may claim
in and to said property; that it is impossible
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 assigns or
grantees of the deceased; that it cannot in
sert herein their names because they are I'M
known to it; that it cannot describe their
interest or claims any more fully or definite
ly 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 the said parties, their names,
or the manner of their claims or the extent
Of the same.
Plaintiff further alleges that the unknown
heirs, devisees and assigns of Josiah Gould,
dqraacR1 are cuph parcnng nc ,,nIar tba
laws of the State of Missouri would inherit
as the next of kin of said deceased, or are
such persons as may be named as devisees
or legatees of the deceased in the will Of de-
ceased, or are such persons as may have ac-
quired some right, title or interest or claim
of right, title or interest as assigns or grantees
of the said Josiah Gould, deceased; that the
names and number of said unknown heirs,
deyisees and assigns are to the plaintiff un-
known; that the deed records of Iron coun-
ty do not disclose their names or the number
of the said unknown heirs, devisees or as
signs, or the interest that said unknown heirs,
devisees 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
deceased; that it cannot insert herein their
names, because they are unknown to III;
that it cannot describe their interests or
claims any more fully Or defnitelythan here
in set out for the reason that the above con-
tains all the information and knowledge
which the plaintiff has or can obtain as to
the said parties, their names Or the manner
Of their claims or the extent Of the same.
Plaintiff further alleges that the unknown
heirs, devisees and assigns Of Henry III.
Sanders, deceased, are such persons as UNI