The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-06-22
ORDER OF PUBLICATION,
STATE OF MISSOURI !

STATE OF MISSOURI Ia,
COUNTY OF LAF AYETTE 90
In the Circuit Court of Lafayette County,
Missouri, August Term, 1907, at Lexington.
John j. Woodruff, Plaintiff
VS.. In vacation
The unknown heirs of Nor June 9th, 1907.
gan Day, deceased, De-
PENDANTS,
Now at this day comes the plaintiff herein
by his attorney, H. G. wallace and nles his
petition and affidavit, alleging, among other
things, that defendants, the heirs OF Morgan
Day' deceased, are unknown to this plaintiff,
WhereupOn, 1t is ordered by. the Clerk or
said Court in vacation as tolloWs' 10 tne
said defendants: The heirs OF
Morgan Day, deceased,
Won are hereby notified that the plaintiff
has commenced a suit against yen IN this
court,the object and general nature OF which
Is To obtain a decree correcting and reform
ing the description in a certain deed made by
MSrgan Day and Lucinda Day his wife, to
| Alfred Jones of date March attn, 1872, and
recorded in book H. page 266, IN the record
er's ONCE of said county, conveying NWA
NWl4 NW1-4 section 80 township OIL range
"a containing 34.92 acres, in said county, so
that the description In said deed of said real
estate shall read the NWl-4 OF the NWl-4
section 80, township 81 range ~; containing
Ia. g2 acres as was Intended TO De described
and conveyed therein. Plaintiff alleges that
he is the owner of the fee simple title 70
the said NW1-4 NWl4 section 80 township
/ 81 range 2B, by reason Of mesne conveyances
conveying such title to him. and that he and
those under whom he claims title have been
in the actual, open, notorious, ADVERSE ana
neaceable possession Of said Ia "a section
claiming that title to same for over 30
years, and have paid all taxes thereon dur
inp such time and that the apparent title OF
said defendants in said real estate is on
account of their ancestor Morgan Day
having failed to convey said ana by proper
description. Plaintiff further prays Ihe
Court To adiudee and decree that plaintiff is
Inc sole ownerin fee simple title to NWl-l
NWI-4 said section aforesaid, and that
~fenda or either OF them do nothaye any
iepaI. right title, claim or interest therein
and that the title 10 said land be vested In
said plaintiff by virtue OF me statute s9Sii
imita ions under provisions OF section 42b'
s. 1899. and that unless said defendants
the unknown heirs of Morgan DaY, deceased
he and appear at this court, at the mex
term thereof, to be begun and holden at TN
court house in the city of Lexington, in salt
county, on the 9Th day OF August, next, An'
on or before the said LIST day answer or pleas
10 the petition In said cause, the same. WI
be taken as confessed, and judgment VIII o
rendered accordingly.
And IL IS further ordered that q cop
i hereof be published, according 10 law !
q the Weekly l~ntelligeneer, a newspaper pun
: lished In said county of Lafayette Tor lou
weeks successfully published at least ono
a week, the last insertion TO be al leas
S thirty DAYS before the first day OF said nel
n Au1 nst term of this court.
y j. W. SYDNOR Circuit Clerk,
Atrne copy from the record.
Wi ness nv hand and seal OF the Circu
h Court OF Lafayette County this 5th day
june, 1907. NJ ex,nNop
s-st4 Circuit Clerk,