The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-06-15
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF MISSOURI lss
County Of Lafayette

County Of Lafayette IS
In the Circuit Court OF Lafayette County
Missouri, august Term, 1907, at Lexington.
George %. schowengerdt,
Plaintiff,
The ~ known heirs of John W
Moore, deceased, the unknown
heirs G. John W. Early. de-
ceased, rhomas c. Lauderdale,
W. l.. Russell, and Arnold e..
Letton, beitsOt William Laud-
erdale, deCease, Polk Porter
and Alice Is. stawell. heirs In Yaca.
William w. PCrter. O,ceased; uOn May
Virginia Z Don ton- widow Of s0,th 1907
James H. portcu Thomas H..
Dorton, Irene uort0n, Angie
norton, James 7. DOrton Jr.
Sallie i. Fitch, John NJ. Dorton,
James b. D0rtOn, children of
James L. DortOn, deceased, and
Eva DOrtOn, widow of. and Rob-
ert E.. DOrtun, Kendall Nj. Dor
ton, and Zela DOrtOu, children
OF Robert Dorton, deceased. son
of James Il. DortOn, deceased,
defendants,
Now, at this day con es the plaintiff herein
by his attorney, H. q. Wallace, and files his
petition and affidavit alleging among other
things. that defendants the unknown heirs
of John L.. Moore. deceased; the heirs of
John W Early, deceased, are unknown to
this plaintiff and that the defendants,
". L. Russell Arnold Q Letton, Polk
Porter, Alice b. seawell, John NJ. DOrton and
James Is. Dorton are nonresident of the
State of Missouri;
Whereupon, it is ordered by the Clerk Of
said Court in vacation as follows: To the
said defendants: The unknown heirs Of John
L Moore; decease dthe unknown heirs Of
John w. Early, deceased, w. l.. Russell,
Arnold G, Lection, Polk Porter. Alice ID.
Seawell John NJ. port0n and James b.. Durton
You are hereby notified by publication
thar the niniufim has apunVnppaal "a sniff
against you in this court, the object and
general nature of which is to ascertain and
determine he estate title and interest Of
SAID plaintiff ana said defendants in and tothe
following described real estate, situated IN
the County Of LAFAYETTE in the State of
Missouri, to-wit:-A tract of land described
as follows; beginning at the quarter section
corner to sections eight t) and Dine o. town
snip 6fty 6l range twenty-eight
C2s) and running thence sou h 73 "a
degrees east 1886 chains to a stake
on the old bank Of the Missouri
river, thence up said river bank no tn s.
degrees east l2.4S chains to a stake in the
middle line east and west through said sec
ton nine, thence west with said line BAG
chains TO the tegit ring. eontai ing II "a
acres; also all aCcreliUns forBtd and made
TO said l2.44 acres of land. which accretions
are more particularly described as follows:
beginning ata stake on the old river bank
a at south corner to said PA acre tract
ABOVE described, thence south 78 3-4 degrees,
east 1920 chains to the present river bank.
thence up said river bank n 40 chains to
SAID middle line Of said section nine thence
west with said line 26.0l chains to a stake on
an tse 80 @TSf S,s4G. ,s.lnOG WEN saiG oana
south % degrees. west l2.4S chains to the
beginning, containing 1886 acres more or
less said l244 acre tract and accretions
thereto above described being Off of the
North side of south half of said fractional
nine 90 townsh hip and range aforesaid.
odlG petition alleges that tie apparent title
claim of defendants herein, in and TO
SAID real estate is on account Of the title of
the ancestors OF defendants herein. which
title said ancestors failed to convey by
proper cOnyeyance,E and which apparent
title or claim OF defendants is preindicial to
plaintiff, and tGays the Court to adjudge
and decree that plaintiff is the sole owneri In
Zee simple tltl4 Of such land and real estate
ana that the defendants nor any of them.
not nave any legal right, title claim or
Interest thereto tr therein, and that the fee
title to SAID real estate be vested In
sad plaintiff by virtue OF the statute of
imitation under the provisions OF section
i2tS chapter As Il. s. 1899, and that unless said
1On resident defendants, and said unknown
defendants be End appear at this Court, at
next term thereof, to be begun and
at the Court House in the city of
Lexington. in said county, on the 9th day Of
next, and on or before the said
1rst day answer or plead to the petition in
said cause, the same will be taken as con-
tessed. and Judgment will be rendered
accordingly
And it is further ordered that a copy
hereof be published, according to law In
Jhe weekly INTELLIGENcER, a newspaper
published in said county Of Lafayette for
weeks SUCCESSFULLY, published at least
a week, the last insertion to be at least
thirty days before the first day OF said next
August 1907 term Of this Court.
j. w. SYDN0R, Circuit Clerk.
lsEAL1
A true copy from the record.
witness my hand and seal of the Circuit
Court Of Lafayette County this 18th day of
May, 1907.
j. w. SYDNOR.
e-5ts Circuit Clerk.