Mexico Missouri message., 1908-04-30
Order of Publication.
STATE OF MISSOURI, /

STATE OF MISSOURI,
COUNTY or AUDRAIN.
In the Circuit Court, JUNE term, 1908.
James II. Parrish, Plaintiff
vs..
The Unknown heirs and devIsees
Of William W. Stone, deceased,
or those claiming by, through
or under him or them, Defendants.
Now this March 18th, 1908, comes
plaintiff and dies petl ton duly verified
by affidavit, with the Clerk OF the
Audrain County Circuit Court In vacation
wherein among other things plaintiff
alleges that on or about May LIST, 1884
the United States issued letters patent
whereby IL gave and granted unto Will
liam w Stone aud Robert II. Stone and
their heirs the following described land
Audrsin County, Missouri, to-wlt: The
Southeast quarter U4)lof Section Twenty.
four l24l, Township Fifty-twO (5s), Range
Twelve(I2); that thereafter on November
25th, 1883, the said William W, Stone
attempted 20 convey ny Warranty Deed,
his undivided one-half lntsFeat In said
lands 70 Robert II. Stone, that said decd
failed 70 convey said ont: hall Interest
aforesaid, bso8us9 the description Ia said
deed failed 70 glv0 any Township and
Range; that thereafter the said Robert
| II. Stone claiming said land In iOa and
| being In possession thereof, conveyed the
east One hundred acres Of said tract on
| Nov. end, 1887 70 Jeptha Baker, who ca
Tered Into possession OF said land aud the
said Jeptha Baker thereafter conveyed
| said land aud by meana conVeyaucns from
| the said Baker this plaintiff has acquired
title 20 the following described portion
of said tract. viz; beginning at thu south
west corner OF the said southeast quarter
| Fifty-two l5s) Range ~, and run east
i Sixty rods for the beginning, thence east
| sixty rods, thence north 70 the middle
| limo OF the aantiop, thence west sixty rods,
thenG0 south 70 tho beginning, containing
Sixty lfAl) RePes.
And Plaintiff in said Dstltlon states tina.
William w. Stone has long since departed
this life, without having conveyed the
tract Of land herein last describe d, b.
whether he died testate Or intesta q
plaintiff does not know, but that plalntl 4
believes that said william w. Stone, left
surviving him divers persons as heirs OF
devisees whose names and places OF resi-
dence are wholly unknown 70 this plain.
tiff aud for that reason cannot be inserted
herein; that upon the death OF said VII
liam w, Stone, the title 10 said 20 acr,
tract OF land descended 10 and vested Ii
hls unknown heirs or was devised 10 un.
known persona who stu appear 70 be tbs
owners tbeFeol end as sqe4 tq oe interest
sS "a yS SssagIs So pItPss9 q saIS deIeSa
ants 10 ssld lana, save and axpept as as
parent owners w lnh0FitsHge OF doYlae
That plalntlli and his gEantoFs have beeI
In the actual. opon, continuous, n0tOfi0ul
and exclusive possession OF said 90 acre
tract Of land, claiming 10 own the same
aud that the defendants have who'll,
failed 10 pay any taxes on said lands, bul
the came have been paid by the plaintiff
and those under whom he claims.
n Is therefore ordered by the Clerk o
the Audrain County Circuit Court, in va
cation, that publication b. made herell
notlfglnR the defendants aforesaid, tina
suit has been commenced against them Ii
the Audraln County Circuit Court, thi