The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-08-06
Order OF Publication.
STATE OF MISSOURI,
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county Of Bates.
In the Circuit Court. october Term, 1905. In
Nacston July LIST lsi>.
". ". Gooch, Plaintiff,
William Riley Hunt II living, The unknown
heir, of will IA Ri ey Hunt, If dead, Francis
Marion Hurt, il living AMI his unknown
hrirs. II dead, Narun v Hunt, II living
and his unknown Eeirs, il dead. Madison NJ
Hunt IL Ii ing, and his unknown heirs IL
dead, Humphrey Hunt ifhvlng, and his I'M
Known heirs, itdesd, Hamilton Burris, II
living, ami his unknown heirs, II d5ai,
Isabella Blythe II living, and her unknown
heirs, II dead, Prudt nee Lackey. IL living,
and her unknown heirs, If dead, Eseter Ed
ridge, IL living. and her unknown heirs. III
dead, William Burris, II living, and his UNI
known heirs. 1t dead, Elias Burris, u
living amt his unknown heirI, IL dead,
thomas Burr,s. ii living, and his un'
known heirs, il dead, jackson Burris,
II living, and his unknown hairs, II dead
The unknown heirs of Nancy Hunt, The I'M
known heirs OF Margaret Mct'ora, Lyman 7.
brakes and Juliana. his wife, il living, and
thrir unknown heirs, II deal joel j, Lcakey'
flivng. and his unknOMn heirs, u dead
The unknown heirs Of A. Comngo and Will
IAN Page. Defendants
Now this day comes the plaintiff herein, by
hs attorney, rhOs j smith, ant ~ his neil-
ton duly verified by plaintiffs affidavit alltg,
ing among other things that the legal ami
.lu,tshle little Il the real estate In Bates coun-
~, Missouri, described as the
East half of the southwest quarter
and southess; quarter Ot the north
west quarter, both in section TWEEN
weight t2>l, township iorty-'wo
a. rang. wen'y niue en-, IN Bates
County, Missouri,
,manatad from the gen raj government more
han thIr,y.hNc years hitherto. That plaintiff
IN fact owns and has the legal title thereto aud
that hr and those under whom he claims this
title have been in the oprn, continuous, adj
Y, rsp and eNclusiN" posses Ion thereof for more
than thirty. live y ara last past, curing which
time none of the defendants, or any one under
whom they could claim title thereto, have been
m the possession thereof nor paid any taxes as
scssed against the same,
Ard on information and belief the plaintiff In
his petition states that the several defendants
above nam Il whose unknown heirs are a'so
ilnrd as parties defendant, are dead, and that
IN, names ct their respective he rs are I'M
Known and for that reason cannot be inserted
lu the petition, bur because he cannot state the
fact OF such deaths definitely and certain, he
uIrals Ia the alter alive as to said attendants
and their heirs and states further that said
named defendants, including William Page, II
liy,us, are Ion residents OF the state Of Mis-
sour
That the interests 0f said heirs in the subject
matter of this petition was derived by Inherit
ancr from their respective parcuts as named I,
aud that such interest consists only in the fact
that The plaintiff record title q said ab0v.
drscrlhci real estate is Imperfect because OF
the following defects, tO'wit
Thomas BurTis Sr. had the l. gal title at the
tiuln OF his death In the year lS41 TO an undivid.
ed one.half interest In the southeast quarter of
the northwest quarter above described, leav-
ing sSid estate, subject to I life estate OF his
widow, in equal Iarts to his ten children, to-
wit Isabella Blythe, Prudence lackey, Eseter
Nj ridge, William Burris Elias Burris, LAM
lion Burrls, Thomas Burris, Jackson Rurrs
Nancy Hunt and Margaret NcCort, That said
Nancy Hunt afterwards died leaN ing her hus-
-. D.a... A. q Inv
Hunt, Francis Marion Hunt, Martin V. Hunt
ami Madison u. Hunt In her children,
That said Humphrey Hunt, Martin V. Hunt
AM Natison VI, Hunt ON November -, lsi0,
undertook to convey lheir interest In said real
estate To Jocl W. ~edrs, uldcr whom plaintiff
claims title, which deed ls Of record In the OF
Ice Of the Recorder Of Deeds in Bates county
Missouri, in book O. at page liz but which
said deed Is insunirit NJ on account of Informal
is Of DIES r!ltiOn of lntcrett conveyed 10 con
W the interest OF Id parties In ami to said
resi- estate That said Hamilton Burris by
dtcl of came dat and recorded In same boob
~ page ll6 unicr COX to convey his interest IN
said rcai rstatrto the ia joel ~ Sears buI
which deed IL sls1 for the same reason iasuili'
cicut to convey the proper tide.
That Lyman l.. Fir ,kes and his wife, Iuliana,
by deed of same date and recorded IN the same
book al p ge ia, undertook 70 cnnreI their in
trrrst in said real csttte, but which said deed
IS for the same reason insIM lent TO convey
proper title.
mat Joel j lirAkpy Is ShOW n 10y the TpCOrus
Of She Recorders office of Bates county, Mis-
soari TO have entered the southeast quarter Of
the southwest quarter OF said section in thu
year 1854 ant Il not shown TO have ever there
ait-r rellnguishe his interest,", ANA lhat there
after on Marth ! le1N said real estate was
patented by the Government of the United
STATES to sthrr +. Murray, under whom plain
TIT claims title, which sad eatry n II appears
OF record in sad county, plaintiff on Inf rma
tion and bile, states IN his petition to have been
an error, but being prior entry constitutes al
incumbrance or cloud upon the plaintiffs title
to said real estate.
Plaintiff further states in said petition hat
whatever interest, IL any, said Leakey a quir-
ed to sad real estate was by the sheriff of Bates
county, Missouri, under execution issued on q
Judgment OF the circuit court OF said county on
october 80 1865, SOLD to A. Cumngo. VINO h 6
since died and to whom a deed was made by
said sh1 rid a Il recorded in the office of the
Recorder Of Deeds of said county in book "O''
at pggc iij,
The plaintiff states that he has set forth q:
above the Interests ol the several unknown
parties in and TO the subject mater of this ac-
ton as definitely ne can be done by him
Whereupon it Ia ordered by the clerk of thi.
court IL vacation that defendants he notified by
publication that plaintiff has commenced suit
against them in this court, the object and. gen
eral nature of which are TO have the Interest;
of the several parties In this action in and e
the abo5e real estate ascer;ained aud defined,
and asking thai the defendants and each oil
tn IN be Invested of ali real and apparent inter
est in, and title to said real estate and thai
the same be vested In the plaintiff and thai
plaintiff as against the defendants and zach oil
be deeread 10 AaHp-tha Tea simple ii tie Il
said real g state and every part thereof.
And that unless the said defendants be and
appear In this court at the next term thereof Il
b. begun and holden at the caurt house in the
city Of Butler in said county on TIE first Mon.
day In October, igs, and on or before the flrs
DAY Of said term, answer or plea TO the petit
tiun in said cause the same will be taken ss con.
ftesed and judgment rendered accordingly.
IL is further ordered that q copy hereof b,
published according to law in The BUrsEI
WEEKLY TlNKs, a newspaper published in sait
county Of Bates for four weeks successfully
published at least once week, the last inser
ton to be at least thirty days before the frs
day OF said next october term 1905 of this court
L. ID. EMBREE, City Clerk.
\ true copy from the record. Witness mi
IskAL hand and seal OF the Circuit Court O
Bates county, this 18th day OF July
1915. L. ID EMBREE,