The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-04-02
Order OF Publication.

STATE OF MISSOURI, l..
County OF Bates &C.
In the Circuit Court OF said county and state
May term 1908. In vacation, March 10th, zoos,
Order Of Publication.
Chas. S. Long. Plaintiff
Against .wJ
William McCausland and the unknown widow,
heirs at law or devlsees OF the said William
McCausland, II he is deceased; Isaiah Brown
and the unknown widow, heirs at law or dew
i.ees, Of said Isaiah Brown, II he lie deceased;
Mary NJ. Peck, John II. Peck, Margaret A.
PEEK, Francis p Peck, John l.. Peck and the
unknown widow, heirs at law or deyisees, Of
the said John Peck, If he is deceased;
james Peck and the unknown widow, heirs
At law or dovisees of said James Peck, II he
isdeceesed being devisee named in the will
Of Jacob Peck, deceased, Defendants.
Now at this day comes the plaintiff herein, by
Attorney an,o and files his petition under oath, q.
William McCausland, Isaiah Brown, Mary NJ.
Peck, John II. Peck. Margaret A Peck, Fran
els p. Peck, John L. Peck and James Peek, are
not residents OF the State OF Missouri; and al
leging, also, among other things, that he verify
believes that there are persons Interested In the
subject matter OF this suit whose names he can
not insert In his petition because they are to
him unknown. That such unknown persons
derive their interest, If any, in the land which
Is the subject matter of this suit, by Inherit
ance or devise from Defendant William Nc
Causland, as the widow. heirs at law or dew
isees of said William McCausland, and subject
to the right of plaintiff would amount to fee,
said William McCausland beirg the patentee
| for part of said land, and there not appearing
or record any deed Of conveyance thereto from
said William McCausland. Or as the widow,
heirs at law or devisees of defendant Isaiah
Brown, If he Is deceased, and such interest
would amount to fee simple title, subject to
the right and title Of this plaintiff said Isaiah
Brown being the patented for part OF said
land and there not appe airing of record, any
conveyance of such land from the said Isaiah
Brown. The patents aforesaid each evidencing
the conveyance of said land. from the Govern
ment OF the Untod States to the respective
patensees. Or as the widow, heirs at law or
deVisees OF John l.. Peck, IL he is deceased
or widow. heirs at law, or devlsee of James
Peck, II he Is deceased. Said James Peck
and John L. Peck being two of the dew
isees named in the will OF Jacob L Peck,
deceased, who by the provisions Of his
viii devised all his right, title and interest in
Peck and John l.. Peck. subject to the right
devised to their co-defendanis Mary NJ. Peck,
John II Peck, Margaret A. Peck, Francis p.
feck, 70 whom were devised estates for life in
each widow heir at law or devsee of said Will
liam McCausland. Isaiah Brown, John L,
Peck and James Peck, or the amount or value
OF the respective shares or interests cannot be
more specifically stated because the number Of
persons so interested and their respective de.
grees Of relationship, or the amount devieed TO
each, Is net known to this plaintiff.
Whereupon. 1t Is oriered by the clerk In
vacation that said defendants be notified by
publication that plaintiff has commenced q suit
against them in this court, the object and gen.
eral nature Of which Is to procure judgm
and decree Of the circuit court of said county
and state, perfecting the record title of the
plaintiff In and to the following described real
estate In Bates county, Missouri, to-wit The
west half Of the northwest quarter and the
northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of
section thirteen Q3) and the southeast quarter
OF the northeast quarter and the northeast
quarter OF the southeast quarter of section
fourteen 40, all in township (a2) Of range (SSl
in said county and state and diyesting the IA.
PENDANTS above named and mentioned, of ali
right, title, claim and interest or apparent
right, title, claim and interest in and 10 said
real estate, and vesting the same in plaintifY
and that unless the said defendants be and an
pear at this court. at the next term thereof. To
be begun and holden at the court house, in the
city OF Butler, In said county, on the fret Mon.
day In May, 1905, and on or before the Hrst dsy
OF SAID term, answer or plead to the petition In
SAID cause, the same Will be taken as confess.
ed, and Judgment will be rendered according.
y
And 1t is further ordered, that a copy hereof
pc published. according to law, in THE BUTLER
WEEKLY lines, newspaper published In said
county or Bates Tor four weeks SUCCESSFULLY,
published ct least once Q week the last inser.
lion 70 De at least thirty days before the nrst
day OF said next May term OF this court.
I. EMBREE, Circuit Clerk.
true copy from the record
witness my hand, and seal OF the
isEAL'J Ciicuit Court Of Bates county, this
10th day OF March, 1905.
so-lt I. D. EMBRkE, Circuit Clerk.