The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-30
Order o, Publication,

county Of BALES.
In the Circuit court, october Term, iEO>, In
Vacation July lst i!H'>.
". ~. GoOch, Plalnaf.
We.
William Rile, Hunt IL living. The uahnown
heir Of Will IA n y Hunt, If dead, Francis
Marion Hurt, II living aud his unknown
hpirs il dead, Martin '. Hunt, " living,
and MS unknown t,.irs. il deaf. Madison
Hunt 10 li>ing, aud has unknown heirs u
dead, Humphrey Iiunt. If living, AMI his an.
Known heirs, if drai, Hamilton Burris, II
living ami HE unknown heirs, II deal,
I-sLrlla Bl,the iflVing, and her unknown
heirs, # dead Ptud, nee Lackey, II living,
and her unknowa heirs, II lead, Esetcr hll-
ridge, il living, Sni her unknown heirs, II
deaf, NlllAm Hurrls, II living, and his I'M
known .hrirs, it lead, Epas RGrris, II
living, ant his unknown heirs. IL deai,
Thomas Rurr,, il living, and his IN
known heirs, it dead, Jackson kurris,
Itliving and his unknown heirs, II dead
The unknown hrirs uf Nancy Hunt, The un-
known heir of MARGARET Mcrora, Lyman J..
trak"s and lulisna, his wife, 4 LIVING, ANA
tNrir unknown hrirs, il deaf Joel j. lrakr{
4 living and hs unknown heirs, u lral,
Inc unknown heirs of \ ConilRgo aDd Viii
am Page. Defendants
Now al this day comes the plalntlu hr-rin, 10y
hi- attorney lhos. j smith, aud hlr- MS l,'u-
tton duly verified by plaintiff AFFIDAVIT allrg-
ing among other things that tn l"sM ani
equitable titit to the real estate to Bate coun-
~, Missouri described ~ the
East half Of the suUthwr~t quarter
AMI southeast quarter ut the north.
west quarter, both in section iN"u-
weight ~, township tartN .wo
~, rang wrnty nine en- In Bates
County, Missouri,
,mAnatrl from the gen raj government more
than thiriy.hNr years hitherto ha, plainiln
IN fact owns and has the legal title thUrrt lAul
thNt H. and IN ST. under whom h. claimsth-
Ntl+ have been IN the open, continuous, al.
Y,rso ami exclusive posses Ion thereof tor more
than thiTt' hNry ars last past, during when
tIut none Of the defendants, or any one under
whom thry cuuld claim I'M" thereto, have been
loo the possession thereof nor paid any taxes as
su-srd against tn" same.
Nni on information ami belief tn platntlr IN
hjs petition states that thr several defendants
above nam 4 VII 'sc unknown heirs are 81
.oiurd a. parties defendant, are dead, AMI shat
rht names Ut their respective ne - are un.
X. own sni for hat reason cannot he Inherited
ia tur petition, hui because he cannot state th'
fact Of such deaths definitely amt certain, NJ
pleads IN the allrrl attvr as In said defendants
Ant ihv'r heir, aud state, further nat sa'i
named defendants, including william rage II
NNnE, are Log residents of the tate of his-
s'UrI
That IA, interests u said heirs In the suhjrc,
ma ter ut ths petition was derived by inherit
snrr trom ihrlr respective parrnle a. nalrl,
ana trat such Interest consists only IN the facl
that The plaintiff rrcar' TILE said ahoNn
tn-crtuvi real estate - Imperfect htcaur" OF
tnu following drracts, tn,wt
Thomas bWrflS ~, hNt tNt gAl III NJ the
tiu, oi his death In the year lsi; 10 an undiyid-
ri unr-half Interest tn thu so theast quarter OF
'r uurthWr-, quarter above described ieaN-
lux aid estate, subject to / life estate ~ his
Wntul,, IN ,yAA lart- t. MS ten children, to-
W.T.. Isabella blythe Prudence l.ockey, E-rtcr
III ridge, William Burris Elias Rurrs, Ham
i" on Nurrs Thomas Burr- Jackson Vurrs
Naury Hunt aud Margaret NcCora That said
Nancy Hunt Afterwards died leaving her hus-
band, Humphrey Hunt and William Riley
Hunt, Franc Marion tlunt, Martin '. Hunt
ant Madison VI. Hunt ~ her chlhlren
That said Humphrey Hunt, Martin V, Hunt
aul Nats0u VI, Hunt on November ., lNoO,
90 ,"rtOlk 70 convey heir interest in taiA real
u-iAtr to Joel ". scars, Ii her VIII m plaintiff
rlatms title. which Iced ID OF r. ord IN thu Of
.cr ct thr Recorder OF he ct, IN Bates county.
Hi--outi in book g. at page lId, hut which
saii d,rl Is insufficient on account ct informal
IS at DIES rpt.on Of interest conveyed to con
We, tn. Interest OF iii parties In ant 10 SAID
rrI estate That said Hamilton Iiurri- by
drrl of came dat and rccor ted in same book
s. page llG undertook 10 convey his M rest in
sai rcai rstat''o the 1T joel y Scars but
,hich decd Is sls for the sam Tvaeun insuli
cirut to convey The proper tide.
rT-Nr tyTUEH r. f-r Ks and MS VIE tUi'Hna,
h4 decd OF same late ami rccurdrd IN the same
book At ppeclli undertook 10 cpnlr, their in.
t,rrst in srt real est lie, bu which sail deed
. ir tor the -anc reason ms NH lent to convey
proper IT'LL.
That iorlJ lrshcy is shown by the records
u' me- Rocortrr's office Of Bates county, Mis-
soar to have entered 'hr southeast quarter OF
She southwest quarter Of saIi section in the
J"at ~ an Is not shown TO haNr ever IN re-
after rrlmgui-hrt his inter -. And tina there
after on Mar'h /, $50 said real estate was
pat ntrh by the Gay rnncnt of the Tinted
States to fsthrr +. Murrry, under whom plain
TN claims title, which saId rnir ~ II appears
ui record in "a Il county, plaintn on int fma-
ton and bile safes IN his pc III N 10 have been
m error, but being PRIOR entry constitutes an
irrnnhrance or cloud upon tn" plaintiffs title
10 SAID real estate
Plaintiff further states in said petition hat
Whatever interest, If any, said LoAkry u qulr-
ed 30 sad real estate WAS 10y she sheriff of Oates
COUNTY, Missouri under execution issued on a
Judgment OF the circuit court OF said county on
October 80 ISIS, eOll to \. CumlngO VINO )
sine" died ami to whom a deed WAS made by
said 81, rin n recorded in the onc" Of the
Recorder of ptrtl of said county In book 80"
at - 10.
Inc plaintiff states that he has set forth as
ahpv. the Interest," OF the several unknown
parties in and 10 the subject mater of this ac-
ton as definitely rs can be done 10y MIN
Whcrcupon il Is ordered by the clerk of this
court II. vacation that defendants be titled by
publication that plaintiff has commenced suit
sga.nst them in this court, the object AM gen
rrai nature of which are to have the intere sis
OF the several parties in this action in md 10
tn abo real estate ascer.aincd and defined,
and asking that the defendants AMI each OF
Tia M tc Invested of all real and apparent inter-
rsi in, and title to said real state and that
tn same be vested in the plaintiff and that
plaintiff as against the defendants and each Of
them be decrrrd to have the fee 5imple title to
said real e5tate and every part thereof
Nnd that UnIrEs The SAID deTenIantS he aud
appear In this court ut the next term thereof to
b. begun and holden at the Cart house in the
civ IT Butter in said county on T. q first Mon
lay in October. hs and on or before the first
lay of said term, answer or plea to the petit
ton IN said cause me same Will b" taken as con-
fessrd and Judgment rendered accordingly
II il further ordered that u copy hereof be
publ shed according to law in The BUruEH
WEEKLY TIMES, newspaper published in said
county of Bates for four weeks successfully
publ shed at least once II week, the last inser
ton 10 be at least thirty DAYS before tie first
day OF said next October term 1905 o: this court
T ID. EMBREE, City Clerk.
\ true copy from the record. Witness my
lsEALl hand and seal Of the Circuit Court OF
Bates county, this nth day Of July,
1905 T. ID EMBRER,
SIT Circuit Clerk.