The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-12-10
Os#t o, Publications
<INIEOF MISSOURI, !

county Of Ratrs.
In IN, ii4cuit Uotrt, 10 February term, 1903
In Vacation November ,th, l"s
+ g. Wits n, PlaiatlU,
50.
Isaac ~ .l.on, irhc bcllyins, anTifhc be dead,
ul-unkuuWu hrrrs, doyiscve and legal rep
rrS,utalINc5, and Ann " arr, If -hc be living
ami II she h"Grai, htr unnruWu heirs drN-
I-'r- amt i"Zal representatives, Defendants
NuW ~ TINS lay conI M platiiM herein,
Iy ul- attorney and Tile. his petition under
oath alleging among other things lna the de-
frnlau.s above mined are Un.rrsldents OF the
stat" Of Missouri and plalnun further states
that th are persons inteteetcd in TINS suit ana
in the subj Ct matter thereof whose nGntsplain-
til can not insert herein for the reason that
they are unknown to hm and that all OF the
defendants to II suit are non-residrnts OF the
state OF MssSJtfj ami that the ordinary process
OF law canf0t be servt Il upon them or either OF
them within the state Of Missouri in the man
nrr prescribed by the statutes of said state In
such cause made and provided.
NhrrcupOn, X is ordered by tn clerk In
vacation, that said defendants be notified by
publication that plaintiff has commenced suit
against them IN this court, the object ana gen
eral nature Of which Is to obtain decree OF this
court on the grounds alleged In the petition
herein to- wit: Plaintiff for his cause OF action
states that he Is the owner in fee simple and In
the peaceable and actual possession 0ffhe fol
loving described real estate situate In the
county OF bates and state OF Missouri to-wlt:
Lot four ~ of the nOrtheas. quarter Of sec
tion four a. township thirty mine f39) OF range
twenty nine t29l: That the legal and equita-
BILE title to the real estate above mentioned
emanated from the Government OF the United
states more than fifty years prior to the insti-
tuition of this suit and that the plaintiff and
those under whom he claims title TO sad land
have been In the peaceable, quiet, uninterrupt-
ed, actual. exclusive, open, notorious and ad-
verse possession thereof for more than thirty
years last past, and have paid taxes on said
real estate during all that time, and that neith-
er of the defendants, nor any person claiming
under or through them, or either OF them, has
been in the actual possession OF all or any part
OF said real estate nor paid any taxes thereon
during ell that time; nor has any OF them,or any
them claimed or asserted any right, title, claim
or interest In all or any part OF said lands nor
instituted any suit to recover said landa or any
portion thereof during Gil OF said period OF
time.
That on August 2Gth, 1860 one Harrison
Philbrick and his wife, Jane e., conveyed the
real estate herein described to one George
Poulton, who thereupon took possession there
of; that the said George Poulton continued to
own and in possession OF said real estate until
the 2nd day OF March, 1880, when the said
George Poulton departed this life intestate, and
without issue, leaving surviving him, his
widow, Charlotte Poult0n, and his brothers,
John Poulton and Isaac z, ulton, and his sister
Ann WAR; as his only heirs at law; that after
wards to-wit: On June 18th, 1881, John Foul
ton made deed to said real estate to Charlotte
ances conveyed to this plaintiff. Plain
tif further ttates there does not appear OF
record any conveyance of said real estate here
in described from the said Isaac Poulton or Ann
Worr and that therefore the said Isaac Poul-
ton II he be living. and IL he be dead his I'M
known heirs. deyisees and legal representa-
and also the said Ann War;. II she be living
and If she be dead, her unknown heirs, devlsees
and legal representatives have an apparent In
terest In the lands herein described, as heirs
Of the said George Poulton. deceased. the ap
parent interest, II any, is by Inheritance or
des ent from said George Poulton, which deed
to said Gearge Poulton was dated August %
1859. and duly recorded in Book "R'' at page
81, OF the Records OF Bats county, Missouri
and further to decree the fee simple title TO al
OF said land In the plaintiff, and that unless the
said defendants be and appear at this court. .,
the next term thereof, to be begun and holder
ct the court house In the city OF Blu Ter, In sale
county on the 6rst Monday In February, 1909
and on,oy before the nrst dsy Of said term, an
swer or plead to the petition In said cause, th'
same will b taken q eonfessed, pnd judgmen
will barendersd accordiugly.
And Il IL further ordered, that COPY hereo
be published. according 70 lsw, In TnR BurLlI
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county Of Bstss for four wssks sasosssivsly