The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-12-24
Order II Publication
STATE OF MISSOURI, !

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County of Bates
In tn, Circuit Court, to February term, 1909
In Vacation November I'll, HOS.
F q Wilson, Plaintiff,
Isaac roulton, if he he living and lfhe be dead.
his unknown heirs, dcvisrrs aud legal rep
res natives, ana Ann War;, II she be- living
and if she hr dead, her unknown heirs dew
l-ee- AMI LEGAL representatives, Defendants,
Now Al TINS day clm"a The piAutif herein
uy his attorue, anil dies hIa petition undar
oath all ging among other things thai the de-
frnjants abpNr nGmtd are non residents OF the
state of Missouri and paintn further states
that til r" are persons Interested in his suit and
Ia the suOl ct matter thereof whose names plain
TIL can not insert her in Tor The reason that
they ar, unknown to him and ihgt all of the
defendants - this sult are nOn-residents Of III
state 0i Missouri and that the ordinary proesss
ut law cannot bc acrv upon them or either II
them within thu state of Missouri in the man
nrr prescribed by tnc statutes OF said state in
such raE-e mad" and provided
NhrreuppR, Il is ordered hy Ia clerk in
vacation that said defendants be notified by
publication that plaintiff has commenced suit
against them in TINS court. the object and gen
eral nature Of which Is TO obtain decree OF this
court GA tn" grounds alleged in the petition
herein to-W,t. Plaintiff for his cause OF action
rthtr- That nr Is TIL owner in lee siIuplp and in
the pcarrahle and actual possession Of the fol
luN NJ described real estate situate in the
county OF Bates and state Of Missouri to-wit:
lot four a. of the n0Tthea5; quarter of sec
tiOn tOar a. township thirty mine 30 of range
twenty nine l@3 hat the legal and euuita-
BILE title to the real estate above mentioned
emausted from the Government 0. the United
states u ore than fifty years prior to the insti-
tuition OF this suit and that the plaintiff and
those dnter whom he claims title to aaii land
have been IN the peaceahle. quiet uninterrupt-
ed, actual, exclusive, open, notorious and adj
verse possession thereof for more than thirty
years last past, and have paid taxes on said
real estate during ali that time and that npith-
er OF The defendants, nor any person claiming
under or through them, or ether OF them, has
been IN the actual possession of all or any part
OF sald real estate nor paid any taxes thereon
turing oil that time; nor has any OF them,o or any
one claiming under, through or for either OF
them claimed or asserted any right, title, claim
or Interest in all or any part of said lands nor
instituted any snit to recover said lands or any
portion thereof during all of said period OF
time.
That on August 10Th, 1860, ore Harrison
Phlbrck and his wife, Jane Il. conveyed the
real estate herein described to one George
Poulton, VINO thereupon took possession there
OF; that the said George Poulton continued to
own and IN possession OF said real estate until
the md day Of March, 1850, when the said
George Poulton departed this life intestate, and
without Issue, Leaving surviving him, his
Widow, Charlotte Poulton, and HE brothers,
John P0ulton and Is sac Pouiton, and his sister
Ann War; as his only helrs at law; tina. after
wards to-wt: On June 18th, lSsl John Poul-
ton made deed to said real estate 10 Charlotte
Pouiton, and afterwards by mesne convey
ances conveyed TO this plaintiff Plain
till further states the ~e 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 Ieaac Poul-
ton II he be living, and II he be dead his un-
known heirs, devisees and legal representatives
and also the said Ann War; IL she be living,
and If she be dead, her unknown heirs, devisees
and legal representatives have an apparent In
teTest1n 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 Pouiton was dated August 20.
1850, snd duly recorded In Book "Rp at page
81 OF the Records OF Bates county, Missouri,
and further TO decree the fee simple title to ali
Of said land In the plaintiff, and that unless the
said defendants be and appear at this court, st
the next term thereof, to be begun and holden
ct the couri house In the city Of Butler, In said
county on the 6rst Monday In February, 1909,
and on or before the FIRST day of said term, an.
swer or plead TO the petition in said cause, the
same will be taken as confessed, and Judgment
will be rendered accordingly.
And II Is further ordered, that COPY hereof
be published. according TO law, in THR BuTLER
WRnKLY TMks. q newspaper Published In said
county Of Bates for four weeks suscessively,