Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-02-25

I the Circuit Court of Monroe Couu.
ty, Mo.
John ]. Rogers, plaintiff,
Against
Rachel Sherman, Jacob H. Sher-
man, Edward Sherman, f. NJ
Sherman, Paul Sherman, 5. w.
Sherman, Elizabeth Summers, Paul
Summers and Katharine Summers
if living and the unknown heirs and
devisees Of as Rany as II dead Of
them, the said Rachel Sherman,
Jacob n. Sh, rman, Edward Sher-
man, Z. NJ. Sherman, Paul Sher-
man, S. w. Sherman, Elizabeth
Summers, Paul Summers and Kath-
arine Summers, defendants.
The State Of Missouri, to the above
named defendants, greeting:
Now, on this 4th day of Februa Y,
1909, in vacation of Circuit Court for
Monroe County, Missouri before
April term, 1909, OF said Circuit
Court, comes plaintiff herein by at
tOrney of record herein, before said
Clerk, and on behalf of plaintitf files
petition in suit herein, among othe
matters of action alleging:
That plaintiff is the owner in fee
simple and claims that title to the TO-
lowing real estate lying, being and
situate in the County Of Monroe aud
State Of Missouri, to-wit: The East
half of the South West Quarter of
Section Twelve in Township Fifty
Five, Range Eight West; that he is in
possession of said real estate, but
that defendants, Rachel Sherman,
Jacob H. Sherman, Edward Sher-
man, IS. w. Sherman, Elizabeth
Summers, Paul Summers and Katha-
rine Summers appear to have some
claim, interest or title OF record ad-
verse to that Of plaintiff, the precise
nature and extent of which is nm
known to plaintiff and cannot be de-
scribed except as that the same is ad-
verse and prejudicial to plaintiff.
That the said named defendants, il
living, are non-residents of the State
of Missouri and for that reason ordi.
nary process of law cannot be serv q
upon them in this State. That plain
tiff has no knowledge or information
as to whether they or any Of them are
still living and for that reason he has
joined as party defendants the un
known heirs and devisees of the sale
Rachael Sherman, Jacob H. Sher-
man, Edward Shermon, F.. NJ. Sher-
man, Paul sherman, . W. Sherman
Elizabeth Summers, Paul Summers
and Katharine Summers, or of such
of them as may be dead: that the
names of such heirs and devisees, il
any, are unknown to plaintiff and he
cannot therefor insert their names il
said petition; that the interest of said
unknown heirs and devisces, if any
is derived through their respective
ancestors or testators herein before
mentioned, the precise extent and ma
ture of their respective interests sc
derived cannot be described and sci
out for the reason that the nature and
extent thereof is not known to plain
tiff.
That the said petition is duly veri'
fed by the oath of plaintiff.
1t is therefore ordered by said clerk
that all of said defendants be notified
by publication that plaintiff by petit
ton herein filed of date February I,
1909, has commenced suit against said
defendants, the immediate object and
general nature OF which is to have de.
t fined and adjudged by Judgment and
decree of the Court the title, estate
and interest of the said parties plain
tiff and defendant in and to the above
described real estate.
And it is further ordered that said
defendants be and appear in this
Court on the first day of the next tern
thereof, to be holden at the City o.
Paris, Monroe County, Missouri, or
Monday the 18th day of April 1909
and on or before the first day OF sale
term TO answer or plead to said petit
ton, or in default therein said petit
ton will be taken and adjudged as con
fessed, aud Judgment by default will
be rendered against said defendants