Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-19

In the circuit court of Iron county, Missouri, in
vacation, July 10Th, 1909.
The State of Missouri, at the relation and to the
use of j. N. Lewis, collector of the revenue of
Iron county, Missouri,
against
Henry Berry, William w. Hopkins, the unknown
heirs of William W. Hopkins, deceased.
faction to enforce lien for taxes.)
Now at this day comes the plaintiff, j. N. Lewis,
collector of the revenue of Iron county, Missouri,
and files his petition and affidavit, setting forth
among other things, that the defendant William
W. Hopkins is a nonresident of the state of Mis-.
souri,. and that he cannot be served with summons
in said state Plaintiff states that the defendant,
William w. Hopkins, has not been heard Of for
many years that plaintiff is not informed whether
he be living or deadI that if he be dead his heirs,
or If he died leaving q will, his devisees are in.
terested in the subject matter of this petition;
that the names OF such heirs or devisees, or both,
cannot be inserted herein because they are I'M
known to plaintiff; that the said William w.
Hopkins, was the record owner of the land de.
sciibed herein, but plaintiff has no information
except as herein stated of the nature of the in.
terest and estate in said land owned by said
William W. Hopkins and therefore is unable to
particularly describe the same, and that in the
event OF the death of the said William W.. Hopkins,
his said heirs and devisees have, by descent or
devise, succeeded to said interest and estate Of the
said William w. Hopkins, from whom their in.
terest in the property herein described is derived,
1t is, therefore, ordered by the clerk of the circuit
court of Iron county, Missouri, in vacation, that
publication be made notifying said defendants that
an action has been commenced against them in the
circuit court of said county, the object and general
nature Of which is to enforce the lien of the state
Of Missouri, on the following real estate, belonging
to the said defendants, for back taxes for the years
1904 1905, 1906 and 1907 to wit.
The southwest quarter of the northwest quarter,
section 20, township 81, north, range A east. 80
acres, in Iron county, Missouri.
Gan itemized statement in the nature of q tax
Dill showing the amount Of taxes, interest and costs
now due on said real estate for the years aforesaid,
amounting in the aggregate to the sum of $5 .01,
is filed with said petition as provided by law.
And unless they be and appear al the next term
OF said court to be holden for the county Of Iron,
and state Of Missouri, at the courthouse in said
county, on the fourth Monday in October next,
ll909l and ON or before the third day thereof (if
the term shall so long continue; and, if not, then
before the end of the terml, and plead, answer, or
denur to said plaintiffs petition, the same will be
taken as confessed, judgment rendered in accord
ance with the prayer Of said petition, and spid real
estate, or so much thereof as may be necessary to
satisfy said Judgment, interest and costs, be sold
under a special Reri facias to be issued thereon.
Its further ordered that a copy hereof be pub.
lished according to law in the IRON COUNTY REG.
lsrER, a weekly newspaper published in said
county Of Iron, and state of Missouri,
j, M. HAWKINS, Clerk.
A true copy;
Attest, with seal, this Goth day of July 1909.
(sEAL JIM. HAWKINS, Clerk
Iron County Circuit Court.