Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30

state Of Missouri

Elmira Taylor Young, Mary Young,
Thanny Ann Young, Nancy Jane
Young, Ellen Young the heirs at
law of Thornton Young, deceased,
or II they be not living their I'M
known heirs. $500. Defendants.
THE STATE OF MISSOURI TO THE
Greetings:
Your are hereby notified that on
this November 23rd, 1909, plaintif
filed with the Clerk of the Audratn
County Circuit Court, in vacation, his
petition, duly verified by affidavit.
wherein among other things plaintiff
alleges that he is In possession of and
holds title to certain real estate
drain and State OF Missouri
described as follows, to-wit:
The West half Q-2) of the South
East quarter Q-D, and ten and fifty
eight one hundredths Q0.5S) acres,
being a part of the East half Q-2l Of
the South East quarter Q-4) OF Sec
ton Thirty-five $3.50 Township Fifty
two (52), North of Range Ten (1O),
west of the 9Th P. M. bounded and des-
cribed as follows: Begin at the South
West corner of said east half Oh
of the South East quarter Q-4, and
run thence East along the Section line
Three Hundred and forty (34O) links,
then north to a point on the north
line of said quarter section one hun
bred and eighty-nine $50 links East
of the North West corner OF said East
half (1-2) of the South East quarter
Q-4, thence west one hundred and
eighty-nine (1S9) links to said north
west corner, thence South along the
west line of said East half Q-2) Of
the South East quarter Q-4) to the
point of beginning, all the above des-
cribed lands are being and situated in
Section Thirty-five 1851 Township
Fifty-two 1927, North Range Ten 1O),
West of the 5th p. NJ. in Audrain
County, Missouri, containing in all
905S acres more or less as per
original survey; That the title to all
of said lands is vested in plaintiff and
those under whom he claims by limi-
tation under the provisions Of Section
426S, Revised Statutes of Missouri for
1899 and the equitable title thereto
emanated from the United States
Government more than thirty years
ago; and that plaintiff and those I'M
der whom he claims have been In the
lawful. actual, open, notorious, con-
HO1
session thereof claiming said lands
and paving all taxes thereon for more
than thirty years.
And plaintiff in said petition fur
Their states that the heirs of said
Thornton Young, deceased, appear 70
have a claim to title of record adverse
to that of plaintiff, in this, to-wit:
said Thornton Young obtained rec
ord title to said lands herein des-
cribed by deed of warranty from
Thomas j. Davis and wife, Mary Ann,
dated January 18th, 1855, and filed
the same for record and said deed was
recorded in Book "E'' page 1893, Deed
Records of Audrain county; that
in 1856 said Thornton Young
died intestate, leaving widow,
Sarah Young, and his lawful
heirs, Elmira Taylor Young
Mary Young, Thanny Ann Young
Nancy Jane Young. and Ellen Young
as his heirs, Sarah Young, the widow
subsequently married one John Maggie
and she and her husband, John Magic
conveyed by Quit-claim deed all her
right, title and interest in and to said
lands on October 5th, 1868, as appears
of record in Book IN" page 129, Re-
corder's office in Audrain County
Missouri, that in the year 1859, GER
tain judicial proceedings were COM
menced in the Audrain County Cir
cult Court by the administrator of the
estate of Thornton Young, deceased
together with the heirs herein named
as the plaintiffs against one James N
Rodman and certain orders of publ
cation were had in said Court with
view of disposing Of and selling saic
lands herein by judicial sale where
in James N. Rodman was alleged Il
be nonresident of the State of Mis-
souri, and said publication was vague
and defective in this, 1t failed to pro
perly describe said land and the Judg
ment entered insaid cause failed Il
recite that said Rodman was duly
served with process and the descrip
ton of said land in said proceedings
were vague, indefinite and uncertain
by reason whereof there Is cloud OF
plaintiffs record title
Plaintiff further alleges that saiC
Thornton Young died interstate more
than thirty years ago and that tht
names of the unknown heirs of salt
Thornton Young other than thos'
named herein. If any there be, are un
known to plaintiff and for that reason
he can not insert their names herein
that the interests of said unknown
persons, if any, is that of the heirs o
said Thornton Young and is derived
through said Thornton Young as theii
ancestor,
Plaintiff further says that the in
terest of said unknown persons can
not be described more fully by hin
because their interests is unknown
and all of whose names and places o
residence are unknown to him. Blu
plaintiff verify believes that all of salt
defendants are non-residents of tn
State of Missouri.
1t Is therefore ordered by the Clerl
OF The Audrain County Circuit Court
IN vacation. that publication be mad
herein notifying the defendants afore
said that plaintiff has commenced sui
against them in the Audrain Count.
Circuit Court, the object and genera
nature of which Is to obtain q deere