Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-03-04
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
IN VACATION.

STATE OF MISSOURI, }ss
COUNTY OF MONROE,
Ii the Circuit Court OF Monroe Coun.
~, Mo.
John j. Rogers, plaintiff.
Against
Rachel Sherman, Jacob H. Sher-
man, Edward Sherman, +. NJ
Sherman, Paul Sherman, s. w.
Sherman, Elizabeth Summers, Paul
Summers and Katharine Summers
if living and the unknown heirs and
devisees OF as many as are dead of
them, the said Rachel Sherman,
Jacob H. Shit rman, Edward Sher-
man, T.. M. Sherman, Paul Sher-
man, S. W. sherman, Elizabeth
Summers, Paul Summers and Kath-
arine Summers, &c endants
The State of Missouri, to the above
named defenda' to, 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 plaintiff files
petition in suit herein, among othe
matters of action alleging:
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simple and claims that title to the FOL-
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, +. M. Sherman, Paul Sher.
man, S. 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 I'M
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. i
living, are non.residents OF the Stat,
of Missouri and for that reason ordi
nary process of law cannot be serv
upon them in this State. That plain
; tiff has no knowledge or information
as to whether they or any Of them ar
still living and for that reason he ha
joined as party defendants the I'm
known heirs and devisees OF the sal
Rachael Sherman, Jacob II. Sher
man, Edward Sherman, z NJ. Sher
man, Paul sherman, s. W. Sherman
Elizabeth Summers, Paul summer
z and Katharine Summers, or OF sue
of them as may be dead; that tn
names of such heirs and devisees,
4 any, are unknown to plaintiff and h
cannot therefor insert their names i
said petition; that the interest of sal
4 unknown heirs and devisees, if any
is derived through their respectiv
ancestors or testators herein befor
mentioned, the precise extent and ma
ture of their respective interests s
derived cannot be described and sc
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 cler
4 that all of said defendants be hottie
5 by publication that plaintiff by pet
+ ton herein filed of date February
1909, has commenced suit against sal
= defendants, the immediate object an
, general nature of which is to have dc
I fined and adjudged by Judgment an
: decree of the Court the title, estat
y and interest of the said parties plain
tiff and defendant in and to the abov
described real estate.
q And it is further ordered that sal
defendants be and appear in thi
Court on the first day of the next teri
thereof, to be holden at the City c
Paris, Monroe County, Missouri, o
Monday the 18th day of April 1905
and on or before the first day OF sal
n term to answer or plead to said peti
S ton, or in default therein said pet