Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

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and legatees of William II. Will
liams, deceased; Madison II.
Price, if living, and If dead, the
unknown heirs, devisees and
legatees of Madison II. Price,
deceased; Nancy j. Price, If
living and if dead, the unknown
heirs, devisees and legatees of
Nancy j. Price, deceased; William
J. Price, il living, and if dead,
the unknown heirs, devisees
and legatees of William J.
Price, deceased; and the un-
known heirs, deyisees and
legatees of George NJ. Castelow,
deceased, ............ Defendants.
The State of Missouri to the above
named Defendants, Greetings:
Now at this day comes Clarence
| A. Barnes, attorney for Mary A.
Hodges plaintiff in the above enti-
tied cause and presents to the Court
plaintiffs duly verified petition, this
day filed with the Clerk of said Court,
alleging and setting forth among
other things that she is the owner
in fee and in the lawful possession of
the following described real estate
situated in the city of Mexico, in the
County of Audrain in the state of
Missouri, to-wit: Lot ten 10), block
one %, Lakenan & Barnes Addition
to the city of Mexico, Missouri.
That on or about the --- day Of
April, 1885. Eliza e. Castelow pur-
chased said real estate from Colby
T. Quisenberry, paying the purchase
price thereof. and accepted a deed
conveying said real estate to her then
husband, George NJ Castelow, who
held the title to same in trust for
said Eliza Il. Castelow; that after
| wards, and on or about the day
of --, 1885, the said George NJ.
Castelow died intestate in Audrain
County, Missouri, leaving as his
heirs and only heirs at law, his
widow, the said Eliza E. Castelow;
! Madison II. Price and William J.
Price, his half brothers; and Sarah
+. Williams, his half sister; that at
all times herein mentioned. Nancy J.
| Price was the wife of said Madison
II. Price, and William II. Williams
the husband of the said Sarah f.
Williams and the said William J. Price
was single and unmarried; that after
wards and on or about the End day
of October. 1855. the said Madison II.
Price and wife Nancy J. Price the
| aid William j. Price and the said
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| William II. Williams, heirs as afore-
| said of said George NJ. Castelow, de-
ceased, by deed of that date under
took to convey the legal title to said
real estate, and other property. to
the said Eliza +. Castelow. which
deed was recorded in the Office of the
Recorder of Deeds for Audrain county
| Missouri on October 2ud, 1855. in
Record Book 26 at page 42l; that in
drawing said deed the scrivener
omitted to name said Lot Ten UO)
in Block One On in Lakenan & Bar
nes' Addition to Mexico, Missouri,
although all the parties intended
that the same should be described in
said deed and all their right, title and
interest in same conveyed to the said
Grantee therein.
That said Grantee in said deed i'm
mediately. upon delivery thereof and
on the 2nd day of October, 1855, took
possession of said real estate first
herein described, and she and her
grantees have been in the open,
notorious, exclusive and adverse pos
session of said real estate ever
after, claiming title thereto in fee
simple; that said Eliza Z. Castelow
intermarried with John n. Humphrey,
said lands by mesne conveyances from
the said Eliza +. Humphrey former
ly Eliza L. Castelow) and husband
John n. Humphrey.
Plaintiff further states that she is
unable to state whether or not the
said Madison Fl. Price. Nancy J. Price,
William J. Price, Sarah +. Williams
and William II. Williams are living or
dead: and that she verify believes
there are persons interested in or
who claim to be interested in the
subject matter of this petition, whose
names she cannot insert herein be.
| cause thCy are unknown to her, and
that the claims and interests of such
| unknown persons, so far as is known
to her and i'm so far as her knowledge
extends. are derived as heirs OF
| George NJ. CuStelOw, deceased, and
4 Madison IT, Price be dead, as
heirs. dcviseCa and legatees of Madi-
son H. Price, deceased; and if Nancy
J. Price be dead. as heirs, deyisces
and legateos OF Nancy D. Price. do
ceased; and If William }. Price be
dead, as heirs, dovisees and leEaraes
of said William j. Price, deceased.
heirs, dcvisos and lcgaIcCs of said
Sarah f. Williams, deceased and it
William II. Williams he dead as
heirs, deyisee sand lCgatees Of
William II. Williams, deceased.
Plaintiff states that said de-
PENDANTS Madison H. Price, Nancy
u. Price William J. Price,
Sarah +. Williams, and William r.
Williams, and each of them, IL living
are nOu-residents Of the state of Mis-
souri,, and that the ordinary process
of law cannot be served upon them
In the State of Missouri and plaintiff
Idesignates the Mexico Missouri Mess
age as the newspaper In which TO
published the order and summons
against the non-residents and I'M
known defendants herein.
The Court therefore doth order that
publication be made herein notifying
said nonresident and unknown de-
PENDANTS of the tendency of this suit
and summonsing them 10 appear and