Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-23
Order of Publication,

Order of Publication.
State of Missouri
County of Audrain
In the Circuit Court.
To January term, 1910.
William H. Bise and Sarah Bise,.
................ Plaintiffs
VS..
Samuel X. Abel, If he Is living; and
If he is dead then his unknown
widow, his unknown heirs, his I'M
known devisees and his unknown
assigns, or those claiming or who
might claim by through or under
him or them, or any of them. ....
THE STATE OF MISSOURI TO THE
ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS
GREETING
You are hereby notified that on this
November 23rd, 1909, the plaintiffs in
above entitled cause, comes and files
with the Clerk of the Audrain County
Circuit Court, in vacation, their pc
tition duly verified by affidavit, where
in among other things Plaintiffs al
lege that they are in possession of and
hold and are the owners of the fee
simple title to the Northwest Fourth
(1-4 of the Northeast Quarter (1-4)
of Section Nine 90 Township Fifty
500 Range Eight go West in Audrain
County, Missouri; that the title to said
lands vested in him and those under
whom he claims by limitation under
the provisions of Section 1868 r. S.
of Missouri 1899, and that the title
thereto emanated from the United
States Government more than 81 years
before the filing Of plaintiffs petition.
And plaintiffs allege that they and
those under whom they claim title
have been in the peaceable, lawful,
actual, open, notorious, continuous
and adverse possession of said lands,
and have paid all taxes thereon, for
more than thirty-one years last
past; and that none of the de-
PENDANTS have paid any taxes
thereon or been in possession
thereof, nor have they or any
one for them brought any action to
recover said lands for the last 81 con-
secutive years. And plaintiffs
further allege that defendants or
some of them appear to have a claim
of title of record adverse to that of
plaintiffs in this to-wit: One Samuel
K. Able obtained a deed to said lands
in 1868 and that the said Samuel X.
Able afterwards, and prior to 1875,
sold and conveyed by his proper deed
duly executed, acknowledged and de-
livered, said lands to one of plaintiffs
grantoTs, but said deed from Samuel
K. Able was not placed of record and
has been lost or destroyed.
And plaintiffs state that they verify
believe that there are persons inter-
ested in the subject matter of this suit,
whose names and places of residence
they cannot insert herein because the
names of such parties and their places
of residence are unknown to them;
that the name of the widow heirs, de-
yisees and assigns of said Samuel X.
Able and those claiming or who might
claim by, through or under them or
any of them, are unknown to plain
tiffs; that Samuel X. Able if living is
nonresident of the State of Missouri.
That the interest of Samuel K. Able,
If he be living, in said lands is an
apparent fee simple title of record and
if said Samuel K. Able be dead, then
the interest of his unknown widow,
unknown heirs, unknown devisees
and unknown assigns and those claim
ing or who might claim by, through
or under them, is derived from said
Samuel X. Able as his widow, heirs,
devisees or assigns.
1t Is therefore ordered by the Clerk
of the Audrain County Circuit Court,
In vacation, that publication be made
herein, notifying the defendants hero
in, that plaintiffs have commenced suit
against them in the Audrain County
Court, the object and general nature
of which is to obtain a decree of said
Court perfecting Plaintiffs record
title to said lands herein described by
limitation and divesting the title to
said lands out of defendants, and vest
ing title IN said plaintiffs their heirs,
and assigns forever; And now you,
defendants herein named, Samuel X.
Abel If he is living, and IL he is dead
then his unknown widow, heirs, de-
visees and assigns, or those claiming
or who might claim by through or
under him or them or any of them, are
hereby notified of the tendency of this
suit, the object and general nature
thereof, and unless you be and appear
at the next regular term of the Au-
drain County Circuit Court, to he be-
gun and held at the Court House, In
Mexico Audrain County, Missouri on
the 3rd Monday In January 1910, and
on or before the first day of said term
answer or otherwise plead to Plain
tins petition the same will be taken
as confessed and decree rendered as
prayed.
And it is further ordered that a
copy hereof be published in the Mex
leo, Missouri Message, a weekly news
paper published in Mexico. AudTain
County, Missouri, for four weeks sue
cessively, the last insertion to be at
least is days before the first day Of
said next term of Court.
A true copy from the record:
Attest:
W. H. MORRIS,
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