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

petition duly verified by afidavit Of
plaintiff, wherein among other things
Plaintiff alleges that he is the owner in
fee Of the following described real es-
tate situated in Audrain County, Mo-,
to-wit: The South part Of lots 2 and 3
of the northwest quarter of section thir-
ty 1907 Township Fifty-two (52) Range
Eight (8) west, containing forty acres
more particularly described as follows;
Begin at the corner equi distant be-
tween the northwest corner, and the
quarter section corner on the west side
of >. ~ sH-tioH 30, run thence east 42.H
chains, thence north 9.4l chains, thence
west to the said section line, thence
south to the beginning and also alleges
that he and those under whom he claims
have since the year 1866, held the open,
exclusive, notorious and continuous
possession thereof under colors of title
claiming to own the same in fee simple
that on the 3rd day of September 1865
one John Strahan was the lawful owner
of said land and by warranty deed con-
veyed said land to John w. Spottwood
which deed is of record in recorders Of
fee of said Audrain County, Mo-, in
Book at page AZ; that said deed re-
cord fails to correctly describe said land
accurately by metes and bounds as
hereinbefore set out, and that the ORR
ginal deed is lost; that said John W.
Spottswood upon delivery Of said deed
took possession of said land, and re-
NAMED in peaceable possession thereof
for many years and he and his grantees
have ever since said date held peaceable
possession thereof to this date. That
John Strahan died about the year 1870
leaving as his heirs Reuben Stahan,
Annie Russell, Elizabeth Jones, Lulu
| Blum and perhaps other heirs whose
names and present abode if living are
unknown to this plaintiff; that Reuben
Strahan, Annie Russell, Elizabeth
Jones and Lulu Blum are now dead, and
their heirs if living are wholly unknown
to this plaintiff. That ifsaid defendants
have any title or interest in said land
it is by virtue of descent and heirship
from said John Strahan and has long
since expired by limitation.
1t is therefore ordered by the Clerk OF
the Audrain County Circuit Court, in
vacation, that publication be made here
in, notifying the aforesaid defendants,
that plaintiff has commenced suit against
them in the Audrain County Circuit
Court, the object and general nature OF
which is to obtain a decree of said
Court ascertaining and determining the
interest and title of plaintiffs in SAID
land and of defendants if any, ana by
Its decree quiet the title of said land
and now you, defendants herein named
are hereby notified of the filing OF the
plaintiffs suit, the object and general
nature thereof, and unless you be and
appear at the next regular term of the
Audrain County Circuit Court, to be
begun 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, am
swer or otherwise plead to plaintiffs Pc
tition the same will be taken as confess
ed and decree rendered as prayed.
And it is further ordered that cop!
hereof be published in the Mexico Mis-
souri, Message, weekly newspaper pub
lished in Mexico, Audrain County, Mis-
souri, for four weeks successfully, the
last insertion to be at least 10 days be-
fore the first day of said next term o
Court.
A true copy from the record. Attest
(Seal) w. H. MOkKlS'
Clerk Audrain County Circuit Court
w. w. Bolts, Attorney for plaintii