Mexico Missouri message., 1911-10-26
ORDER or PUBLICATION.

III Vic viz hAA N'bAN W AAAt aHt
vember Term, 1911.
John W. Gregory, Plaintiff,
VS..
The Unknown heirs, Consorts, assign
ees, devisees. donees, alienees or
immediate mesne or remote. volun-
tary or involuntary grantees Of
.'eter Brooks, deceased Defendants
The State of Missouri to the above
named defendants, you are hereby
notified that the above named plaintiff,
has this 9th day of October 1911, filed
with the Clerk Of the Circuit Court, of
Audrain County, Missouri, in Vacation
his Petition, duly verified by affidavit,
wherein it is stated that he is a resi-
lent of Audrain County, Missouri, and
that he is the owner in fee simple of
the following described tracts of land
in Audrain County Missouri, to-wit,
all of Lot No IN Block IA Original
Town of Mexico, Missouri, and that he
las been the owner and in the possess
sion of said lands since August 9th
1903, and that he and those under
whom he claims have owrrd and been
IN the exclusive possession of said
lands for more than y years imme-
diately prior to the filing Of this petit
ton.
Plaintiff alleges in his said petition,
during all that time he and those I'M
der whom he claims have paid all
taxes assessed against said lands and
their title thereto has never been
questioned.
Plaintiff states that the title to said
lands emanated from tie United States
Government the-day Of, 1895.
Plaintiff states that there are others
who have or who might claim to have
an interest in the subject matter, of
his petition, whose names he cannot
insert herein because they are I'M
known to him.
Plaintiff alleges in said petition,
that said unknown defendants derived
their title and claim by reason of a
! lrrentee deed made to the said
ter Brooks, on the 9th day of April,
1851, and recorded In Book H at Page
232 of the Deed of Records of Audrain
Missouri.
Plaintiff alleges in said petition that
said unknown defendants nor any of
them have been in the possession of
said lands or paid any taxes thereon
for the last 80 years prior to the filing
Of his said petition.
Plaintiff prays the court for an
order judgment vesting the title to
said lands in plaintiff, in fee simple by
limitation as provided by law In such
cases, and divesting the said unknown
defendants, of said Peter Brooks, and
that the deed from said Peter Brooks,
to said, Enoch Hooton, be corrected to
express the intention of the parties
thereto and for such other and further
relief as the Court may seem just and
proper,
F. r. Jesse,
Atty, for plaintiff.
State of Missouri,
County of Audrain
F. r. Jesse. agent and atty. on be-
half of the plaintiff being sworn on
mis- oath states that this is an action to
perfect the title to the lands herein
described under and by virtue of sec
ton 1884, chapter p, article 8 of the
Revised Statutes of 1909 by limitation,
that the defendants, are unknown to
him and that the residence of the de-
PENDANTS, are unknown to him so that
the ordinary process of law cannot be
served upon them and that the facts
set forth in the foregoing petition are
true according to his knowledge, infor-
nation and belief
F. r. Jesse,
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9th day of October 1911.
tSEAL) f. F. Elliott,
Circuit Clerk.
1t is therefore ordered by the clerk
OF said Court in vacation that notice of
the tendency of said proceeding be
given by publication, that copy here
OF be published in The Mexico Mis-
7ouri Message. a weekly newspaper
printed and published in said Audrain
county Missouri, for four weeks success
sively the last insertion to be at least
10 days before the first day of said
term of court.
You are further notified that said
action Is returnable to the November
term, 1911, of said court. to be begun
and held al the court house in the
City Of Mexico in Audrain County, Mis-
souri,, on the Fourth Monday in No
vember, 1911, when and where you
may appear and defend said action,
otherwise plaintiffs petition will be
taken as confessed and judgment rend-
cred accordingly.
CSEAL) EFF Elliott
Clerk Audrain Circuit Court.