The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-11-29

Steele and of William Steele and of
Isabel e. Steele and of David T.
Carr and of Mary F. Anderson.
You are hereby notified that the
plaintiff has commenced a suit
against you in this court the OBJ
ject and general nature of which is
to obtain a decree of this Court
determining the estate title and in
~terests of said parties and by It's
Judgment and decree to define and
adjudge the title, estate and inter
ests of said parties severally in and
to the following described real es-
tate situate lying and being in the
County of Lafayette and State OF
Missouri. towit: Thirty-three $3.50
acres, more or less, being all that
part Of the east half Of the south
east quarter of section IS, township
50, range 25, lying south of the
right of way of The Chicago and
Alton Railroad, also all that part
of the west half of the south east
quarter of section %, township so,
range %, described as follows: Be
ginning at the south west corner of
the east half of the southeast quar-
ter Of said section %, thence west
along the southern boundary line Of
said section 28, 4.93 chains to to
stake. thence north to the Kansas
City, st. Louis and Chicago Railway
Company's right of way, thence east
erly with said railroad companys
right of way to the western bound
airy line of the east half of the
south east quarter of said section
2S, thence south with said last men
toned line to the place of begin
ming. And all that part of the
south west quarter of section TWEEN
~ty-seven, in township so, of range
number %, which lies south of the
right of way of The Chicago & AL
ton Railroad, being fifty sever acres
more or less, with the coal mining
shaft, houses, mining apparatus, etc,
used in the coal mining operations
thereon, subject, however, to the
right of way through and over said
lands to the town of Corder and the
privilege of using switch for ship
ping products of the 1870 acres con
veyed to Hugh G. Smith, by A. e
Asbury; also all the coal in and un.
der the following described tracts o.
land. with the usual mining priv.
ileges to mine said coal, except that
no srface privileges r conveyed, TO
wit: the north west quarter OF sec
ton "a; the north half of the nortf
east quarter of section "a; the un
mined coal under the south easl
quarter of section 81; being all the
coal under said quarter section, th'
same to be mined within fifty years
from the date of the purchase from
Fred Lieser; also beginning at
stake ID chains and 2S links nortl
of the corner of sections numpe
81, %, "a and 80 in township numoe
so. of range number %, said begin
| ming point being at the intersection
, of said section line with the nortl
| line of the right of way of the en-
T cago & Alton Railway Company
thence south SJh degrees west 2
chains ard Ga links, and parable
with said railroad to a stake
thence south 81 degrees and parable
a with said railroad 4 chains and
links to the line between the ian
!, of Henry W%ahrenbrock and that
H. C. Thee, thence north 9 chain
e to a stake and from thence north a
degrees east 2S chains and so link
{ ito the quarter section line betwee
: the north half and the south half {
I said section rs, thence north 80
i inks to a stake, thhence east
chains to the line between the cas-
e bnIg nvI Al. uragf halr Of thn nnrt
= west quarter Of section p, theme
D south of last named line "a chains al
25 links to the right of way of sal
Chicago & Alton Railway Compan.
thence south $50 degrees west an
on a line parallel with the line
! said railway company 20 chains an
: 67 links to the place Of beginning
q containing 100 acres in area; it b,
! ing understood that the coal ha
: been worked from part of said Ian
Z and this conveyance is only TO col
, vey the unworked portion, be tn
=. same more or less, and the unexpi
ed term of a fifty years lease upo
the two acres of land in the sout
east quarter of section 81, in tow
ship so, of range %, on which tn
old coal shaft is located with th
houses and improvements on sa'
two acre tract and also the mimi
privileges under the north east qua
ter of section 80 all in tow.
ship so, of range 25, which wei
granted to A. &. Asbury, by Hug
G. Smith, by deed dated March Is
1900, and recorded in Book 1872.
page 279, of the deed records of L
fayette County, Missouri
That a description of the proper
claimed by such unknown defendan
o. and the name and nam,
" of the persons to who
10 such title and claims was last tran
G ferred or vested by deed, will al
fe other written instrument, judgmeI
ID decree. involuntary conveyance al
m judicial proceedings are as herei
n. after stated and that such unknov
~ persons derive or claim to deri
,e their titles and claims as consol
of heirs, d~evisees, donees, alienees a
A immediate, mesne, and remote, "
untary and involuntary grantees
r such named person or persons
n. herein after stated.
That Benjamin johnson and
n. wife, Matilda Johnson by warran
deed recorded in the office of t
Recorder of Deeds for Lafayette Coz
ty, Missouri, in record IN" page 2
o of date April Is, 1897, recorded {
q. tober %, 1S4S, conveyed the sou
" west quarter of the south ca
.e' quarter of section %, in townsf
SO, of range 8, in Lafayette Coz