The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-03-01

county OF LAFAYETTE-ss.
Circuit Court. in and for Lafayette
County, Missouri. In vacation.
Lafayette County. Missouri, Plaintiff.
b. F. Cox; Defendant.
Now on this the first day of Feb,
ruary, 1912, comes the above named
plaintiff, and presents It's petltIoh u
the undersigned, Samuel Davis Juuge
of the Circuit Court within and TOT
Lafayette County Missouri, In vacation
praying for an order appointing tnree
Commissioners to appraise certain amos
In Lafayette County, MISSOURI deslteo
10 be appropriated by said Lafayette
County Missouri. for public road pur-
poses, the lands so sought to be con-
demned and appropriated being describ-
ed as follows, viz:
Beginning at a stake 81 links west
and is links north of the south end OF
a concrete culvert located near the sec
ton corner of Sections 20, Il, rs ana
20 of Township 81, Range rs in Lafay-
cite County, Missouri; thence north
S6b degrees west from said above nam
ed point along the south line Of the
public road 1886 links to a post 10 Inches
In diameter. Thence south sc degrees
west along the south line Of said road
25S links to a post. Thence north so
degrees east $40 links to the beginning;
containing twenty hundred OF an
acre"
And it appearing from said petition
that the said ans so sought to be
condemned and appropriated is owned
by B. F. Cox, the defendant herein,
that said B. F. Cox is a nonresident Of
! che state Of Missouri, and that the
County Court Of Lafayette County,
Missouri. heretofore, to-wit on the 2Sth
day OF December, 1911, found and en-
tered Of record that a public necessity
existed for a change in the public
road in Section 20, Township 81, Range
25 in Lafayette County. Missouri. and
directed the County Highway Engineer
of said County to survey and mark
out said proposed change in said public
road; that said County Highway En-
a map thereof, and of the proposed
change in said road, and filed said
map together with his report showing
the location and distance and lands
over, across and upon which said pro-
posed change In said public road would
run. said land being the land herein
before described; together with a state
mcnt of the amount of damages claim
ell by each landowner, so far as the
same could be ascertained by him, and
filed said map and report with the CLERK
OF the County Court Of said Lafav-
cite County, Mo-. and said County
Court Of Lafayette County being of the
opinion that the proposed change I'm
SeW puDllS Ibdu rs n puhlC necessity
that the amount Of damages claimed by
B. q. Cox, the defendant herein, the
owner Of said land over. across and
through which said road will run when
changed as proposed to be unreasonable
and excessive. directed and ordered
this suit to be brought in the Circuit
Court of Lafayette County, Missouri, foi
the condemnation Of said land, as pro-
rided by iaw.
Now therefore, and by reason Of the
premises, the said b. +. Cox. defendant
herein, is hereby notified that the an.
plication of the said Lafayette County
Missouri. for the condemnation of sale
land above described, and the appoint.
ment OF Commissioner 10 assess the
damages which the said B. +. Cox vii
sustain by reason Of the location of &
public road upon said land will be hearC
by the Judge Of this Court. at Hig.
ginsvllle, Lafayette County. Missouri. OF
Tuesday, the fifth day Of March. 1912
at the Court House during the session {
the Circuit Court within and for sale
Lafayette County, Missouri, at tn,
March Term, 1912, thereof, at Higgins
vile.
And It is further ordered that a cop,
Of this order be published IN the Lex
ington In%telligencer, a weekly ~newspape
published In said Lafayette County, Mis-
souri,, for three weeks successfully, pub
lished at least once q week, the las
insertion TO be at least ten days befor
the said fifth day Of Merch, 1912.
Witness my hand this LIST day Of Feb
ruary, 1912.
SAMUEL DAVIS.
Judge Of the Circuit Court Of the 15t
judicial Circuit Of Missouri.
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