The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-12-06

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land, with the usual mining priv
ileges to mine said coal, except that
no surface privileges are conveyed to
wit; the north west quarter of sec
ton "a; the north half of the north
east quarter of section "a; the I'M
mined coal under the south east
quarter of section q; being all the
coal under said quarter section, the
same to be mined within fifty years
from the date of the purchase from
Fred Lieser; also beginning at a
stake IA chains and rs links north
Of the corner of sections number
27, %, "a and 80 in township number
80, OF range number %, said begin
ming point being at the intersection
of said section line with the north
line OF the right of way Of the Chi
cago & Alton Railway Company,
thence south Sj12 degrees west q
chains and GA links, and parallel
with said railroad to a stake,
thence south 81 degrees and parallel
with said railroad 4 chains and 10
of Henry W%ahrenbrock and that of
II. c. Thee, thence north 8 chains
to a stake and from thence north 46
degrees east % chains and so links
to the quarter section line between
the north half and the south half Of
said section 2S, thence north 9315
links to a stake, thence east rs
chains to the line between the east
half and the west half of the north
west quarter of section 27, thence
south Of last named line "a chains and
25 links to the right Of way of said
Chicago & Alton Railway Company,
thence south S51a degrees west and
on a line parallel with the line Of
said railway company 20 chains and
67 links to the place of beginning,
containing 100 acres in area: it be-
ing understood that the coal has
been worked from part of said land
and this conveyance is only to con-
vey the unworked portion, be the
same more OF less, and the ~unexpir-
ed term of a fifty years lease upon
the two acres of land in the south
east quarter of section q, in town
ship so, of range %, on which the
old coal shaft is located with the
houses and improvements on said
two acre tract and also the mining
privileges under the north east quar-
ter of section 33, all in town
ship so, of range 25, which were
granted to A. E. Asbury, by Hugh
G. Smith, by deed dated March LIST,
1900, and recorded in Book 1872, at
page 279, of the deed records of La
fayette County, Missouri
That a description of the property
claimed by such unknown defendants,
and the name and names
of the persons to whom
such title and claims was last trans
ferred or vested by deed, will and
other written instrument, judgment,
decree, involuntary conveyance and
judicial proceedings are as herein
after stated and that such unknown
persons derive or claim to derive
their titles and claims as consorts,
heirs, devisees, donees, alienees and
Immediate, mesne, and remote, vol.
untary and involuntary grantees of
such named person or persons as
herein after stated.
That Benjamin johnson and his
wife, Matilda Johnson by warranty
deed recorded in the office of the
Recorder of Deeds for Lafayette Coun-
ty, Missouri, in record IN" page 271
Of date April Is, 1887, recorded Oc-
tober %, 184S, conveyed the south
west quarter of the south east
quarter of section %, in township
80, of range %, in Lafayette Coun-
ty, Missouri, to said William johnson
who appears of record never to have
conveyed the same and it is claimed
that the said unknown consort, heirs
devisees, donees, alienees and i'm
mediate, mesne, and remote volun-
tary and involuntary grantees of
said William Johnson, by reason,
thereof, ha7e ssome claim or interest
therein.
That heretofore William johnson,
Sr., and Mary, his wife, conveyed or
attempted to convey to William
Simpson a portion of said real es-
tate in Lafayette County, Missouri,
by deed recorded in the office of
said Recorder of Deeds in Book j.
page 224 of date December 4, 1874,
filed January 6, 1S45, and it is
claimed that said real estate in said
conveyance was indefinitely described
and that said grantors and their
heirs, devisees, donees, alienees and
immediate mesne and remote, volun-
tary and involuntary grantees by rea.
son thereof, have some interest in
said real estate.
That heretofore, by a warranty
deed, recorded in the office of the
Recorder of Deeds for said Lafayette
County, Missouri, in record III
No. l" at page 1874 of date March
%, 1860, filed March 2S, 1860, Sid
ney R. Thompson conveyed to j
Henry Chiles the east half of the
south west quarter of section q, in
township so Of range %, and the
south east quarter of the north west
quarter of section 4, in township 40
Of range rs, in Lafayette County,
Missouri. 1t is claimed that the CON
sort, If any, of said Sidney R. Thomp
son did not join in said conveyance
and that no seal was affixed to the
certificate of acknowledgment and
that by reason thereof said Sidney
R. Thompson and his unknown con
sort, heirs, devisees, donees, alien
ees and immediate, mesne and re-
mote, voluntary and Involuntary gran
tees have ONE interest therein.
That heretofore, David T. Carr by
warranty deed recorded in the office
of the Recorder of Deeds for said
County in record 40 page 449 convey
ed to James E. Thompson the south