Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-02-01

county or Audrain
In the Circuit Court,
March Term, 1912.
| Taylor NJ Dowel and J. T. Leeper
............. .....,.. Plaintiffs,
| VS..
The unknown heirs, assigns and
dcvisecs of Samuel A. Rawlings,
deceased and David II. Moss, de-
ceased, and all persons claiming or
who might have claim by, through
or under them or either OF them.
...... ......... Defendants
The State Of Missouri, To the above
named defendants, Greetings:
You, the above named defendants,
are hereby notified that the above
named plaintiff has this Goth, day OF
January, 1912. in vacation, filed with
the undersigned Clerk OF the Circuit
Court, Audrain County, Missouri. their
petition duly verified by affidavit.
wherein the plaintiff. Taylor NJ.
Dowell states that he Is the owner In
fee and possessed of the following
lands in Audrain County, Missouri. to-
wit .--
Begin at a stone set for the North
East corner of the South West
quarter OF the North Fast quarter OF
Section Five (5); Township Fifty
two (j2): Range Nine (N, run
thence West &c 2-3 feet for a point OF
beginning: run thence South 159
chains; thence West 1906 chains;
thence North 1853 chains. more or less
thence Fast 1904 chains to point OF
| beginning; containing 800 acres
more or less, and being in the South
West fourth U-D of the North East
| quarter of Section Five (6), in Town
ship Fifty-two (52); Range Nine (9)
west
Also the East fifty-eight acres in
width of the North 10 acres in width
OF the South East quarter Of Section
! Five t5) and the South East fourth Of
the North East quarter and the East
two acres In width of the South West
fourth Of the North East quarter of
Section Five (5l; all IN Township
| Fifty-two (52); Range Nine t9); west
OF the 9TH, p NJ; and the North East
| fourth Of the North East quarter OF
| Section Five 90; Township Ffty-two
| (52); Range Nine t9), except that
part lying East of the Public road
containing thirty-nine acres more or
| less.
Plaintiff. j. T. Leeper, states that
he is the owner in fee and possessed
of the following lands in Audrain
County. Missouri. to-wit:--
| 80 acres of the West part OF the
South West fourth 90 of the North
East quarter, and 50 acres of the West
part Of ITO acres the North part Of the
South East quarter of Section Five
| C5l; Township Fifty-two (52); Range
Nine t9) West, excepting the land
above described as belonging TO
Taylor NJ Dowell.
Plaintiffs state that on the Sth, day
of February, 1860, Francis A. Nc
Weigh was the owner Of and In posses
sion OF all of said land and that on
said date he executed and delivered a
mortgage on said land to one Samuel
A. Rawlings, given to indemnify said
Rawlings as security on note dated
June 18th, 1859, TO Samuel 7. Ensley
for $4,000 with interest, which sale
mortgage was duly signed and &C
knowledged and Is recorded in Bool
A. page 420 in Recorders Office O
said county. Plaintiffs state that OF
the - day of -, IS, said not,
was paid off in full but the holder:
Of said note failed to release sale
mortgage on the margin OF the record
or execute a release deed satisfying
said mortgage, and the same has MOI
been released and satisfied of record
but remains as a cloud upon plain
tiffs' titles to said lands.
plaintiffs state that said Samuel A.
Rawlings and David II. Moss are now
dead. Plaintiffs state that they verify
| believe there are persons interested
in the subject matter of this petition
as heirs, assigns or devisees of said
Samuel A. Rawlings, deceased, and
David IL. Moss, deceased, or as claim
ing or might claim, by through or
under them, whose names or places
of residence they can not insert here
in because they are unknown to them
that they do not know what the luuer-
ests of such unknown persons are un-
less as heirs, assigns or devlseeS OF
said Samuel A. Rawlings or David II
Moss. Plaintiffs state that both OF
said mortgages have for years been
barred by the statute of limitations
that plaintiffs and their grantors have
been in open possession OF said lands
and claiming title to the same for the
last thirty-one consecutive years, anc
have during said time kept the taxes
paid on the same, and during sale
time none OF said parties have pait
any taxes thereon or claimed any title
to the same.
Wherefore, plaintiffs pray to have
their record titles TO said above
described lands perfected in them b,
a decree OF this Court and that tn,
Court order, adjudge and decree boil
! said mortgages above mentioned ant
the notes therein described adjudge,
paid and satisfied, and that both o
said mortgages adjudged satisfied an
said lands released from said mort
cages and from the payment of tn
same, and for such other order, iudg
ments and DEGREES as may be just an
proper.
1t is therefore ordered by the Cler
Of the Circuit Court OF Audral
County, Missouri, in vacation, tina
said defendants be notified that a
action has been commenced agains
them in the Circuit Court of Audrai
County, Missouri for the purpose q
perfecting and quieting plaintiff
title TO the above described real estat
in Audrain County Missouri.
You are further notified that sal
action is returnable to the Marc
Term, 1912, Of said Court, to be begu
and held at the Court House in tn
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