The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-02-16
B. F. Cox, Defendant.

Now on this the first day Of Feb
ruaI," 1872 comes the above m
plaintiff. and presents its petition 10
he undersigned, Samuel Davis Judge
If the Circuit Court within ana Ior
Lafayette County Missouri, in vacatlon'
praying for an order appolhJlmg StanSs
Commissioners to appraise certain laIuS
IN Lafayette County, Missouri, deslIeu
% be appropriated by said Lafayette
County Missouri, for public road pur-
poses, the lands so sought TO De con
lemned and appropriated being descrlp-
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,
ion corner of Sections 20, q, Is ana
20 of Township 81, Range rs in Lafay-
cite County, Missouri; thence north
S61s 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 66 degrees
west along the south line Of said road
25S links TO a post. Thence north ~
degrees east $40 links to the beginning;
containing twenty one-hundredths OF an
acre
And it appearing from said petition
that the said land 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
the 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-
Cered Of record that a public necessity
existed for a change in the public
road in Section 30, Township 81, Range
% 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-
gineer made such survey and prepared
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 I'm said public road would
run, said land being the land herein
before described; together with a state
ment of the amount Of damages claim
ed by each landowner, so far as the
same could be ascertained by him, and
filed said map and report with the Clerl
Of the County Court of said Lafay-
cite County, Mo-, and said County
Court of Lafayette County being Of the
opinion that the proposed change In
said public road is a public necessity
that the amount of damages claimed by
3. Il. Cox. the defendant herein, the
owner Of said land over, across anC
through which said road win run wher
changed as proposed to be unreasonable
and excessive. directed and ordered
this suit to be brought in the Circuit
Court of Lafayette County, Missouri, fol
the condemnation OF said land, as pro.
vided by Jaw.
Now therefore, and by reason Of tn,
premises, the said B. f. Cox. defendant
herein, is hereby notified that the ap,
plication Of the said Lafayette County
Missouri, for the condemnation Of sale
land above described, and the appoint.
ment Of Commissioners to assess thu
damages which the said B. f. Cox will
sustain by reason Of the location of
public road upon said land will be hear,
by the Judge OF this Court, at Hig
ginsville. Lafayette County. Missouri, OF
Tuesday, the fifth day Of March. 1912
at the Court House during the session {
the Circuit Court within and for sail
Lafayette County, Missouri, at tn
March Term, 1912, thereof, at Higgins
vile.
And It is further ordered that a cop,
4, Of this order be published In the Lex
ington Intelligencer, a weekly newspape
published in said Lafayette County, Mis-
souri,, for three weeks successfully, pub
lished at least once a week, the las
Insertion TO be at least ten davs befor
2 the said fifth day Of March, 1912.
Witness my hand this LIST day OF Feb
ruary, 1912.
SAMUEL DAVIS,
Judge OF the Circuit Court Of the lot
judicial Circuit Of Missouri.
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