The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-12-20

1881, conveyed unto Wllllam MOTIF
son, trustee, for Alexander Mann
the east half of the southeast quar-
ter of section rs and the west half
of the south east quarter of section
%, in township so OF range 20, in
said County and State, and it is
claimed that said Alexander Mann
his consort, heirs, devisees, donees,
alienees, and immediate, mesne and
remote, voluntary and involuntary
grantees by reason thereof have
some interest in said real estate and
that said mortgage and deed Of
trust have not been fully paid Off
and discharged and that a certain
release made by the executors Of
the estate of said Alexander Mann
recorded in said Recorders office in
record 76 at page 271 was not duly
executed and that said executors
had no authority to execute the
same and that for the aforesaid rea-
sons said real estate is not releas-
ed therefron.
That heretofore William H. Ster-
rett by warranty deed recorded in
said Recorders office in record GA
at page 426, dated January 20, 1885,
filed March 2, 1885, conveyed or at
tempted to convey to Hugh G. Smith
the south west quarter of section q,
in township so, of range %, in said
County and State south of the Chi
cago & Alton Railroad. 1t is claim
ed that the acknowledgement to
said conveyance is defective and
that the consort, if any, of said
William II. Sterrett did not join
therein and that for the aforesaid
reasons the consort, if any, heirs,
d%evisees, donees, alienees and i'm
mediate, mesne, and remote, vol
untary and involuntary grantees of
the said William H. Sterrett have
some claim and interest therein,
That heretofore William H. Ster-
tett by warranty deed recorded in
said Recorders office in record 7S
at page 343 dated March 21, 1887,
filed April 2S, 1887, conveyed or at
tempted to convey to Hugh G. Smith
and A. b. Asbury parts of the east
half Of the south east quarter of
section 2S in township 80 of range
20, in Lafayette County, Missouri, be.
ing those parts south of the Chica-
go & Alton railroad, and other land
therein described in said quarter
section south of said railroad owned
by said Sterrett. 1t is claimed
that the %consort, if any, of said
g:antor, did not join therein and
that for said reason the said con-
sort, heirs, devisees, donees, %aIienees
and immediate, mesne and remote.
voluntary and involuntary grantees
of said William Fl. Sterrett and his
said consort have some interest
therein.
That heretofore Fred Liese and
Louisa Liese leased to A. E. AS
bury, H. G. Smith and Ozias Bailey
and R. D. Blair the south east quar-
ter of section q, in township so,
of range 25, in said county and
state for coal purposes as shown
by lease recorded in the office of
the recorder of deeds for said coun-
ty in record 40 at page 800 and
that afterwards said 0zias Bailey
by deed recorded in said Recorders
office in record 46 at page 347 con-
yeyed or attempted to convey to
Sue B. Slayden all interest of said
Ozias Bailey therein. It is claimed
that D. Bailey, Sr., who executed
said conveyance as Attorney in
Fact for said Ozias Bailey had no
authority so to execute the same
and that the consort if any of said
Ozias Bailey did not join therein
and that for said reasons the said
consort, heirs, d~evisees, donees, allie
nees, and immediate mesne, and
remote, voluntary and involuntary
grantees of said Ozias Bailey and
his said c%onsort, have some inter-
est therein,
That heretofore. R. D. Blair and
Josephine Blair by deed of trust
conveyed to A. e. Asbury trustee
for David Bailey and Stokely Slog-
den by deed recorded in said Re-
corder's office in book 50 at page
$50, the Higginsville Coal Property,
coal and minerals and right to re-
move the same on and from under
the south east quarter of section q
in township so of range "a, in said
county and state and two acres of
land nea the shaft situated ther&-
on. 1t is claimed that the indebt-
edness secured thereby and for which
a lien was retained has never been
satisfied and that said grantors
their heirs, devisees, donees. allie
nees, and immediate mesne and re-
mote, voluntary and involuntary
grantees have some interest therein
by reason thereof.
That heretofore on March "a. 1873,
Isabel &. Steele, Michael A. Steele,
and William Steele by deed of said
date recorded in said Recorders
office in record 10 at page AIS
conveyed to Alexander Mann, the
east half of the south east quarter
of section % and the west half of
the south east quarter Of section
%, all in township so and range 25
in said county. It is claimed that
the eonsorts if any of said grantors
did not join in said con-
veyance and that the said grantors
were not the only parties interested
in the estate Of Benjamin f. Steele
interested therein and that for
said reasons the consorts. heirs, de-
visees, donees, alienees and inn
mediate, mesne and remote, volun-
untary and involuntary grantees of
the said Benjamin f. Steele, Isabel
p. Steele, Michael A. Steele, and
William Steele have some interests
therein.
And that unless said defendants be