The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-05-08

said defendants and no such claims
are derived as the same are known
to said plaintiffs; that the legal
title 10 said iands emanaLeG from
the Government more than ten years
before the filing of plaintiffs petition,
and that said real estate now is and
has been for more than thirty years
in the lawful possession Of these
plaintiffs and the said Mary Casteel,
and those under whom they claim
title from and since the 18th day of
August, 1866. and who have during
all this time been in the actual,
open, notorious, adverse and peace
able possession of the same claiming
title to said real estate; that plain
tiffs have title to said real estate as
the legal heirs of said Mary Casteel,
who had title to said real estate by
and through mesne cOnveyances
conveying to her the title to said
'2al estate, and that on the date OF
the deed of said Thomas Casteel
onveying such real estate to Mary
Casteel, on August 25th, 1866, the
said Mary Casteel, entered into the
possession of said real estate, and
held the actual, open, notorious, ex-
elusive, adverse and peaceable pos
session of same claiming title there
to to the date of her death on the
10th day of January, 1913, that the
said real estate has not been in the
possession of said defendants, or
either of them, or any person claim
ing or who might claim the title or
through whom defendants or either
of them might claim for more than
thirty years, nor have defendants or
either of them or any one claiming
title through or under them paid
any taxes on said real estate during
all said years, except these plaintiffs
s and those under whom they claim
title. who have paid the taxes on
t said real estate for over thirty
years; that in addition to the title
; derived by said Mary Casteel by and
through mesne c~onyeyances, that
! the title vested in said Mary c,
( Casteel and these plaintiffs by limita
2 tons under and by virtue of the
: provisions of Section 1884, Of the
Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1909
+ And unless you said defendants
e the unknown heirs, devisees or gran
= tees of Jacob Potter, deceased; the
S unknown heirs, devisees or grantees
d of Asa Smith, Ann NJ. Smith, hi
e wife; William Chapman, Mary Chap
man, his wife; William Ulrey, Emf
:, line Ulrey, his wife; William Smith
Sarah l. Smith, his wife; JOSEPH
; Smith, Lavinia Smith, his wife
Lorenzo D. Smith, Maria B. Smith
his wife, legal heirs and represents
y tives of Joseph Smith, deceased; tn
unknown heirs, consOrt, devisees o
n grantees of Jacob w. Leeds, deceas
ed; the unknown heirs, %consOrt, deN
IS isees or grantees of F. H. Castee
;. deceased; the unknown heirs, col
D. sort, devisees or grantees of ThOma
e. Casteel, deceased; and Frank Ca'
t, teel, William Casteel, James Castee
'. Catherine Samson, and Mary Han'
S, the known heirs of Thomas Castee
deceased; be and appear at tn.
s, court, at the next term thereof, {
Of oe begun and holden at the Cou.
House in the City of Lexington, !
X said county, on the Sth day of Jun
It, 1914, next, and on or before the fir
he day of said term. answer, demur I
Sc plead to the petition of plaintiff
IN herein, the same will be taken
ed confessed, and judgment will be re
rt dered accordingly
of And it is further ordered that
lis copy hereof be published, accordil
lie to law in The Lexington Intellige
N GER, a newspaper published in sa
it's County of Lafayette for four wee
le- uccessively. published at lea
IS once a week. the last insertion
IS, le at least fifteen days before t
le- first day of said next June term
ng This court.
is ]. w. SYDNOR,
ne Clerk Circuit Court
= a True Copy from the Record.
Witness my hand and the seal
he Circuit Court of Lafayette Cou
ny y, Missouri, this the 1st day
ie April, 1914.
tSEAL) ]. w. SYDNOl
ZEE Clerk Circuit CouI
l H. c. Wallace, Attorney for I
plaintiffs.