Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-05

$1,000 aAO peISOnS
who r interested and who claim to
be interested in the subject matter of
this petition as heirs, ~consorts, de-
v%isees, donees, alienees and immedi-
ate, mesne, remote, voluntary and in
voluntary grantees Of Mary Campbell
who is now deceased or as claiming
by, through or under the said Mary
Campbell or her heirs, devisees, con-
sorts, donees, alienees and grantees,
whose names he cannot insert here
in because they are unknown to the
plaintiff. That the interest of said
unknown persons is as heirs, con-
sorts, devisees, donees, alienees and
grantees of Mary Campbell; that
said Mary Campbell in the year 1910
had an interest in the above describ-
ed lands and afterwards died but the
records do not show any conveyance
by her; that the plaintiff cannot
more definitely set forth how said in
ests of said unknown persons, or
moredefinitely set forth how said in
terests are derived and that the said
interests and how the same is deriv-
ed is set forth herein as far as the
plaintiffs knowledge extends.
Plaintiff states that he and his
prior grantors have been in the
open adverse possession Of said lands
and claiming title to the same, and
have paid the taxes on said lands
continuously during the last thirty
n years and that none Of the de-
PENDANTS have been in possession Of
the same, paid any taxes on said
lands during the last thirty-one
years.
Wherefore plaintiff prays for a de
cree divesting the title out Of said de-
PENDANTS and declaring that plaintiff
has title TO said real estate by llmita-
ton, under the provisions of said be-
fore mentioned section, and for such
other and further relief as plaintiff
shows himself entitled to.
1t is therefore ordered by said
Clerk in vacation, that said unknown
and nonresident defendants be no.
titled by publication that plaintiff
by petition and affidavit filed here
in, has commenced against said de-
PENDANTS an action at law of which
is to enforce and establish a lawful
right to the above real estate de-
scribed in Audrain County, Mis-
souri,.
1t is further ordered that the said
defendants be and appear in this
Court Of the first day of the next
regular term thereof to be begun and
holden at the Court House in the
City of Mexico Audrain County, Mis-
souri,, on Monday, the 23rd day of
November 1914, and on or before the
first day of said term to answer or
plead to said petition, or in default
thereof said petition will be taken
and adjudged as confessed and judg-
ment by default will be rendered
against said defendant.
1t is further ordered that a copy
hereof be published at least once a
week for four consecutive weeks in
the Mexico Weekly Ledger a news
paper duly printed in the English
Language, published in Mexico, Mis-
souri,, and circulated in Audrsin Coun
plaintiffs Attorney as most likely to
ty, Missouri and duly designated by
give notice to said defendants, the
last insertion to be at least fifteen
days before the commencement of
said Term Of Court.
tsEAL) Witness my hand and
official seal. Done at office in the
City OF Mexico. County and State
aforesaid, this October 10, 1914.
f. F. ELLIOTT,
Of the Andrain Circuit Court.
A truo copy from the record.
E. F. Elliott, Clerk.
Z. 5. CAN'T, Attorney for Plaintiff.
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