The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-04-17

said defendants and how such claims
are derived as the same are known
TO said plaintiffs; that the legal
title to said lands emanated 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 25th 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 READ 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
real estate, and that on the date OF
the deed of said Thomas Casteel
conveying such real estate to Mary
Casteel, on August 25th, 1865, 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
II said years, except these plaintiffs
and those under whom they claim
title, who have paid the taxes on
said real estate for yer thirty
years; that in addition to the title
derived by said Mary Casteel by and
through mesne conveyances, that
the title vested in said Mary G,
Casteel and these plaintiffs by limita.
lions under and by virtue of the
provisions of Section 1884, of the
Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1909.
And unless you said defendants,
the unknown heirs, devisees or gran
tees of Jacob Potter, deceased; the
unknown heirs, devisees or grantees
of Asa Smith, Ann NJ. Smith, his
wife; William Chapman, Mary Chap
man, his wife; William Ulrey, Emf
line Ulrey, his wife; William Smith,
Sarah |. Smith, his wife; Joseph
Smith, Lavinia Smith. his wife;
Lorenzo D. Smith, Maria B. Smith,
his wife, legal heirs and representa-.
tives of Joseph Smith, deceased; the
unknown heirs, consort, devisees OF
grantees of Jacob w. Leeds, deceas'
ed; the unknown heirs, consOrt, dew
isees or grantees of F. H. Casteel
deceased; the unknown heirs, con
sort, devisees or grantees of Thomas
Casteel, deceased; and Frank Gas
teel, William Casteel, James Casteel
Catherine Samson, and Mary Hand
deceased; be and appear at this
court, at the next term thereof, t
De begun and holden at the Court
House in the City of Lexington, il
said county, on the Sth day of June
1914, next, and on or before the frs
day of said term, answer. demur 81
plead to the petition of PLAINTIFF
herein, the same will be taken a
confessed, and judgment viii be rem
dered accordingly.
And it is further ordered that =;
copy hereof be published, according
to law in The Lexington Intelligen
Ger, a newspaper published in SAT-
County of Lafayette for four week
successfully, published at leas
once a week, the last insertion t
, be at least fifteen days before tn,
first day of said next June term o
this court.
j. w. SYDNOR,
Clerk Circuit Court.
A True Copy from the Record.
Witpess my hand and the seal o
: the Circuit Court of Lafayette Coun
ty, Missouri, this the 1st day o
April, 1914.
(SEAL) j. w. SYDNOR
Clerk Circuit Court
II q Wallace AttOrDov for fh,