The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-04-24

In the circuit court of Lafayette
County, Missouri, June term, 1914,
at Lexington. In vacation April
LIST, 1914.
William c. Casteel, Emma Lauck,
Sarah Schrimsher, Annie Smith,
Ethel Cooley and Mary Cooley; Silas
N. Cooley, guardian of the person
and curator of the estate of George
w. Cooley. Homer Cooley and Rose
Cooley. minors; and George w. God
ley, Homer Cooley and Rosa Cooley
minors by Silas N. Cooley, guardian
of the person and curator of their
estates-Plaintiffs,
We.
The unknown heirs, devisees or
grantees of Jacob Potter, deceased;
the unknown heirs, devisees or
grantees of Asa Smith, Ann M.
Smith, his wife; William Chapman,
Mary Chapman, his wife; William
Ulrey, Emiline Ulrey, his wife; Will
lam Smith, Sarah l. Smith, his wife;
Joseph Smith, Lavinia Smith, his
wife: Lorenzo D. Smith, Maria B..
Smith, his wife; legal heirs and rep
resentatives of Joseph Smith, deceas-
ed, the unknown heirs, c%onsort, dev-
isees or grantees of Jacob w. Leeds,
deceased, the unknown heirs, %consort,
devisees or grantees of F. H. Casteel,
deceased, the unknown heirs, CON
sort, devisees or grantees of Thomas
Casteel, deceased and Frank Casteel,
William Casteel, James Casteel, Cath
crime Samson and Mary Hand, the
known heirs of Thomas Casteel, de-
ceased-Defendants.
Now at this day come the plaintiffs
herein by their attorney and file
their petition verified by the affidavit
of one of said plaintiffs, alleging
among other things that defendants
Frank Casteel, William Casteel,
James Casteel, Catherine Samson
and Mary Hand are non-residents of
the State of Missouri and that there
are persons interested in the sub
ject matter of the petition whose
names and interests plaintiffs can
not insert herein because they are
unknown to the plaintiffs and de-
scribing the claims and interests
therein of such unknown parties and
how such claims and interests are de
rived so far as known to the plain
tiffs, said unknown defendants, be-
ing the unknown heirs, devisees OF
grantees of Jacob Potter, deceased;
the unknown heirs, devisees or gran
tees of Asa Smith, Ann NJ. Smith
his wife; William Chapman, Mary
Chapman, his wife, William Ulrey
Emiline 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 rep
resentatives of Joseph Smith, de
ceased, the unknown heirs, consort
devisees or grantees of Jacob w
Leeds, deceased, the unknown heirs
consOrt, devisees or grantees of F. Fl
Casteel, deceased, the unknown heirs
consort, devisees or grantees o
Thomas Casteel, deceased. Where
upon, it is ordered by the clerl
of this court, in vacation April LIST
1914, as follows: That all of thu
defendants, aforesaid, in said caus,
of action be notified by publication
that the plaintiffs have commences
an action against them in said cour
the object and general nature o
which is to obtain a decree of thi
court to determine the estate, It'll
and interests of said parties, plain
tiffs and defendants, and by It
judgment and decree to define, de
termine and adjudge the title, es
tate and interests of said parties
severally in and to the following de
scribed real estate, situate, lyin.
and being in Lafayette County, Mis-
souri,, to-wit: The west half of tn
southeast quarter of section thirty
two 1927 in township fifty-one (51)
range twenty-eight (2S); that tn
plaintiffs are the sole and onl
heirs at law of Mary Casteel, dc
ceased. who was the sole owner i
fee simple title to the aforesaid dc
scribed real estate, And plaintiff
further allege that the defendant
claim some title, estate OF interes
in the subject matter of the petitlo
and in the lands hereinbefore d.
scribed as follows: The defendant
the unknown heirs, devisees or graz
tees of Jacob Potter, deceased, clan
by virtue of a deed made June l4tl
lS41 to Jacob Potter by James Ma
tin, conveying the aforesaid real ei
tate; that the defendants the III
known heirs. devisees or grantees
Asa Smith. Ann e. Smith, his wife
William Chapman, Mary Chapman
his wife, William Ulrey, Emile Z
rev. his wife, William Smith, Sara
]. Smith, his wife, Joseph Smitl
Lavinia Smith, his wife, Loren2
D. Smith and Maria B. Smith, HI
wife, claim as legal heirs and rel
= r%esentatives of Joseph Smith, d
ceased, but as to how said JOSEF
Smith derived any claim to sal
real estate, these plaintiffs are III
able to state; that the defendant
the unknown heirs, consorts, de
isees or grantees of Jacob w, Iced
deceased, claim title to said lane
by virtue of a deed made by II
aforesaid heirs and legal represent
tives Of Joseph Smith, decease
dated February 4th, 1858, purpor
ing to convey said above describe
real estate to said Jacob w. Leedi
that the defendants the unknov
heirs, devisees or grantees Of F.
Casteel. deceased, claim title
virtue Of a deed made August At
1862, by John N. Craven and wi
and Barnet T. Craven and wife, pu
porting to convey said real esta'
to f. H. Casteel; that the defen
ants Frank Casteel, William CasteC
James Casteel, Catherine Samson al