The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-05-22

said defendants and O. su,a claims
are derived as the same axe known
to said plaintiffs; that the Ie8ai
lJle 10 sai0 lands ehiolattu i.oA
the Government ore than TEL years
before the filing Of pl int-ifs pctl-Ol
and that said real estate now is ana
has been for more than thirty ears
in tbs lawful poslessio- o. these
plaintiffs and the said Mary Castl. !,
and those under whom they claim
title from and since the 2Jtn day OF
August. 1866. and who have during
I'll this time been in the a-tlal,
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 c~onyeyances
conveying to her the title to said
caal estate. and that on the date OF
the deed of said Thomas Casteel
conveying 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 tina
, thirty years. nor have defendants or
J. either of them or any one claiming
: title through or under them paid
any taxes on said real estate during
al said years, except these plalntiffs
S and those under whom they claim
title. who have paid the taxes on
said real estate for over thirty
2 years; that in addition to the title
s derived by said Mary Casteel by and
through mesne conveyances, that
the title vested in said Mary c.
f Casteel and these plaintiffs by limita
e tions under and by virtue of the
provisions of Section 1884, of the
e Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1909,
And unless 0 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, his
e wife; William Chapman, Mary Chap
l. man, his wife; William Ulrey, Emf
D line Ulrey, his wife; William Smith
n Sarah 1. Smith, his wife; JOSEPH
/; Smith. Lavinia Smith, his wife
Lorenzo D. Smith, Maria B. Smith
4, his wife, legal heirs and representa-
tives of Joseph Smith, deceased; thu
Y, unknown heirs, cOnsort, devisees o
m grantees of Jacob w. Leeds, deceas
;; ed; the unknown heirs, consort, deV
is isees or grantees of F. H. Casteel
deceased; the unknown heirs, cor
D. sort, devisees or grantees of Thoma
Casteel. deceased; and Frank Cas-
t, teel, William Casteel, James Castee
V. Catherine Samson, and Mary HAND
s, the known heirs of Thomas Castee
H. deceased; be and appear at thi
rs, court. at the next term thereof. {
Of be begun and holden at the CouI
e. House in the City Of Lexington, /
rk said county, on the 8th day Of june
st, 1914, next, and on or before the frs
he day of said term, answer, demur {
Sc plead to the petition of plaintiffs
on herein, the same will be taken 9
ed confessed, and judgment win be rel
lrt dered accordingly.
of And it is further ordered that
his copy hereof be published, accordiI
tie to law in The Lexington Intellige
in Ger, a newspaper published in sa
it's County of Lafayette for four weel
1e- successfully, published at lea
es- once a week, the last insertion
es, be at least fifteen days before Il
de- first day of said next June term
ng this court.
is j. w. SYDNOR,
he Clerk Circuit Court
ty- A True Copy from the Record.
~ Witness my hand and the seal
he the Circuit Court of Lafayette Cou
lly ty, Missouri, this the LIST day
April, 1914.
IN (SEAL) ]. w. SYDNOI
1 ~ Clerk Circuit COur
ne ne H. C. Wallace, Attorney for L
n ~ plaintiffs.