The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-05-15

said defendants and low 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 n
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 or
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
real estate, and that on the date Oh
the deed of said Thomas Caster
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 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 over thirty
years; that in addition to the title
derived by said Mary Casteel by and
through mesne conveyances, that
he title vested in said Mary G.
Casteel and these plaintiffs by limita
lions under and by virtue of the
royisions of Section 1884, of the
Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1909
And unless you said defendants.
, the unknown heirs, deyisees or gran.
tees of Jacob Potter, deceased; the
, unknown heirs, devisees or grantees
of Asa Smith, Ann M. Smith, his
J wife; William Chapman, Mary Chap
man, his wife; William Ulrey, Emf
line Ulrey, his wife; William Smith
Sarah 1. Smith, his wife; JOSEPH
Smith, Lavinia Smith, his wife.
. Lorenzo D. Smith, Maria B. Smith
. his wife, legal heirs and representa-
Y tives Of Joseph Smith. deceased; thu
unknown heirs, cOnsort, devisees o
4 grantees of Jacob w. Leeds, deceas
: ID; the unknown heirs, consort, dev
S sees or grantees of F.. II. Casteel
leces sed; the unknown heirs, con
sort, devisees or grantees of Tboma
Casteel. deceased; and Frank Cas-
.eel, William Casteel, James Castee.
Catherine Samson, and Mary Hand
he known heirs of Thomas Castce
deceased; be and appear at thi
curt, at the next term thereof, t
5e begun and holden at the Com
House in the City of Lexington, !
X said county. on the Sth day of june
1914. next, and on or before the frs
e day of said term, answer, demur c
e plead to the petition of plalntltl
n herein, the same will be taken
d confessed, and judgment will be rel
TT dered accordingly.
Of And it is further ordered that
is opv hereof be published, accordiT
lie o law in The Lexington Intellige
n er, a newspaper published in sa
is County of Lafayette for four weel
excessively, published at lea
once a week, the last insertion
be at least fifteen days before Il
first day of said next June term
this court.
J.. w. SYDNOR,
lie Clerk Circuit Court.
Y A True Copy from the Record.
}, Witness my hand and the seal
Re the Circuit Court of Lafayette Cou
ly ty, Missouri, this the LIST day
e. April, 1914.
III (SEAL) J. w. SYDNOI
e Clerk Circuit Cour
Is II. c. Wallace, Attorney for Il
- plaintiffs.