The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-05-01

said defendants and how such claims
are derived as the same are known
to said plaintiffs; that the legal
title to said lands emanated fpom
the Government more than ten years
before the filing of plaintiffs petition,
and that said real estate nov Is ana
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 10th day or
August. 1866, and who have during
IN this time been In the actual
pen, motto iOus. adverse and peace
bic possession OF the same claiming
title to said real estate, that plain
.tte have title TO sad Tel estate as
70 Deg al heirs OF said May Casteel,
who had title 20 said real estate by
and through me5ne cO~nVeyahtea
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 10 Mary
Casteel. on August 25th, 1865, the
said Mary Caateel, entered into the
possession of said real estate, ana
held the actual, open, notorious, eA-
elusive, adverse and %peaceable pos
session OF same claiming title there
o 10 the date of her death on the
10th day of January, 1918, that the
said real estate has not been ia the
possession Of said defendants, or
either Of them. OF any person claim
ing or who might claim the title OF
through whom defendants or either
OF them might claim fOf more than
thirty years, nor have defendants 81
either OF them or any II claiming
title through OF under them paid
any taxes on said real estate during
~ said years. except these plaintiffs
and those under whom they claim
title who have paid the taxes Oh
[ said real estate for over thirty
years; that IN addition 10 the title
) derived by said Mary Casteel BY and
through mesDe c-OnYeyances, tina
} the title vested Ia said Mary G
Casteel and these plaintiffs by limita
: tons under and by virtue Of th'
provisions Of Section 1884, Of th'
E Revised Statutes Of Missouri, 1909
T. And unless you said defendants
E the unknown heirs. deyisees or gran
/. tees OF Jacob Potter deceased th,
unknown heirs, deyisees or grantee.
Of Asa Smith. Ann NJ Smith, m
e wife; William Chapman, Mary Chap
p man, bis wife, William UITey, Emi
p line Ulrey his wife; William Smith
y Sarah J. smith. his wife; JOsepI
; Smith. Lsyinis Smith, his wife
! Lorenzo y. Smith, Maria 3. Smith
bis wife, Legal heirs and representa-
y uVes Of Joseph Smith, deceased, th
unknown heirs. c0us0rt QeVsees 0
D grantees Of Jacob W. Leeds decea'
: I'd; the unknown heirs, cOnSort, de'
Is secs OF grantees Of r. II. CasJee
B deceased; the uuknOWn heirs, 90.
D. sort. deyisees or grantees of Ihona
CaSJeel. deceased; and Frank Ca,
eel, William Casteel James Castee
atberine Samson and Mary HAM
ne known heirs OF Thomas Oastee
a Decreased; be and appear az Oh.
oul1. al che next tern thereof :
n q begun and holden at the Cou.
o. louise IN the City Of Lexington,
said county on the 9Th day Of Jun
e. 1914. next. and ON or before tue FIR.
IL day OF said term, answer, demUr (
81 plead 70 the petition OF plaintiff
~ herein. che same win be taken I
ID confessed, and judgment win BE- re
ri dered accordingly.
Of &ud it is further ordered that
is Opy hereof de ppblished. aGC0r1l
le o law In me Lexington uteilige
er. a newspaper published ID sa
Is County of Lafayette for four wee.
r. Progressively, Published at lea
IS once a week. the last insertion
rs. e at least fifteen days before Ct
Ia FIRST day OF said ue5i june term
NJ ms court.
is j. ~. SYDNOR.
he CLERK Circuit Court
y a True Copy from the Record
Witness my hand and the seal
ne che Circuit Court OF Lafayette COu
ty, Missouri, this the LIST day
a. April. 1914.
III M NNnNn