The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-05-29

5aid defendants and los such claims
are derived as tie same Gre kIowL
10 said plaintiffs; that the legal
title to said lands emaLated f.om
the Government ore 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
bic possession OF the same claiming
title to said real estate; that plain
lifts have title 10 said real estate as
the legal heirs of said Mary Casteel,
who had title to said real estate by
and through mesne Conveyances
c~onveying 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, 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 IN the
10th day of January, 1918, 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
il 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 c.
Casteel and these plaintiffs by limita.
tons 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 l. 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 or
grantees Of Jacob w. Leeds, deceas-
ed; the unknown heirs, consort, dev-
isees or grantees of F. II. Casteel,
deceased; the unknown heirs, con
sort, devisees or grantees of Thomas
Casteel, deceased; and Frank Cas-
teel, William Casteel, James Casteel,
Catherine Samson, and Mary Hand,
the known heirs of Thomas Casteel,
deceased; be and appear at this
court, at the next term thereof, to
De begun and holden at the Court
House in the City of Lexington, in
said county, on the Sth day of June,
1914, next, and on or before the first
day of said term, answer, demur OF
plead to the petition of plaintiffs
herein, the same will be taken as
confessed, and judgment viii be rem.
dered accordingly.
And it is further ordered that a
lcopy hereof be published, according
to law in The Lexington ~Inteligen
Ger, a newspaper published in said
County of Lafayette for four weeks
successfully, published at leasi
once a week, the last insertion t.
be at least fifteen days before the
first day Of said next June term OIL
this court.
J. w. SYDNOR,
Clerk Circuit Court.
A True Copy from the Record.
Witness my hand and the seal OF
the Circuit Court of Lafayette Coun,
ty, Missouri, this the 1st day OF
April, 1914.
(SEAL) ]. w. SYDNOR,
Clerk Circuit Court.
H. C. Wallace, Attorney for the
plaintiffs.