The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-04-10

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,
The unknown heirs, d~evisees or
grantees of Jacob Potter, deceased;
the unknown heirs, devisees or
grantees of Asa Smith, Ann NJ.
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, Layinia Smith. his
wife; Lorenzo d. Smith, Maria B.
Smith, his wife; legal heirs and rep
resentatives of Joseph Smith, deceas-
ed, the unknown heirs, consort, dew
isees or grantees of Jacob w. Leeds,
deceased, the unknown heirs, consort,
devisees or grantees of F. H. C~asteel,
deceased, the unknown heirs, con-
sort, deyisees 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 or
grantees of Jacob Potter, deceased;
the unknown heirs, devisees or gran
tees of Asa Smith. Ann M. Smith,
his wife; William Chapman, Mary
Chapman, his wife, William Ulrey,
Emiline Ulrey, his wife; William
Smith. Sarah |. 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. H
Casteel, deceased. the unknown heirs
consort, devisees or grantees ol
Thomas Casteel, deceased. Where
upon, it is ordered by the CLERK
of this court, in vacation April LIST
1914, as follows: That all of the
defendants, aforesaid, in said cause
of action be notified by publication
that the plaintiffs have commenced
an action against them in said cour
the object and general nature o
which is to obtain a decree of this
court to determine the estate, title
and interests of said parties, plain
tiffs and defendants. and by It's
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, lying
and being in Lafayette County, Mis-
souri,, to-wit: The west half of the
southeast quarter of section thirty
two 1922 in township fifty-one (51)
range twenty-eight (2S); that the
plaintiffs are the sole and only
heirs at law of Mary Casteel, de
ceased, who was the sole owner in
fee simple title to the aforesaid de
scribed real estate. And plaintiffs
further allege that the defendants
claim some title, estate or interest
i'm the subject matter of the petition
and In the lands hereinbefore de
scribed as follows: The defendants
the unknown heirs, devisees or gran
tees of Jacob Potter, deceased, claim
by virtue of a deed made June 14th
lS41 to Jacob Potter by James Mar
tin. conveying the aforesaid real es
tate; that the defendants the un
known heirs, devisees or grantees o.
Asa Smith. Ann E. Smith, his wife.
William Chapman, Mary Chapman
his wife, William Ulrey, Emile III
rey, his wife, William Smith, Saral
1. Smith, his wife, Joseph Smith
Lavinia Smith, his wife, Lorenzo
ID. Smith and Maria b. Smith, his
wife, claim as legal heirs and rep
resentatives of Joseph Smith, de
ceased, but as to how said JOSEPH
Smith derived any claim to saiC
real estate, these plaintiffs are un
able to state; that the defendants
the unknown heirs. consorts. dev
isees or grantees Of Jacob w. Leeds
deceased, claim title to said lands
by virtue of q deed made by the
aforesaid heirs and legal representa-
tives of Joseph Smith, deceased
dated February 4th, 1853, purport
ing to convey said above described
real estate to said Jacob w. Leeds.
that the defendants the unknown
heirs, devisees or grantees Of F. H
Casteel, deceased. claim title by
virtue of a deed made August 4th
1862, by John N. Craven and wifi
and Barnet T. Craven and wife, pur
porting to convey said real estate
to f. H. Casteel; that the defend
ants Frank Casteel, William Casteel
James Casteel, Catherine Samson an
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