Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-17

petition and atfldavit, setting forth among
other things, that the defendants, James
B. Briggs, Abraham Kramer and Adolph
10th, if living; or the unknown consort,
heirs and d~evisees of James Briggs,
Abraham Kramer, and Adolph 10th, if
they be dead, are non-residents Of the
State of Missouri, and that they cannot
be served with nj in said State.
Plaintiff states that the defendants,
James B. Briggs, Abraham Kramer and
Adolph 10th, have not been heard of for
many years; that plaintiff is not informed
whether they be living or dead. that if
they be dead their heirs, 0 r if they died
leaving a will, their devisees, are in
terested in the subject matter of this
petition; that the names OF such heirs or
devisees, or both, cannot be inserted
herein because they are unknown to
plaintiff; that the said James B. Briggs,
Abraham Kramer and Adolph 10th were
the record owners of the land described
herein, but plaintiff has no information
except as herein stated Of the nature of
the interest and estate in said land
owned by said James B. Briggs, Abraham
Kramer and Adolph 10th, and therefore is
unable to particularly describe the same,
and that in the event of the death of the said
James B. Briggs, Abraham Kramer and
Adolph 10th, their said heirs and devisees
have, by descent or devise, succeeded
to the said interest and estate Of the said
James B. Briggs, Abraham Kramer and
Adolph 10th, from whom their Interest
in the property herein described is
derived. 1t is therefore, ordered by the
Clerk OF the Circuit Court of Iron County,
Missouri, in vacation, that publication be
made notifying said defendants that ar
action has been commenced against
them in the Circuit Court of said County,
the object and general nature of which is
to enfore the lien of the State of Missouri
on the following real estate, belonging tc
the said defendants for back taxes fol
the years 1911, 1912 and 1913, to.wft:
Tract No. /. The West one-half o
the Southwest Quarter of Section "a
Township 81, north, Range a east, 81
!, acres. Tract No. 2. The North one
half OF the Northwest Quarter Of Section
20, Township 81, north, Range d east
. 80 acres.
Can itemized statement in the nature
: of a tax bill showing the amount of taxes
! interest and cost now due on said real es
: tate for the years aforesaid, amounting il
the aggregate to the sum Of twenty-five
; and 4o-Ioo dollars, is filed with said peti
: ton as provided by law.)
, And unless they be and appear at thu
next term Of said Court to be holden 70
! the County Of Iron, and State OF Missouri
at the Court House in said County on til,
:. fourth Monday in October next, 1915
!, and on or before the third day thereo
(f the term shall so long continue; and
if not, then before the end Of the term
and plead, answer or demur to sal,
plaintiffs petition, the same will be take
as confessed, judgment rendered i
{ accordance with the prayer of sal
petition, and said real estate, or so muc
thereof as may be necessary TO satisf
said judgment, interests and costs, be sol
/, under a special heri facias to be issue
a thereon.
It is further ordered that a copy here
Of be published according to law in tn
IRON County REGISTER, a week.
newspaper published in said County {
Iron, and State Of Missouri.
JESSE M. HAWKINS,
Circuit Clerk.
4 A true copy from the record:
Witness my hand and official seal, tn
[sEAL] 13th day of May, 1915.
JESSE M. HAWKINS, Clerk
Circuit Court, Iron County, Mo.