Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-14

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nell, Margaret McNelis, Celia Nc. |
Nelis John McNelis. Ellen McNelis,
Margie McNelis, Lawrence Nc
Nelis, Oneta McNelis, Anna Nc
Nelis, Lucille MeNells, and John
McNelis, II living, and If dead, the
unknown heirs, consorts, devisees,
donees, alienees, or immediate,
mesne or remote, voluntary or in.
voluntary grantees OF said John
McNelis. Defendants.
The State of Missouri, To above
named efendants-greetlng:
Now on the 9th day Of September,
1915, in vacation OF the circuit court
for Monroe county, missouri, before
November term, 1915, of said circuit
court, comes plaintiff herein by at
torney of record herein, before said
clerk, and on behalf of plaintiff, files
verified petition in suit herein, among
other matters of action alleging, That
said defendants, Mary G, Madden,
Darwin Poyser and William Poyser
are non-residents of the State of Mis-
souri,, SO that the ordinary process OF
law cannot be served upon them In
this state, and further alleging that
defendant, John McNelis, has alb
seconded and absented himself from
his former usual place of abode In
this state and has concealed himself
so that the ordinary process OF law
cannot be served upon him in this
state. and further alleging that If said
John McNelis is dead then plaintiff
verify believes that there are persons
interested in the subject matter OF this
suit whose names cannot be inserted
herein for the reason that they are UNI
known to plaintiff, That such persons
weuld derive their claims as consorts.
heirs, devisees, alienees, or immedi-
ate. mesne or remote. voluntary or
involuntary grantees of said John
McNelis, and further alleging that
said John McNelis was a son of Pat
rick McNelis and Bridget McNelis,
and that while a resident of the State
OF Missouri he departed from this
state in the year 1898, and has been
absent from this state since said year
1898, without any tidings being re-
ceived from him for the last seven
years next before the filing of the
petition in this cause and that plain
tiff believes that said John McNelis is
J dead.
It is therefore ordered by said clerk
that said defendants, Mary G. Mad
den, Darwin Poyser, William Poyser
and John McNelis, if living, but If
dead, then the unknown heirs, con-
sorts, devisees, donees, alienees or
r immediate, mesne, or remote, volun-
tary or involuntary grantees of said
John McNelis, be notified by publ
cation tb at plaintiff by petition here
: in filed, of date September 9th, 1915
has commenced suit against said de-
PENDANTS, the immediate object and
|. general nature of which is to parti'
ton The East one-haf of the West
], Fifty (50) acres OF Lot Three t3l, IL
1 the Northwest Quarter of Section
1 Three (3), and the East one-half o
4 Lots One II and Two ~ in the North
0 west Quarter of Section Four az. al
: in Township Fifty-ive (55), Rang
.. Eight t8) west, in Monroe county, Mis-
souri,, and containing in all One Hun
bred and Five Q05) acres, more Of
less, among the heirs of Patrick Nc
Nelis and Bridget McNelis, deceased
and which petition alleges that sail
| Mary G. Madden and William Poyse
are each the owner of and entitled Il
an undivided One-sixth interest il
1 said real estate; That the undivide,
| One-sixth interest of William Poyse
/ is subject to the curtesy interest o
: Darwin Poyser as husband of Ceceli
Poyser, deceased; That defendant
John McNelis, who is son of Pat
'. rick McNelis and Bridget McNelis,
a. living is the owi.er of an undivide
e One-sixth interest in said real estate
10 but if.said John McNelis is dead, the
n his unknown heirs, consorts, devisees
% doDees, alienees, or immediate, mesh
or remote, voluntary or involuntar
\ grantees, are entitled to such undivit
/, ed one-sixth interest.
a And 1t is further ordered that sal
u defendants be and appear in this Ccul
on the first day Of the nel