Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-30
Lawrence McNelis, Plaintiff,

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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 MeNelis, and John
McNelis, il living, and II 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 notwithstanding:
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 un-
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
1893, 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
dead
1t is therefore ordered by said clerk
that said defendants, Mary G. Mad
den, Darwin Poyser, William Poyser
and John McNelis, II living, but if
dead, then the unknown heirs, con-
sorts, devisees, donees, alienees or
immediate, mesne, or remote, volun-
tary or involuntary grantees of said
John McNelis, be notified by publ
cation that 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 10 to parti-
ton The East one-half of the West
Fifty (50) acres OF Lot Three (3l, in
the Northwest Quarter OF Section
Three (3), and the East one-half of
Lots One ~ and Two t2) in the North
west Quarter OF Section Four az. all
in Township Fifty.five (55), Range
Eight (8) west, In Monroe county, Mis-
souri,, and containing In all One Hun
dred and Five Q05) acres, more or
less, among the heirs OF Patrick Nc
Nelis and Bridget McNelis, deceased,
and which petition alleges that said
Mary C. Madden and William Poyser
are each the owner of and entitled to
an undivided One sixth interest in
said real estate; That the undivided
One-sixth interest of William Poyser
is subject to the curtesy interest Of
Darwin Poyser as husband of Cecilia
Poyser, deceased; That defendant,
John McNelis, who is q son of Pat
rick McNelis and Bridget McNelis, II
living is the owner OF an undivided
One. sixth interest In said real estate,
but II said John McNelis 10 dead, then
his unknown heirs, consorts, devisees,
dopees, alienees, or immediate, mesne
or remote, voluntary or involuntary
grantees, are entitled to such undivid-
al 0na-oixkh fnfaRaak
And It 10 further ordered that said
defendants be and appear in this Court
on the first day OF the next
tarm thareof. 70 be holden at