The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-11
CITATION BY PUBLICATION.

State of Texas. To the sheriff or
ANY constable of Ellis county. greet
ing: You are hereby commanded to
summon John Morgan, Sarah Nor
gan, Sarah E. Steele, j. n. Steele,
Mary A. Bridges, Russell Bridges,
Elender or Ellen Tilley, Jas. Tilley,
VIM. Morgan, Mary A. WEIGH,
Katie or Catherine A. Bobbitt,
- Bobbitt, Mollie N. Harrell
and w. A. Harrell if living,
If, not, against their unknown heirs,
legal representatives, by making pub
LEGATION of this citation once in each
week for eight successive weeks pre-
Ivious to the return day hereof, in
some newspaper published in your
to appear at the next regu-
lar term of the district court of Ell
lis county, to be holden at the court
house thereof, in Waxahachie, on the
first Monday in November, A. ID.
the same being the sixth day
of November, A. ID. 1916, then and
there to answer a petition filed in
said court on the first day of Sep
TENDER, A. d. 1916, in a suit, num-
Dtbtu VII tnC uOthtt VI oaio COui
No. 1859, wherein Fl. A. Jackson is
plaintiff and John Morgan, Sarah
Morgan, Sarah f. Steele, J. N. Steele,
Mary A. Bridges, Russell Bridges,
Elender or Ellen Tilley, Jas. Tilley,
VIM. Morgan, Mary A. Welch, Katie
or Catherine A. Bobbitt,EBobbitt,
Mollie N. Harrell and w. A. Harrell,
if living, if not, their heirs or legal
representatives, are defendants and
said petition alleging in substance:
That in 1860 a patent was issued
to D. p. Fearis, assignee. of Robt, M
Walker to 800 acres of land situated
in Ellis county, Texas, which is
more fully described in plaintiffs
petition; that in 1874 NJ. e.. Fearis,
'%eyecutrix of the estate of ID. p.
Fearis, conveyed 100 acres of said
land to John Morgan, and by sub
.sequent conveyances by those pur-
to be the heirs of John Nor
gan, a part of the 160 acres became
the property of plaintiff by deed
from j. T. Jackson and wife amount
ing to SO and 1-3 acres, more or
less, being described by field notes
in plaintiffs petition more fully;
i uqt pldfltlil udh hau PNdtCdDlS IN
adverse possession of the same, cul-
|tivating it and paying taxes on it
for a period of mere than five years.
plaintiff has even had charge of
same, p~eaceable and adverse possess
sion for more than ten years, culti-
waiting same and paying taxes on it;
that in 1857 a patent vas issued to
Niles Beeler to 500 acres of land on
chambers creek in Ellis county, Tex
as. fully described in plaintiffs pc
.tition; that in 1904 j. T. Jackson
claimed ownership of a part of the
$50 acres above referred to by a
regular chain of transfers from the
said Niles Beeler, and said j. t.
Jackson for a valuable consideration
sold to plaintiff and plaintiffs wife
100 acres of said land; that in 1904
plaintiff took possession of said 100
acres and has had adverse and peace
full possession of the same. cultivat-
ing, using, enjoying and paying
taxes on the same for a period of
more than ten years previous to the
filing of this suit; plaintiff is not
Informed as to the whereabouts of
defendants. whether they are dead or
INiHS, pieiiioSn o~ouSiueiSu, plaintiff
'prays that the defendants or their
heirs if defendants are not living or
their legal representatives be cited
to appear and answer this petition;
that upon final bearing he have a
Judgment quieting his title TO said
two tracts of land and for general
and special relief.
Herein fail not, but have before