The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-04-21

Newell T. Wilcoxon-Plaintiff.
VS..
The unknown heirs, c%onsort, devil
sees, donees, alienees, and immediate,
mesne, remote, voluntary and invol-
untary grantees or assigns of Lou
Hurdell, deceased-Defendants.
Now at this day comes the plain
tiff herein by his attorney and files
his petition and affidavit alleging
among other things that The unknown
heirs, %consort, devisees, donees, alien
ees, and immediate, mesne, remote,
voluntary and involuntary grantees
or assigns of Lou Hurdell, deceased,
are interested in the subject matter
of said petition as hereinafter set
forth and whose names he cannot in
sert because they are unknown to
him.
Whereupon it is ordered by the
Clerk in vacation as follows: To the
said defendants you are hereby Motif
ed that the plaintiff has commenced
a suit against you in this court the
object and general nature of which is
to obtain a decree to quiet title to the
property hereinafter described and to
obtain a judgment of the court de-
claring the title of the plaintiff to be
vested in him by limitation under the
provisions of Section 1884, Chapter
p, Article VIII of the Revised Stat
utes of Missouri, for 1909, to the fol-
lowing tract of land situate in Lafay-
cite County, Missouri: The east half
of lot numbered five (5), in block
numbered T~hirty-nine 1897, in the
First Addition to Lexington, Missouri,
as the same is shown on the official
plat thereof on file in the Office of the
Recorder of Deeds within and for
Lafayette County, Missouri, and al
leging that the title to the land en-
braced in said First Addition to Lex
ington, Mo-, emnated from the United
States Government, by two patents,
n dated September oath, 1921, and
conveying the northeast quarter OF
the northwest quarter of Section 33
Township 81, Range 81, Lafayette
County, Mo-, to one Wilson Owen, and
the other of date June Both, 1919, and
conveying the northeast quarter Of
the northwest quarter of Section "a
Township 81, Range 81, Lafayette
County, Missouri, to one William Nc.
Kenzie. and that title to said lane
passed, by various parties until the
26th day of April, 1888, on which dat,
all that part thereof concerned in thii
litigation was owned by ]. H. Graham
William Spratt and James Aull, anC
they, as the then owners thereo.
caused a part of said land above des
cribed to be subdivided into lots anc
blocks, streets and alleys and hat
same plated and recorded as provid
ed by law as an Addition to the Cit,
of Lexington, Lafayette County, Mis-
souri,, and the same was, has eve,
since been and now is known and cal
led First addition to Lexington
Missouri, and that all the land that i
the subject matter of this suit was
part of the land so plated and in sal,
plat became and is known and des
ignated as "The East half of Lot mum
bered Five, in Block numbered Thirty
nine, in the First Addition to Licking
ton, Missouri, and that no record con
veyance is shown transferring tn
title to said property from soid J. II
Graham, William Spratt. and Jane
Aull, but that on the 9Th day of Apri.
1841, one Wiley Pool and his wifi
conveyed said land, with other land +
one Jonathan Colcord, which deed i
of record in Book M Page 1913, Pub
lie Deed Record of Lafayette County
Missouri, and that title to same pas
sed by various c~onveyances of recor
, until the 10th day of August 1876
when said Lot 5 was owned by on
Elizabeth Hughes, and she conveye
an undivided one half interest there
in to Lou Hurdell on the first day q
February, 1872, as shown by deed rec
ord X No. L Page GAO, Public Dee
Records of Lafayette County, Mo-, an
by exchange of deeds thereafter, bC
tween Elizabeth Hughes and Lou HUI
dell, said Lou Hurdell became tn
owner in fee of the east Of sal
Lot Number 5, as is shown by Boo
II, Page Al, Public Deed Record {
Lafayette County, Missouri, and this
said Lou Hurdell held the record tit
to said east half of said Lot 5 frol
that time until her death about tn
year 1894, that there was no admins
tration Of her estate, and ,
the time of her death her husban
James Hurdell, was the owner of II
West half Of said Lot 5, and continl