Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17

county, Missouri, aud files his petition and
affidavit, setting forth among other things,
that the defendant,
William A. Patterson,
IS a nonresident of the state Of Missouri,
and that he cannot be served with sum
mons in said state;
Plaintiff states that the defendant,
William A.. Paterson,
has not been heard of for many years; that
plaintiff is not informed whether he be
living OF dead; that if he be dead, his heirs,
or if he died leaving a will, his devisees.
are interested in the subject matter Of this
petition; that the names OF such heirs or
devisees, or both, cannot be inserted here
in because they are unknown TO plaintiff
that the said
Isarel S. Owen and William A. Patterson,
were the record owners of the land describ-
ed herein, but plaintiff has no information
except as herein stated Of the nature of the
interest and estate in said land owned by
said
Isarel s. Owen and William A. Patterson,
and therefore is unable to particularly de-
scribe the same, and that in the event of the
death Of the said William A, Patterson,
his said heirs and devisees have, by descent
or devise, succeeded TO the said interest and
estate Of the said William A. Patterson,
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 defen-
dants that an action has been commenced
agalnstthem in the circuit court of said coun-
ty, the object and general nature of which is
to enforce the lien of the state of Missouri
on the following real estate, belonging to
the said defendants for back taxes for the
years 1913 and loI4, to wit:
The west one-half of the southwest quar-
ter of section I, township 81, north, Of
range a east, SO acres-said real estate be-
ing in Iron county, Missouri.
Can itemized statement in the nature OF a
tax bill showing the amount of taxes, inter-
est and cost now due on said real estate for
the years aforesaid, amounting in the
aggregate to the sum of six and 8S-Ioc
dollars, is filed with said petition as pro-
vided by law.)
And unless they be and appear at the
next term Of said court to be holden for the
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the court honse in said county on the fourth
Monday in October next, 1916, and on OF
before the third Gay thereof (if the term
shall SO long continue; and, if not, then be-
fore the end OF the term, and plead,
answer or demur to said plaintiffs petition,
the same will be taken as confessed, judg-
ment rendered in accordance with the payer
of said petition, and said real estate, or SO
mnch thereof as may be necessary to satisfy
said judgment, interest and costs, be sold
under a special feri facias to be issued
thereon.
1t is further ordered that a copy hereof
be published according to law in the Iron
County Register, a weekly newspaper
published in said county of Iron, and state
of Missouri.
JESSE M. HAWKINS, Circuit Clerk.
A true copy from the record:
[SEAL] Witness my hand aud oficia'
seal, this 27th day of June,
1916.
JESSE NJ. HAWKINS, Clerk
Circuit Court, Iron county, Mo.