Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-24
Order of Publication

the April Term thereof, 1916.
Jess s. Van Ness, Plainti1, vs.
i, Joanna Dean, if living, and, i
dead, the unknown heirs, consort
deYisees, dOnees, alienees, and i'm
mediate. me5ne, remote, voluntary
grantees, and involuntary gran
tees of +. Joanna Dean, Defend
ants.
The State of Missouri, to all oil
the above named defendants
greeting:
You are hereby notified that
the above named pIaintiff has this
day filed with the undersigned
clerk Of the Circuit Court OF
Wright County, Missouri, in va
cation, his petition, duly verified
by affidavit, wherein said plalntitf
alleges that defendant, K. Joanna
Dean is either living and is a non
resident Of the State of Missouri,
so that the ordinary process of
law can not be served upon her
in this state or that the said E.
Joanna Dean has departed this
| life, and believe and aver that one
or the other is true, and is ignO.
rant whether it be the one Or the
other,and plaintiff verify believes
that if the said Z. Joanna Dean be
dead that there are persons inter
ested in or who claim to be inter
eSted in the subject matter OF
this petition and in the lands
hereinafter described as heirs or
deyiseeS of the said f.. Joanna
Dean, but that plaintiff can not
insert the names of said defend
ants herein because same are un-
known to him.
Plaintin states that E. Joanna
Dean acquired title to said prop
erty from the United States Gov
eminent by patents recorded in
honi. 40 at pages sos and SOC in
the Office of the Recorder OF
Deeds of Wright County, Mis-
sour, and that il the said T.. JO-
anna Dean be dead, defendants
have obtained and derived their
claims totheproperty hereinafter
described from said f Joanna
Dean, deceased, as heirs, cOnsOrt,
d~evisees, donees, alieneeS, or i'm.
mediate, meSne, remote, vOlnnta-
~, or Involuntary grantees of r.
Joanna Dean and that his petition
contains as full and correct and
Complete A recital and description
OF The claim Of said defendants
aud how such claims are derived
as the same are known 10 plain
tin.
1t is therefore ordered By the
undersigned clerk aforesaid in
vacation that said defendants be
notitied that All action has been
commenced against them in the
Circuit Court of Wright County,
IN the State of Missouri. for the
purpose Of diVesting the title out
Of said defendants and declaring
that the plaintiff has the title to
the following described real es-
tate by limitation under the pro-
vision of section 1854 of chapter
u of the revised statutes of Mis-.
souri, of 1908. to wit, The east
half of the southeast one.quarter
of section thirty four t34), and
the northwest quarter Of the
southwest one.quarter Of section
thirty five i35j, in township TWEEN
ty nine go, and range sixteen
l6). and the east half of the
southwest one-quarter and the
southwest quarter of the south
west one-quarter of section thir-
ty-hve 800. in township twenty
nine t29), and range sixteen 90,
and which said action is returna.
6le to and triable on the first day
Of the regular term of this court,
to be holden at the court house in
the City Of Hartvllle, in the Coun.
ty of Wright, in the State of Mis-.
souri,, on the third day of April.
1916,at which time and place said
defendants arc required and
commanded to be and appear and
to plead, answer Or demur to
plaintiff $ said petition, otherwise
the allegations contained in said
petition will be taken and consid-
cred as confessed and judgment
rendered according to the prayer
thereof, divesting the title out of
said defendants and declaring