The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-08-18
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
OF MISSOURI,

COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE-ss
In the Circuit Court of Lafayette
County, Missouri, October Term, 1916,
at Lexington.
Harvey A. Farrell, William Alvin
Farrell. Emma F.. Ward, Charles w.
Farrell. Bernetta NJ. Hamilton. John
C. Farrell, James Thomas Farrell, and
Earl Rowe and Thelma Rowe, minors,
by Edward Rowe their Guardian and
CARBOHYDRATES.
VS.,
The Unknown Heirs Of Augustine
f. Alexander, deceased and their con-
orts-Defendants.
Order Of Publication, in Vacation,
August IL, 1916.
Now at this day come the Plain
tifs herein by their attorney, and
file their petition verified by affidavit,
alleging among other things, that
Defendants, the unknown heirs of
Augustine F. Alexander, deceased,
and their COnsorts, are interested in
the subject matter of said petition
as further recited below and whose
names they can not insert therein
because they are unknown to them,
and plaintiffs have been unable, after
due effort to ascertain such names
Whereupon it is ordered by the
Clerk of said Court in vacation as
follows:
To the said Defendants, the I'M
known heirs Of Augustine f. Alex
ander, deceased and their consorts,
you are hereby notified that the plain
tiffs have commenced a suit against
you in this Court, the object and gen
eral nature of which is to try, ascer-
tain and determine the interest of
the plaintiffs and defendants herein
and to obtain an order and judgment
Of said Court to perfect plaintiffs
record title and to declare their IT,
tie vested in them by limitation un-
der the Provisions of section 1884,
Chapter q, Article VIII of the Re-
vised Statutes of Missouri for 1909,
to the following tract of land situate
in Lafayette County, Missouri: to-wit,
The Northwest quarter of tn
Northwest quarter of the Northeast
quarter of section 16, Township AS,
Range %; and that the Plaintiffs are
the sole heirs of Uriah Farrell. de-
ceased, who died intestate, seized and
possessed of said tract of land; al
: leoing among other things, that the
, title emanated from the United
States government to the State of
, Missouri, by the act of Admission
E granting school land, more than
: eighty years ago, that prior to the
: year 1854 said tract of land was by
> order of the County Court Of Lafay-
: cite County, Missouri, sold to Frank
a lin Mock, and a patent was issued
; to him by the State of Missouri. Dec
: ember 26th, 1871, That the title to
said tract of land, vested in one Au-
. gustine F. Alexander by a sheriff's
q deed dated July 9Th, 1870, by a sale
under and by virtue of a Judgment
and execution against Franklin Mock,
/ that in the life time of said Angus
/ tine F. Alexander, possession of said
;. land was taken bv Uriah Farrell,
y under whom plaintiffs claim as heirs
under a deed from Franklin Mock.
dated August Both, 1871, and that
ever since August Both. 1871, the
said Uriah Farrell and those claim
= ing under him, including these plain
!. tiffs have had actual, continuous, open,
4 adverse, peaceful and lawful possess
!, ion of the same claiming title thereto,
. that the said Augustine F. Alexander
9 as appears of record has never con-
q veyed said tract of land to anyone,
+ that he died single and intestate in
/, the year 1899, and that title to said
land formerly vested in him appears
Of record to be in his heirs, and by
G reason thereof they are interested in
i the subject matter of this petition;
that the said Augustine F. Alexander
!, has not, nor has any person claiming,
or who might claim said land under
r. his, been in possession thereof, for
6 more than t~hirtv-One consecutive
years, nor has said Augustine F. AL
eXander nor his heirs, nor any person,
n claiming or who might claim the same
v under him paid any taxes upon said
Z land, or any part thereof during all
, those periods of time, nor has any
such person at any time brought any
action to recover the same, and that
the defendants. said unknown heirs
Of Augustine F. Alexander, deceas-
o ed. and their consorts, derive their
title by descent from the said Angus
" tine F. Alexander, deceased, and are
- barred from all title thereto by lin
1t l~tatlon; that plaintiffs cannot insert
the ame of said heirs nor of their
,e consorts in the petition because the
n same are unknown to the plaintiffs
and they, after due effort, have been
n unable to ascertain such names, and
pray for a decree vesting the title to
n. said land in plaintiffs and divesting
II your apparent title of record from
e. YOU; and that unless you. the said un
known heirs Of Augustine F. Alex
w ander deceased, and their consorts be
as and appear at this court at the next
term thereof, to begun and held al
he the Court House in the City of Lex.
ington. in said County, on the 9th
nv dav Of October, 1916, next and on OF
before said day answer or plead t
nd the petition in said cause, the sam,
lis will be taken as confessed, and iudg
to ment will be rendered accordingly
Sc And it is further ordered. that {
id copy hereof, he published according
of to law in the Lexington Intelligencer
or a newspaper published in said Count,
av Of Lafayette for four weeks success
in lively, published at least once a week
en- the last insertion to be at least hf
be teen days before the first day Of sal,
October, 1916, Term Of this Court.
al W. T. TUT,
Circuit Clerk