University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-02-13

souri,, Sallie A. O'Rear, s. F. Conley an6
gertrude b. Conley, the unknown consorts
| heirs, deyisees, alienees or Immediate
| mesne or remote, voluntary or Involuntary
grantees Of Daniel Z. Wilcox, deceased
| the unknown consorts, heirs deyisees
aienees or Immediate, mesne or remote
| voluntary or involuntary grantees OF
| Richard e. Branham, deceased: the IN.
known consorts, heirs, devisees, alienees
| or immediate, mesne or remote, voluntary
| or involuntary grantees of Andrew j, Har-
| bison, deceased; the unknown consorts
heirs, deviSees, alienees, or immediate
| mesne or remote, voluntary or Involuntary
grantees of John NJ. Samuels. deceased; the
unknown consorts, heirs, devisees, alienees
| or immediate, mesne or remote, voluntary
| or involuntary grantees of John G. Con-
| ley, deceased; the unknown consorts, heirs.
devisees. aienees, or immediate, mesne or
remote, voluntary or Involuntary grantees
| of Francis 4. Russell, deceased; the un
known cOnsOrts, heirs, devisees, aienees,
or Immediate, meSne or remote, voluntary
or involuntary grantees of Alexander
Douglas, deceased; the unknown consorts,
heirs devsees, alienees, or immediate,
| mesne or remote, voluntary or involuntary
grantees of Caleb 5. Stone. deceased; the
unknown conSorts, heirs, devisees alienees
or immediate Inesne or remote, voluntary
or involuntary grantees OF David Gordon,
deceased; the unknown consorts heirs,
devisees, aiieneeS. or immediate, mesne or
remote voluntary or involuntary grantees
of Bolivar :. Head, deceased; the unknown
cOnSortS. heirs, deyiSees, alienees imme
diate. meSne or remote, voluntary or in
voluntary grantees of l.. Il. WilkS. de-
cea Sed; the unknown cOnSortS heirs, devi-
>ees alieneeS, or immediate, mesne or re
mole, voluntary or Involuntary grantees Of
John Machir deceased; the unknown CON
sorts heirs deyisees, alienees or immediate
mesne or remote voluntary or Involuntary
grantees of Robert Lemon, deceased; the
unknown cOnSOrts, heirs, devisees. alieneeS
or immediate, meSne or remote, voluntary
or involuntary grantees of George r. ia
cObs, deceased, the unknown consorts,
heirs, deyiSees. alienees, or immediate,
mesne or remote, voluntary or involuntary
grantees Of Andrew j. Herndon, decea sed /;
the unknown consorts, heirs, deyisees,
alienees, or immediate. mesne or remote,
voluntary or involuntary grantees of James
Ferguson, deceased the unknown eonsorts,
heirs, deyiSees, alieneeS or immediate,
meSne or remote, voluntary or involuntary
grantees of j. :. Dorsey, deceased, and W.
+. Lenoir- Defendants.
THE STATE OF MISSOURI, to the
above named unknown defendants and TO
W. Il. Lenoir, GREETING:
Now on this the 2nd day of February,
1916, in vacation before the April Term,
l9lf, of the Circuit Court of Boone County,
Missouri. come the plaintiffs herein, by
herein duly verified by the affidavit Of {.
B. Sebastian, agent and attorney for the
plaintiffs, and in said petition state that
the defendant, Walter I. Lenoir is a non
resident of the State of Missouri SO that
the ordinary process of law cannot be
served upon him. And plaintiffs further
state in said petition that there are per
sons interested in the subject matter or
this suit whose names plaintiffs cannot in
sert in said petition for the reason that
they are unknown to them ana whom they
cannot further describe than as being the
unknown consortS, heirs, deylSeeS, alienees,
or immediate mesne or remote, voluntary
or Involuntary grantees of the following
named persons, to-wit; Daniel P. Wilcox,
deceased, Richard T. Branhan, deeease1'
Andrew J. HARRISON, deceased, John NJ
Samuels, deceased, John Z. Conley, de-
ceased, Francis 7. Russell, deceased, Alex
ander Douglas, deceased, Caleb s. Stone,
decea sed David Gordon, deceased, Boliver
:. Head. deceased. l.. b. Wilks, deceased,
John Machir, deceased, Robert Lemon, de-
ceased, George r. Jacobs; deceased; An
drew j. Herndon, deceased, James Fergu-
son. deceas sed, and J. S. Dorsey, deceased,
each respectively; and plaintiffs further
state in said petition that the title to the
real estate hereinafter described emanated
from the United States Government by me
Trustees of the town of Smithton, assignee
of Louis W. Jordan, dated Aug. %, ls2i
and recorded in the recorders onlce OF
Boone County, Missouri, in Book a, page
$50 June -. 1925, and United States to
las III Burnett assignee of Thomas Duley,
dated Sept. l. 1924, and recorded IN the
Recorders office of Boone County, missouri
in Book /. page 30 on the l2th DAY OF
April 1905: that David s. Lamme who
owned the land hereinafter described, in
1890 sold and conveyed the same to Dan
ipI y. Wilcox and that said deed was duly
acknowledge and recorded in the recorders
office of said county. in Book ID page 2i9,
hut that the scrivener incorrectly wrote
the name of the said grantee in one place
rs Daniel T. WilcocoX and In another place
1S Daniel L. W Wilcox; that Richard L.
Rranham, who owned the land hereinafter
described from 1852 to 1871, died testate IN
Boone County. Missouri. and his Will was
duly prohated in the County Court OF
RoGne County Missouri, and Emily b
Eruuham who was named EXecutrlX IN
said will. duly qualified and administered
said estate and made final settlement there
of but the clerk of said court failed TO
make an order or record approving the
Probate and granting of letters in vaca-
tion: that in 1866 Andrew ]. HARRISON
owned said real estate and executed a
deed of trust thereon to John VI. Samuels,
trustee for the use and benent or John
C. Conlev to secure the payment of note
for $3.50 90 dated Nov. ., 1866 ana record
ed in Book 3 page 414 of said deed records,
and that on the oath day of September;
1861 said note and interest was fully pald
and satisfied on the margin of the record,
Int the record of deeds failed to attest
the same: that on the 2Sth day OF Aprll,
1871 Emma O'Rear, who was then the
owner of said real estate, executed deco