Mexico Missouri message., 1916-02-24

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Term, 1916.
WILLIAM G. SIMS, Plaintiff,
VS..
The unknown heirs, assigns, devil
sees, donees, alienees, and imme-
date, mesne, remote, voluntary and
involuntary grantees of Malinda Sui
livan, deceased; of Gideon P. Will
liams, deceased; of Darius j. Skin
ner, deceased; of Emma L. Skinner,
deceased; of Charles Rawlings, de-
ceased; of ]. F. williams, deceased;
of John Green, deceased;of Harvey
MCGEE, deceased, and of Frances c.
Gillispie, deceased.
Defendants.
State of Missouri to the unknown
heirs of the above named defendants,
GREETING
Now on this January 25, 1916.
comes the plaintiff by his Attorneys,
Fry G Rodgers, and files with the
undersigned Clerk of the Audrain
County Circuit Court, in vacation,
his petition duly verified by affidavit,
wherein among other things plaintiff
states that he is the owner in fee
simple and in possession as such
owners of the following described
lands in Audrain County, Missouri,
to-wit:
The West fifty acres of the follow
ing described tract of land, to-wit:--
Begin at the southwest corner of the
Northwest quarter of Section Six
CO.., Township Fifty (50), Range
Eight (S) West, run thence East on
the south line of said tract 1885
chains to a stone, said stone being
5.S3 chains west of the southeast
corner of said tract, thence North
1908 chains. keeping parallel to the
east line of said tract, to a stone,
thence south Sc degrees, So
west, 46.37 chains to the west line
of said tract; thence south on said
west line 1910 chains to the point
of beginning. Also 80 acres, the
north part of the west IL of the
southwest quarter of section 6, town
ship so, range west.
That plaintiff and his prior grant
ors have been in open possession of
said lands, claiming title to the same
and paying the taxes on the same
for the last thirty-one consecutive
years, and that none of the defend
ants have been in possession of said
lands or paid any taxes on the same,
or claimed the same during any of
that time. That the defendants, and
each of them, claim or might claim
and assert title to the said lands and
such claims are adverse and preiudi-
cial to the title and interest of this
plaintiff in and to said real property.
Wherefore, plaintiff prays the
Court to try, ascertain and deter
mine the estate, title and interest of
plaintiff and defendants of, in and
to the said real estate hereinbefore
described, and by its decree to adj
judge, determine, settle, quiet and de-
fine the respective rights, titles, in
terests and estate of plaintiff and de-
PENDANTS to said real estate; and
plaintiff further prays snat the Court
will find that he is the sole owner Of
said real estate.
1t is further ordered that said un-
known defendants be and appear in
this Court on the first day of the next
regular term thereof to be begun and
holden at the Court House in the
City of Mexico, County of Audrain,
State of Missouri, on the eth day Of
March, 1915, and on or before the
first day of said term to answer or
otherwise plead to said petition or
in default thereof said petition
will betaken as adjudged as afore-
said and judgment by default will
be rendered against said defendants.
It is further ordered that copy
hereof be published at least once a
week for four consecutive weeks in
the Mexico Missouri Messages weekly
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