The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-04-14
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

~ VI MlDDOOhls
COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE-ss.
In the Circuit Court of Lafayette
County, Missouri, June Term 1916, at
Lexington. In vacation, April 18th
1916.
Harvey A. Farrell, William Alvin
Farrell, Emma F. Ward, Charles w.
Farrell, Bernetta M. Hamilton, John
Z. Farrell, James Thomas Farrell, and
Earl Rowe and Thelma Rowe, mi
nors, by Edward Rowe, their Guar
dian,-Plaintiffs.
VS..
John Dobson, Charles P. Dobson.
Daniel Dobson, Mary J.. Dyer, and
Emma Observation-Disclosures.
Now at this day comes the plain
tltfs herein by their attorney, and file
their petition, alleging among other
things that the defendants, John
Dobson and Mary J. Dyer, are nom
residents of the State of Missouri:
Whereupon it is ordered by the Clerk
Of said Court in vacation as follows:
To the said defendants, John Dobson
and Mary ]. Dyer, you are hereby mott
fled that the plaintiffs have commenc-
ed a suit against you in this Court the
object and general nature of which is
to obtain an order and Judgment of
said Court to perfect plaintiffs record
title and to declare their title vested
in them by limitation under the pro-
visions of section 1884, Chapter p
Article VIII of the Revised Statutes
OF Missouri for 1909, to the following
tracts of land situate in LAFAYETTE
County, Missouri, towit: Thirty acres
a part of the northwest quarter of
the northeast quarter of section six
teen l16) Township As, Range 25,
described as follows beginning at the
northeast corner of said northwest
quarter Of the northeast quarter.
thence South 80 rods, thence west so
rods, thence in a north e~asterly direc-
ton to a point 40 rods due west of the
beginning corner thence east to the
place of beginning, also thirtv-three
and three-fourths (33%) acres taken
off the north side of the northeast quar-
ter of the north east quarter of sec
ton l6, Township AZ, Range rs the
South line to run due east and west,
alleging among other things that
plaintiffs are the sole heirs of Uriah
Farrell, deceased, who died intestate
seized and possessed of said tracts
of land: that the title thereof eman-
ated from the United States Govern
ment more than eighty years ago,
being granted to the State of Mis-
souri,, by the act of admission, grant
ing school land, that the title to said
tracts was vested in William Dobson
in the year 1854 and as appears Of
record he has never conveyed said
tracts of land, whereby the record
title appears to be vested in the de-
PENDANTS as his heirs, and that in the
life time of said William Dobson, pos
session of said lands was taken by
John Taggart, under whom plaintiffs
claim title, and hal said John Tag
CART and plaintiffs have had ever since
the actual, continuous, open, adverse,
peaceful and lawful possession of said
lands, claiming title thereto; That the
said William Dobson died intestate
in 1864, leaving Margaret Dobson,
his widow, who has since died, Charles
Dobson, Mary j. Dobson, now Mary j.
Dyer, Daniel Dobson, William Dobson,
John Dobson and Emma Dobson, now
Emma Hoffman, his children his only
heirs at law, that William Dobson the
son, died in 1879, leaving Lou F. Dob
son, his widow, who has since died and
the above named defendants his only
heirs at law, and that the said Will
liam Dobson, the father, of defend
ants, having never conveyed said
tracts Of land, as appears of record
the title thereto, formerly vested in
him appears of record to be vested in
the defendants, his children. as his
only heirs at law, but that the said
William Dobson, has not, nor have
any Of the defendants, or other per
ons claiming or who might claim
said lands, under him, been in possess
ion Of, paid any taxes upon or brought
and action to recover said lands or any
part thereof, for more than thirty-one
consecutive years nor for more than
fifty years, that plaintiffs and those
under whom they claim have been in
the open, notorious, continuous, ex-
elusive and adverse possession of said
land for more than thirty-one con-
secutive years and for more than
fifty years, and pray for a decree of
Court that the fee simple title to said
lands be declared vested in plaintiffs
by limitations, that the apparent title
of defendants be Invested from them,
and vested in plaintiffs and that de-
PENDANTS and each and al Of them be
forever barred and precluded Erom
setting up or claiming any wight, title,
or interest in said tracts of land and
for all other and proper relief; and
that unless you the said John Dobson
and Mary J.. Dyer, be and appear at
this court, at the next term thereof,
to be begun and holden at the Court
House in the City of Lexington, in
said county on the 18th day of June
1916, next and on or before said day
answer or plead to the Petition in
said cause, the same will be taken as
confessed, and judgment will be rem
dered accordingly.
And it is further ordered, that a
Copy hereof, be published, according
to law in the Lexington Intelligencer,
a newspaper published in said county
of Lafayette for four weeks success
lively, published at least once a week,
the last insertion to be at least fifteen