The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-04-07

Sold by Westerman & Rankin, Lexington, Mo.

Aull, but that on the 9Th day of April,
1S41, one Wiley Pool and his wife
conveyed said land, with other land to
one Jonathan Colcord, which deed is
of record in Book M Page 1913, Pub
lie Deed Record of Lafayette County,
Missouri, and that title to same pas
sed by various c~onveyances of record
until the 18th day of August 1870,
when said Lot 5 was owned by one
Elizabeth Hughes, and she conveyed
an undivided one half interest there
in to Lou Hurdell on the first day Of
February, 1872, as shown by deed rec
ord X No. L Page $40, Public Deed
Records of Lafayette County, Mo-, and
by exchange of deeds thereafter, be-
tween Elizabeth Hughes and Lou Hur-
dell, said Lou Hurdell became the
owner in fee of the east of said
Lot Number 5, as is shown by Book
II, Page al, Public Deed Record of
Lafayette County, Missouri, and that
said Lou Hurdell held the record title
to said east half of said Lot 5 from
that time until her death about the
year 1894, that there was no admins
tration of her estate, and at
the time of her death her husband,
James Hurdell, was the owner of the
West half of said Lot 5, and continu-
ed to live upon said lot from the date
of the death of his said wife until
he died on the Both day of October,
1897, intestate, and his estate was
duly administered upon, and the
whole of said Lot 5 sold as his prop
erty under an order of the Probate
Court of Lafayette County, Missouri,
at which sale the said Lot 5 was sold
to William Palmer, the deed therefore
being of record in Book 14S, Page 50,
Public Deed Records of Lafayette
County, Missouri, and the title there
to passed, by successive c%onveyances
of record to the plaintiff herein, the
warranty deed conveying same to him
being of record in Book PIT, Page II,
Public Deed Records of Lafayette
County, Missouri, and being Of date
July 18th, 1911. That there were no
children born of the marriage of
James Hurdell and Lou Hurdell; hat
while there is no record title to said
Lot 5 in Wiley Pool on the 9Th day of
April, 1841, he conveyed said property
on said date, and there is a continuous
color of title thereto in plaintiff
from said date to the present time;
that the title to said land eminated
from the United States Government
more than ten years before the date
of the filing of this suit, and that the
title or claim of title of the unknown
heirs, consort, devisees, donees, alien.
ees and immediate, mesne, remote
voluntary and involuntary grantees OIL
assigns of Lou Hurdell, deceased. il
, by virtue of the said deed recorded il
Book II, Page Al, Public Deed Records
| of Lafayette County, Missouri.
Plaintiff prays that the fee simpl,
: title to said land be declared vested il
! him and defendants be forever bar
! red from any claim thereto, and tina
unless you, the unknown heirs, c%onsort
: devisees, donees, alienees, and immedi
ate, mesne, remote, voluntary and in
r voluntary grantees or assigns Of sal
Lou Hurdell, deceased, be and appea
. at this court at the next term thereo
S to be holden at the Court House in tn
? City Of Lexington on the 10Th day O
d June, 1916, and answer and plead
r said petition the same will be take
as confessed and Judgment rendere
accordingly.
It is further ordered that a cop
q hereof be published in the Lexingto
! Intelligencer, a newspaper published
said county for four weeks successive