The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-09-01
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
STATE OF MISSOURI.

: STATE OF MISSOURI,
. COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE-ss
In the Circuit Court of LAFAYETTE
County, Missouri, October Term, 1916
| at Lexington.
Harvey A. Farrell, William Alvin
Farreil' Emma F. Ward, Charles w.
Farrell, Bernetta NJ. Hamilton. John
=. Farrell, James Thomas Farrell. and
Earl Rowe and Thelma Rowe, minors.
by Edward Rowe their Guardian and
Curator-Plaintiffs.
VS..
The Unknown Heirs of Augustine
f. Alexander, deceased and their on
sorts-Defendants.
Order of Publication, in Vacation.
August II, 1916.
Now at this day come the Plain
tlffs herein by their attorney. and
ME 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
que effort to ascertain such names.
Whereupon it is ordered bv the
CLERK of said Court in vacation as
follows:
To the said Defendants, the un-
known heirs of Augustine F. Alex
ander, deceased and their consorts.
you are hereby notified that the plain
tlns nave commenced a suit against
you in this Court, the object and PEN
eral nature of which is to try. ascer-
tam 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 H.
tie vested in them by limitation nm
DER the Provisions of section 1884.
Chapter q, Article VIII of the Re.
vlsed 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 AZ.
Range 25; 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
leging among other things, that the
title emanated from the United
States government to the State of
Missouri, by the act of Admission
granting school land, more than
eighty years ago, that prior to the
year 1854 said tract of land was bv
order of the County Court of Lafav-
cite County, Missouri, sold to Frank
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 An
CUISINE F: Alexander by a sheriff's |
deed dated July 9Th, 1870, by a sale
under and by virtue of a Judgment
and execution against Franklin Mock.
that ! n the life time of said Angus
tine F. Alexander, possession of said
land was taken by Uriah Farrell.
under whom plaintiffs claim as heirs
under a deed from Franklin Mock
dated August 30th, 1871, and that
ever since August 30th, 1871. the
said Uriah Farrell and those claim
ing under him, including these plain
titfs have had actual, continuous, open.
adverse; peaceful and lawful possess
OF the same claiming title thereto,
that the said Augustine F. Alexander
as appears of record has never con-
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
record to be in his heirs, and bv
reason thereof they are interested in
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
MS, been in possession thereof, for
than thirty-one consecutive
years, nor has said Augustine F. AL
exander nor his heirs, nor any person.
claiming or who might claim the same
under him paid any taxes upon said
and, or any part thereof during all
those periods of time, nor has anv
such person at any time brought anv
action to recover the same, and that
defendants. said unknown heirs
II Augustine F. Alexander. deceas-
ID: and their consorts, derive their
title by descent from the said Angus
Inc F. Alexander. deceased, and are
barred from all title thereto by linn
tation; that plaintiffs cannot insert
he names of said heirs nor of their
'onsorts in the petition because the
'ame are unknown to the plaintiffs
md they, after due effort, have been :
Unable to ascertain such names. and
'ray for a decree vesting the title to
laid land in plaintiffs and divesting
'our apparent title of record from c
'ou; and that unless you, the said un- Y
,nown heirs of Augustine F. Alex &
'nder deceased, and their consorts be
md appear at this court at the next
ERIN thereof, to begun and held at S
he Court House in the City of Lex g
ngton. in said County, on the 9th h
of October, 1916, next and on or d
,efore said day answer or plead to q
he petition in said cause, the same p
will be taken as confessed, and iudg- e
nent will be rendered accordingly. h
And it is further ordered. that n o
opy hereof, be published according t
o law in the Lexington IntelIigencer
newspaper published in said County
t Lafayette for four weeks success
vely. published at least once a week. :
he last Insertion to be at least if-
cen days before the first dav Of said
1919. Term NJ thic Cour4 u