The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-05-05

In vacation, April 5, 1916.
Newell T. Wilcoxon-Plaintif.
VS..
The unknown heirs, consort, devil
sees, donees, alienees, and immediate,
mesne, remote, voluntary and invol-
untary grantees or assigns of Lou
Hurdell, Observation-Disclosures
Now at this day comes the plain
tiff herein by his attorney and files
his petition and affidavit alleging
among other things that The unknown
heirs, consort, de%visees, donees, alien
ees, and immediate, mesne, remote,
voluntary and involuntary grantees
or assigns of Lou Hurdell, deceased,
are interested in the subject matter
of said petition as hereinafter set
forth and whose anne he cannot in
sert because they are unknown to
him.
W%hereupon it is ordered by the
Clerk in vacation as follows: To the
said defendants you are hereby notif-
ed that the plaintiff has commenced
a suit against you in this court the
object and general nature of which is
to obtain a decree to quiet title to the
property hereinafter described and to
obtain a judgment Of the court de-
claring the title Of the plaintiff to be
vested in him by limitation under the
provisions of Section 1884, Chapter
p, Article VIII of the Revised Stat
utes Of Missouri, for 1909, to the fol-
lowing tract of land situate in Lafay-
cite County, Missouri: The east half
of lot numbered five (5), in block
numbered Thirty-nine 1897, in the
First Addition to Lexington, Missouri,
as the same is shown on the official
plat thereof on file in the office of the
Recorder of Deeds within and for
Lafayette County, Missouri, and al
leging that the title to the land en-
braeed in said First Addition to Lex
ington, Mo-, emnated from the United
States Government, by two patents,
one dated September oath, 1921, and
conveying the northeast quarter of
the northwest quarter of Section 39,
Township 81, Range 27, Lafayette
County, Mo-, to one Wilson Owen, and
the other of date June Both, 1919, and
conveying the northeast quarter of
the northwest quarter of Section "a,
Township 81, Range 81, Lafayette
County, Missouri, to one William Nc
Kenzie. and that title to said land
passed, by various parties until the
26th day of April, 1888, on which date
all that part thereof concerned in this
litigation was owned by J.. H. Graham,
William Spratt and James Aull, and
they, as the then owner thereof
caused a part of said land above des-
cribed to be subdivided into lots and
blocks, streets and alleys and had
anne plated and recorded as provid-
ed by law as an Addition to the City
Of Lexington, Lafayette County, Mis-
souri,, and the same was, has ever
since been and now is known and cal
led First addition to Lexington,
Missouri, and that all the land that is
the subject matter of this suit wa a
part Of the land so plated and in said
plat became and is known and des-
ignated as "The East half of Lot num-
bered Five, in Block numbered Thirty
nine, in the First Addition to Licking
ton, Missouri, and that no record con-
veyance is shown transferring the
title to said property from said j. H.
Graham, William Spratt and James
Aull, but that on the 9th day of April,
1871, 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 1923, Pub
lie Deed Record of Lafayette County,
Missouri, and that title to same pas
sed by various conveyances 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 GAO, 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 3, 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 h. and eontinu.