The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-09-08
W. T. TUTT,
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
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
Farrell, Emma F. Ward, Charles w.
Farrell, Bernetta M. Hamilton, John
c. Farrell, James Thomas Farrell, and
Earl Rowe and Thelma Rowe, minors,
by Edward Rowe their Guardian and
CARBOHYDRATES.
VS..
The Unknown Heirs of Augustine
F. Alexander, deceased and their con-
sorts-Defendants.
Order of Publication, in Vacation,
August II, 1916.
Now at this day come the Plain
tiffs herein by their attorney, and
file 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
due effort to ascertain such names:
Whereupon it is ordered by the
Clerk Of said Court in vacation as
follows:
To the said Defendants, the I'M
known heirs of Augustine +. Alex
ander, deceased and ltheir ~consorts,
you are hereby notified that the plain
tiffs have commenced a suit against
you in this Court, the object and gen.
eral nature of which is to try, ascer-
tain 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 IT,
tie vested in them by limitation I'M
der the Provisions Of section 1884,
Chapter 81, Article VIII of the Re-
vised Statutes of Missouri for 1909,
to the following tract of land situate
in Lafayette County, Missouri: to-wit,
The Northwest quarter of tn e
Northwest quarter of the Northeast
quarter of section 16, Township AZ,
Range %; 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 by
order of the County Court of Lafay-
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 Au-
= gustine F. Alexander by a sherif's
deed dated July 9Th, 1870, by a sale
under and by virtue of a judgment
1 and execution against Franklin Mock
!, that in the life time of said Angus.
! tine F. Alexander, possession of sale
!. land was taken by Uriah Farrell
I, under whom plaintiffs claim as heir
= under a deed from Franklin Mock
= dated August 30th, 1871, and thai
= ever since August 30th, 1871, the
e said Uriah Farrell and those claim
), ing under him, including these plain
tiffs have had actual, continuous, open
adverse, peaceful and lawful possess
d ion of the same claiming title thereto
that the said Augustine F. Alexander
3 as appears of record has never con.
S veyed said tract of land to anyone
that he died single and intestate il
1 the year 1899, and that title to sale
!, land formerly vested in him appears
S of record to be in his heirs, and by
reason thereof they are interested il
S the subject matter Of this petition
: that the said Augustine F. Alexande.
o has not, nor has any person claiming
or who might claim said land unde.
e his, been in possession thereof, 70.
r more han thirty-one c~onsecutiv,
s years, nor has said Augustine F. All
= eXander nor his heirs, nor any person
T claiming or who might claim the sam
n under him paid any taxes upon sal,
y land, or any part thereof during al
+ those periods of time, nor has an,
such person at any time brought an,
O action to recover the same, and tina
the defendants. said unknown heir
of Augustine F. Alexander. deceas
e ed, and their consorts, derive thei
title by descent from the said Angus
J. tine F. Alexander. deceased, and ar
barred from all title thereto by lin
%itation; that plaintiffs cannot inser
u the names Of said heirs nor of thei
{, consorts in the petition because tn
same are unknown to the plaintiff
and they, after due effort, have bee
unable to ascertain such names, an
II prav for a decree vesting the title t
said land in plaintiffs and divestin,
I, your apparent title of record fror
l, you; and that unless you, the said un
= known heirs of Augustine F. Alex
ander deceased, and their c%onsorts b
and appear at this court at the mex
Is term thereof, to begun and held a
the Court House in the City of Lex
Ie ington. in said County, on the ct
dav Of October, 1916, next and on o
y before said day answer or plead {
the petition in said cause, the sam
will be taken as confessed, and iudg
is ment will be rendered accordingly
20 And It is further ordered, that
e copy hereof, he published accordin.
ID to law in Che Lexington Intelligence
IL n newspaper published in said Count
r, of Lafayette for four weeks success
v lively, published at least once a weel
m the last insertion to be at least I'll
n teen days before the first day of sal
'e October, 1916, Term Of this Court.