The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1916-03-02
John S. stoddard gave this plaintiff

cure the purchase price tnereOf, anu
that later said John s. Stoddard con.
veyed said land to this plaintiff by
warranty deed and plaintiff salts.
fed the record OF the deed of trust
aforementioned. but that plaintiff
lost said deed so made by the said
John s. Stoddard conveying said
land to plaintiff, so that the same
does not now appear of record that
Richard Belson claimed an interest
in said land as an heir of the said
Robert Belson, and as and under
such claim in his lifetime conveyed
said land in trust by his trust deed
to John A. Cunningham, trustee for
the Peoples Bank. anu that said
John A. Cunningham sold said land
by trustees deed to John j. Williams
and that the said John ]. Williams
claims title BY and through said
trustees deed, that the said Lee
Hunte. claims title in and to said
land by virtue of Il deed executed
! TO him by one Joseph Sanders.
( Plaintiff further states that John
| Weed was the original purchaser of
the land describe Us Lots one and
two OF the southeast fractional quar-
| lFI VI Nutu se'lIolI SIN. W" USIil'
nineteen. north of range thirteen
east. from, the United States. he
having cntcrtd said land an th" ! 2iu
! day Of september. iSiS. If. NJ the
| United States ct America. and that
Presley Phillirs was the original pnr-
chaser for the land described as Lot
| three CT said section six, township
nin,tecn north of range thirteen,
cast. trUm the United ates of
America.
Plaintiff further states that the
records do not afiirmatively show by
! the public records of Pemscrt coun-
". Missouri, t'at The said John
Wood eve" parted with the title to
/ 50 Il lard. but plnin:iff charges and
avr"B ,ln' ll" said John Woods de-
parted this life leaving as his sole
, and only heir at law, Robert A..
Hatcher. and that the said Robert
a. Hatcher and his wife. by their
v"'"ranty deed, conveyed said lots
one and two. to Presley Phillips. but
ny mistake described said land as
the west half of the east half of the
southeast quarter of said section six.
and that William Sanders conve Jed
by trust deed said land to Presley
Ihillips. in the year of 1858; that
John 5. Phillips, Charles a. Davis
and Bette Davis. his wife. Bette
Phillips, Shapley G. Phillips, NJ. L.
Phillips. Mary +. Phillips. Constance
z. Hinton. formerly Constance X.
Phillips. wife Of John S. Phillips,
and Sam "A. Phillips claim title to
said land in their lifetime as the sole
;nd only heirs at Jaw of the said
Presley Phillips. and that the said
San A. Phillips is a nonresident OF
the state of Missouri. so shat the or
binary process of law cannot be serv
Cd upon him in this state.
laintiff further charges and AYERS
that he has long since, by mesne con-
veyances acquired all the right and
interest Of the said Presley Phillips,
in and to lots one, two and three of
iii" southeast fractional quarter OF
said section six as aforesaid that
the interests the said Mrs. Elizabeth
A. Skies and Frank NJ. Skies were
derived by virtue of certain deed
of trust conveying said land to the
said Frank NJ. Skies as trustee of
the said Mrs. Elizabeth A. Skies. but
plaintiff says that said deed of trust
p" uVlS puIt p' anu 10 INV ihSiSi'
a cloud upon the title OF plaintiff,
and that the claim of Joseph Hud
gins in his lifetime, in and to said
land was by virtue of warranty
deed dated the 2Sth day of April,
1887, duly executed by S. A. Phil
lips and Mary +. Phillips, his wife,
conveying part of said land to him.
the said Joseph Hudgins, but plain
iff says he has, by mesne convey
nnces. acquired all the right, title
and interest of the Joseph Hudgins
in and to said land; that the defen-
dant, Lee Iiunter, claims title in and
to said land by and through certain
quit claim deed executed by Annie
S. Mott and DIR. Thos. III. Mott. her
husband. Charles -. shoemaker and
Charles Kier Davis, all of which
said deed are OF record in the Re-
corder's Office in PemiscOt county,
Missouri.
Plaintiff further states that by rr
tue of long continued possession OF
said land by plaintiff and his gran
tors and those under whom he claims
title. AMI by reason of the facts that
no enc nor any OF the defendants or
any one under whom they might or
could claim title to said land, have
been in possession of said land dur
ing more than thirty one years las.
past, and that no one nor any of the
nor amy one for them
nor any one under when they might
claim or could so claim, has paid any
taxes ON said land, or any part there
OF, during more than said period of ,
thiriy-one wears, the title to said
land has vested in plaintiff, who has
himself, and by and through those
under whom he claims title, in the
actual, open, exclusive and continu- /
Gus possession of aid land and every I
part thereof, during the period of
thirty years last past, claiming said /
land in fee simple, under warranty !
deeds. duly recorded in the deed rec !
ords of said Pemiscot county, Mis- !,
souri,
Plaintifi further states that he is
unable To describe more fully or par ,
either The interests al .