The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-12-29
John Sullivan and Timothy Sullivan,

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sees, alienees, or immediate, mesne I
or remote, voluntary or involuntary c
grantees, of Isaiah Smelser, deceased, 4
The unknown consorts, heirs, deEi- Q
sees, alienees, or immediate, mesne or q
remote, voluntary or involuntary t
grantees of Nancy Smelser, deceased; e
and the unknown consOrts, heirs, devil 6
sees, alienees, or immediate, mesne, I
or remote, voluntary or Involuntary !
grantees Of Susan Jane Hall, deceas-
ed, Defendants
Now at this day come the Plaintiffs,
by their attorney, Thomas A Walk
err, and file their petition, duly verified
by the affidavit Of Thomas A Walker,
their attorney and agent, alleging
among other things, that the places
of residence of all the defendants,
other than the defendant, Robert E.
L. Jackson, are unknown to the Plain
tiffs and said unknown defendants a
not be served with the ordinary pro-
cess Of law as required by the Stat
utes, Plaintiffs petition alleging and
being in words and figures as follows:
Plaintiffs state the places OF
residence of all the defendants other
than the defendant Robert e.. l..
Jackson, are unknown to the PLAIN
tiffs, and that said unknown defend
ants can not be served with the. or
binary process Of law as required by
the Statutes.
And Plaintiffs for their cause of
/, action state that they are the own
ers and in possession of and claim
title to the following described real
estate situated in Lafayette County,
5 Missouri, to wit:
{ The Northeast quarter of the south
! east quarter. and the southwest quar-
4 ter Of the North east quarter, all IN
0 section seventeen, township forty
S nine, Range Twenty four
Plaintiffs state that there are OF
= that they verify believe there are
persons interested in or who claim to
be interested in the subject matter
= of this petition, whose names plain
/, tiffs can not insert herein, because
j thew are wholly unknown to them, and
4 whom they can not further describe
than as being the unknown consorts
heirs. devisees, alienees, or Immediate
mesne or remote, voluntary or IN
voluntary grantees, OF Isaiah Smelser
/. deceased, and of Nancy Smelser Ge
ceased and Of Susan Jane Han de
,t ceased, respectively.
IS That said unknown parties DERIVE
ID their title or claim to derive their u
lie or claims as %consorts, heirs, dew
20 sees alienees or immediate, mesne o
- sonoo+e voluntary or in%voluntar,
n grantees, of the said Isaiah Smelsel
le deceased, and of the said Name
or Smelser, deceased and of the sal
es Susan Jane Hall, deceased, respec'
lively.
.rt ants herein, as far as plaintiffs al
nd able to ascertain and know are a.
re rived from and made apparent 7
he the following facts and defects IN u
nd record title Of said Real estate.
Plaintiffs state that in the We;
,is 1943 one John Smelser was \ owl
nd or of said real estate and died
of said wear without ever having co
nd veved the same of record, that on t
he death Of the said John Smelser
left as his only heirs at law, Nan
of Smelser, his widow, who mas SIT
i'd died. Isaiah Smelser, John
,at Smelser. Benjamin Smelser, Rebec
A Smelser. who afterwards mt
married with one William A. Sa
,os Me Susan Jane Hall who att
wards ~intermarried with one Lu
Hall and Mary E. Smelser, who
nm forwards intermarried with one "
trv lam Hickman, his children, to wn
&C. said real estate descended each be
IFS. vested with an undivided one sixth
civ. terest in said real estate subject TO
de, Dover interest of the widow.
n does not appear from the rec
: If that the said Isaiah Smelser ever c
So;d veved his interest in said Real
tbe tate. That on the 18th day OF A
inc ust 1858 the said Susan Jane !
tar' and Luke Hall. her husband, by u
deed of that date attempted to
YER her interest in said Real es,
and to Nancy Smelser, that said d
anJ was recorded in the Recorders o
or for Lafayette County, missouri
and the 10th day of November loo'
The Book 'V" at Page GO and whe
and she did in fact convey her int
fnr- Plaintiffs r unable to say, but II
did not. then her interest has n
the been conveyed to any one, u II
,fav- deed conveyed the interest OF
t;on susan Jane Hall in said real e'
u he TO said Nancy Smelser, then "
COM not appear Of record that SAID N
ea;d cmelser ever conveyed said int
49, That the said Nancy Smelser
~ $500 FOnA aaA loft nc her
heirs at law, her son Benlaml
sniff Smelser. and her daughter MAJ
and Hickman and other persons v
each names are unknown to these
wing lifts. That said Benjamin f. Sn
,state has conveyed all his interest IN
: ,,n Real estate to these plaintiffs,
nrear Mary d. Hickman died in the
dav 1916 leaving as her only helr'
law, VIM. +. Hickman, John hlc
II tbe and Addie HIT her children,
,tv of Edna Ramey, Ruby Logsdon,
Iebru- William Browning, children o
/. FIRST deceased daughter, Susan brow
sad 10 and defendant Robert b. b. "a
same a Minor, and a child OF Nell =
iudg- inc Jackson, deceased, who y
10 child of Susan Browning dec
rat a.laIl of whom have conveyed thu
ording terest to plaintiffs except th'
Robert f. L. Jackson, who Is
County nor.
Sccsss- Plaintiffs state that they and
week. under whom they claim nave
,st If in the open, notorious, exclusiv
Of said %tinuous, adverse, .quleG anu
Z said able possession Oh s"iJ r;n'