The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-04-14

line Of said Branch Street to the
southwest corner of said block Four
(4); thence north along the western
boundary line of said block Four, 300
feet to the place of beginning, as same
are shown OF the official plat thereof
on file in the Office of the Recorder of
Deeds within and for Lafayette
County, Missouri, and alleging that
on the Both day of June, 1919, the
title to the northeast quarter of Sec
ton 80, Township 81, Range q, La
fayette County, Missouri, was convey
ed by the United States, by patent.
to one VIM. Mckenzie and title there
to passed, by various conveyances of
record in succeeding years until the
year 1852, at which time, as the then
owners thereof Isaac NJ. McGirk.
David B. McGirk and Maria McGirk
plated a part of said northeast
quarter of said section 33, Township
81, Range 81, into lots and blocks and
had same plated and recorded as pro-
vided by law as an Addition to the City
of Lexington, Missouri, and the same
was, has v e since been and now is
known and called "McGirk's Addition
to the City of Lexington, Missouri"
and that all the land that is the sub
ject matter of this suit was originally
a part of said northeast quarter of
said Section 33, and was known and
designated or said plat as "Block -Four
az of McGirk's addition to Lexington,
Missouri, and all of the land embraced
and included is said block -Four of said
Addition was at the time same
was plated the property of Maria
McGirk, as is shown by said plat of
record in Plat book l at Page 8, Pub
lie Deed Records of Lafayette County.
Missouri; that after filing said plat as
aforesaid, and on the goth day Of
January, 1857, the said Maria McGirb
entered into a contract of marriage
with one Albert J.. McClanahan, anC
that neither the said Maria McGirE
from the date of the filing said plat
nor said Maria McClanahan and AL.
bert j. McClanahan since said mar
riage, have conveyed said Block -Four
or the part thereof the subject mat
ter Of said petition to any person and
that the record title thereto is still
vested in said Maria McClanahan and
Albert j. McClanahan, her husband
if living, or their unknown heirs, con-
sorts, devisees, donees, alienees, and
immediate, mesne, remote, voluntary
and involuntary grantees or assigns
of Maria McClanahan and Albert j
McClanahan, deceased, if they be dead
plaintiff prays that the fee simple
title to said land be declared vested
in her by limitation and defendants
forever barred from any claim there
to, and that unless you, the said Maria
McClanahan, if living, and if she be
dead, then the unknown heirs, con-
sort, devisees, donees,. alienees, and
mediate, mesne, remot, voluntary and
involuntary grantees or assigns Of
Maria Mechanism, deceased, and AL.
bert j. McClanahan, if living, and il
he be dead, then the unknown heirs
consort, devisees, donees, and imme.
diate, mesne, remote, voluntary and
involuntary grantees or assigns Of
Albert j. Mechanism, deceased, de-
PENDANTS, be and appear at this Court
at the next term thereof to be holder
at the Court House in the City Of
Lexington, on the 10Th day of June
1916, and answer or plead to said
petition the same will be taken as
confessed and judgment rendered ac-
cordingly.
1t is further ordered that a copy
hereof be published in the Lexington
Intelligencer, a newspaper published
in said County for four weeks success.
lively, at least once a week, the last in.
s%ertion to be at least fifteen days be.
fore the first day of said June term
1916, of said Court.
W. T. TUT,
Circuit Clerk,
By Frank Bowman, Deputy
A true copy from the record. Wit,
ness my hand and seal of said CourI
this the 5th dav Of April 1916.