Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17
Order of Publication

In the circuit court Of Iron county,
Missouri, in vacation, June "a, 1916.
The State of Missouri, at the relation
and to the use of B. P. Burnham,
collector of the revenue of Iron
county, Missouri,
against
Charles T. Benton, Charles E. Hill.
Charles w. Logan and 0. J.. Fleming,
if living; or the unknown consorts,
heirs and devisees of Charles I.
Benton, Charles e. Hill, Charles w.
Logan and o. J. Fleming, il they be
dead, defendants.
faction to enforce lien for taxes.) :
Now at this day comes the plaintiff,
B. P. Burnham, collector of the reye-
nue. of Iron county, Missouri, and files
his petition and affidavit, setting forth
among other things that the defend
ants,
Charles I. Benton, Charles E. Hill,
Charles W. Logan and 0. j. Fleming,
are non-residents of the state of Mis-
souri,, and that they cannot be served
with summons in said state.
Plaintiff states that the defendants,
Charles T. Benton, Charles E. Hill,
Charles w. Logan and o. J. Fleming,
have not been heard of for many
years; that plaintiff is not informed
whether they be living or dead; that
il they be dead, their heirs, or if they
died leaving a will, their devisees, are
interested in the subject matter of
this petition; that the names of such
heirs or devisees, or both, cannot
be inserted herein because they are
unknown to plaintiff; that the said
Charles T. Benton, Charles E. Hill,
Charles w. Logan and o. j. Fleming,
were the record owners of the land
described herein, but plaintiff has no
information except Is herein stated
of the nature of the interest and
estate in said land owned by said
Charles T. Benton, Charles E. Hill,
Charles w. Logan and o. J. Fleming,
and therefore is unable to particularly
describe the same, and that in the
event OF the death of the said
Charles r. Benton, Charles E. Hill,
Charles w. Logan and o. j. Fleming
their said heirs and devisees have,
by decent Or devise, succeeded to
the said interest and estate of the said
Charles It. Benton, Charles e. Hill,
Charles W. Logan and o. J. Fleming,
from whom their interest in the prop
erty herein described is derived. 1t
is therefore ordered by the clerk oil
the circuit court of Iron county, Mis-
souri,, in vacation, that publication
hereof be made notifying said de-
PENDANTS that an action has been com
menced against them in the circuit
court of said county, the object and
general nature of which is to enforce
the lien of the state of Missouri on the
following real estate, belonging to the
said defendants for back taxes for the
years 1918 and 1914, to wit:
South one-half of the southwest
quarter, north one-half of south one-
half of northwest quarter, and north
one-half of northwest quarter of Sec
ton 81, township 81, north, of range /
west, 200 acres-said real estate being
in Iron county, Missouri.
Gan itemized statement in the ma
ture at a tax bill showing the amount
of taxes, interest and costs now due
on said real estate for the years afore-
said, amounting in the aggregate to
sum of fourteen and 97-100 dollars, is
filed with said petition as provided by
law
And unless they be and appear at
the next term of said court to be
holden for the county of Iron, and
State of Missouri, at the court house
in said county on the fourth Monday
in October next, 1916, and on or be-
fore the third day thereof (if the term
shall SO long continue; and, if not,
then before the end OF the term) and
plead, answer or demur to said plain
titf's petition, the same will be taken
as confessed, judgment rendered in
accordance with the prayer of said
petition, and said real estate, or SO
much thereof as may be necessary to
satisfy eaid judgment, interest and
and costs, be sold under a special fieri
facias to be issued thereon.
1t is further ordered that q COW
hereof be published according to law
in the Iron County Register, d weekly
newspaper published in said county OF
Iron and state of Missouri.
JESSE M. HAWKINS, Circuit Clerk.
A true copy from the record:
[sEAL] Witness my hand and official
seal, this Oath day OF June,
1915. ;
JESSE M. HAWKINS, Clerk
Circuit Court, Iron county, Mo.