The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-04-28

line OF a Brancn OLreeJ 70 I've
southwest corner Of said block Four
az; thence north along the western
boundary line of said block -Four, 800
feet to the place of beginning, as same
are shown on 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 3Oth day of June, 1919, the
title to the northeast quarter of Sec
ton 80, Township 81, Range 81, 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 M. McGirk,
David B. McGirk and Maria McGirk
plated a part of said northeast
quarter of said section 80, Township
81, Range 27, into lots and blocks and
had same plated and recorded as pro-
rided by law as an Addition to the City
Of Lexington, Missouri, and the same
was, has ever 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 80, and was known and
designated on said plat as "Block -Four
(4) 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 / 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 McGirl
entered into a contract of marriage
with one Albert j. McClanahan, anC
that neither the said Maria McGirl
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 Foul
or the part thereof the subject mat
ter of said petition to any person anc
that the record title thereto is still
vested in said Maria Mechanism ant
Albert j. McClanahan, her husband
if living, or their unknown heirs, con
sorts, devisees, donees, alienees, an,
immediate, mesne, remote, voluntar,
and involuntary grantees or assign
of Maria McClanahan and Albert
McClanahan, deceased, if they be dead
plaintiff prays that the fee simpl
title to said land be declared veste
in her by limitation and defendant
forever barred from any claim there
to, and that unless you, the said Mari
McClanahan, if living, and if she b
dead, then the unknown heirs, cor
sort, devisees, donees,. alienees, an
mediate, mesne, remot, voluntary an
involuntary grantees or assigns q
J Maria McClanahan, deceased, and Al
bert ]. McClanahan, if living, and
he be dead, then the unknown heir.
%consort, deyisees, donees, and imme
date, mesne, remote, voluntary an
involuntary grantees or assigns Q
Albert J. McClanahan, deceased, de
PENDANTS, be and appear at this Coui
at the next term thereof to be holde
= at the Court House in the City &
e Lexington, on the 18th day of jun
1916, and answer or plead to sal
: petition the same will be taken a
S confessed and Judgment rendered az
: cordingly.
$ 1t is further ordered that a cop
I hereof be published in the LexingtO
Intelligencer, a newspaper publishe
d in said County for four weeks success
y lively, at least once a week, the last il
S s%ertion to be at least fifteen days b,
+ fore the first day of said June tern
I 1916, of said Court.
w. T. TUT,
y Circuit Clerk,
By Frank Bowman, Deput
A true copy from the record. Wi
ness my hand and seal of said Cou
! this the 9TH day of April, 1916.
w. T. TUT.
Circuit Clerk,
a By Frank Bowman, Deput
. Charles A. Keith, Attorney for Plat
tiff.