The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-12-21
ORDER Or PUBLICATION.

State Of Missouri, los
County Of Bates.
,ei; In Vacation December Sth, 1916
l.. c. BEDFORD, Plaintiff.
against
Jacob S. Weaver Margaret a. Rad
cliff, and the unknown heirs, con
sorts, devisees, donees, aliences, i'm
mediate, mesne or remote, sotun.
tary or involuntary grantees or J1nt
r. Weaver, deceased and Caroline
penewell, deceased Defendants
Tho State Of Missouri to the aboAe
named defendants. GREETING:
Now a. this day comes the s,1oi pla h.rain
herein. BY. attorneys anu mes , netn.t
among other things that Defenaan,
Jacob S. Weaver, is NONRESIDENT OF
the state of Missouri, and can not oe
served with the ordinary process OF
law herein, and further alleging, tha'
he verify believes there are persons IN
terested in the subject matter OF the
suit, flied, and the subject matter Q!
his petition, whose names he can no'
insert therein because the same are
to him unknown that such unknown
persons derive their respective inter
asts or apparent interests therein, az
the consorts, heirs, deVisees, donees'
.alienees, immediate, meSne or remote
voluntary or involuntary grantees OF
John #. Weaver deceased, and OF car
oline Penewell deceased, by reason
Of u conveyance made to them OF an
undivided one sixth interest eacn, III
and to the real estate IN ms d pe'i l,aod
is dated December 9Th, 1859, and re-
corded in the office Of the recorder OF
deeds in and for Bates county MIS-.
souri,, in Book II, at page iU, ~hlcl
thereafter properly conveyed so far
a. shown by the records, there being
no conveyance Of record from saio
john 4. Weaver. but only from his
which deed was effectively executed
by the said Caroline Penewel, whu
claimed an interest as heir at law oi
suid John r. Weaver deceased and as
well. and interest by purchase ana
conveyance, under the deed dated Le-
cember 9Th, 1859, aforesaid.
And further alleging that the inter.
ests OF such unknown parties can no!
be more specifically described or sci
forth by the plaintiff in his petition
such interest appears to be adverse
and prejudiciaI to the claim and title
of the plaintiff. said plaintiff claim
ing to be the owner of the real estate
in the petition described In Fee 10
The East half OF the South east
quarter of Section Thirty-one sd.
township Forty-two 60. of Range
Tn1Tty-Oue tSiJ. II DhteS Nou">9'
Missouri.
Whereupon. II is ordered by the
Clerk in vacation, that the defendant
Jacob 8. Weaver, and the unknown
defendants mentioned herein, be noti-
fled by publication that plaintiff mas
commenced a suit against them In
this court. the object and general ma,
ture of which Is to try, ascertain anu
determine the respective rights ana
interests of the parties plaintiff and
defendants in and to the aforesaid
real estate and to obtain a Judgment
or decree of said court. defining and
sdjudging the interests Of the parties.
severally, In and to the land afore-
said. and declaring that defendants
have no interes: therein. should the
court 30 determine from the proof SO
that the title of p1 intiff in and to
said land be qufeted. tcompleted of rec
ord and set at rest.
And that unless the said Defendants
be and appear at this Court. at the
next term thereof, to be begun ana
holden At the Court House in the CITY
OF Butler, in said county. on the First
Monday Of February. 1S17, and on or
before the first day Of said Term. an.
swer or plead to the Petition in said
cause. the same will be taken as con-