Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-31
Order of Publication.

In the circuit court OF Iron county, Mis-
souri,, in vacation, June 90, 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
Elmer S. Drummond, Matte A. Drum
mond and Elmer Drummonds, if liv-
ing; or the unknown consorts, heirs
and devisees of Elmer S. Drummond,
Matte A. Drummond and Elmer
Drummonds, if they be dead, de-
PENDANTS.
(Action to Enforce Lien for Taxes.)
Now at this day comes the plaintiff,
B. P. Burnham, collector of the revenue
OF Iron county, Missouri, and files his
petition and affidavit, setting forth among
other things, that the defendants,
Elmer S. Drummond, Matte A. Drum
mond and Elmer Drummonds,
are non-residents or the state of Mis-
souri,, and that they cannot be served
with summons in said state.
Plaintiff states that the defendants,
Elmer S. Drummond, Matte A. Drum
mond and Elmer Drummonds,
have not been heard of for many years;
that plaintiff is not informed whether they
be living or dead; that if they be dead,
their heirs, or if she died leaving a will,
their devisees, are Interested in the sub
ject 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
Elmer S. Drummond, Matte A. Drum,
mond and Elmer Drummonds,
were the record owners of the land de.
scribed herein, but plaintiff has no in.
formation except as herein stated of the
nature Of the interest and estate in the
said land owned by said
Elmer S. Drnmmond, Matte A. Drum
mond and Elmer Drummonds,
and therefore is unable to particularly
describe the same, and that in the event
of the death Of the said
Elmer S. Drummond, Matte A. Drum
mond and Elmer Drummonds,
their said heirs and devisees have, by
descent or devise, succeeded to the said
interest and estate of the said
Elmer S. Drummond, Matte A. Drum
mond and Elmer Drummonds,
from whom their interest in the property
herein described is derived. 1t is there
fore, ordered by the clerk of the
circuit court of Iron county, Missouri,
in vacation, that publication be made
notifying said defendants that an action
has been commenced 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 1911, 1872, 1913 and 1914, to wit:
Lots I, 2 and 3 in block 2 of Strother's
Addition to the Town Of Bethlehem,
Missouri. Lot 8 in block 4 OF Strother's
Addition to the Town OF Bethlehem,
Missouri-said real estate being in Iron
county, Missouri.
Gan itemized statement in the nature
of a tax bill showing the AMOUNT of
taxes, interest and costs now due on
said real estate for the years aforesaid,
amounting in the aggregate TO the sum
of seventeen and $500 dollars, is filed
with said petition as provided by law.)
And unless they be and appear at the
lCAt uSiui vi odid IOult ~ NC IOlNCU lot
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 before the third day thereof,
iii the term shall SC long continue; and
if not, then before the end OF the term.)
and plead, answer or demur to said
plaintiffs 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
judgment, interest and costs, be sold
under a special fieri iacias to be issued
thereon.
1t is further ordered that a copy here
Of be published according to law in the
Iron County Register, a weekly news.
paper 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 79th day OF June,
1915.
JESSE M. HAWKINS, Clerk
Circuit Cont Iron county, Mo.