Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-02-17
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
State of Missouri. County Of Audrain,
IS. In the Circuit Court, March
Term, 1915.
WILLIAM @. SIMS, Plaintiff,

Term, 1910.
WILLIAM G. SIMS, Plaintiff,
The unknown heirs, assigns, devil
sees, donees, alienees, and imme-
date, mesne, remote, voluntary and
involuntary grantees of Malinda Sui
Ivan, deceased; of Gideon P. Will
Hams, deceased; of Darius ]. Skin
ner, deceased; of Emma l.. Skinner,
deceased; of Charles Rawlings, de-
ceased; of ]. f. Williams, deceased; |
OF John Green, deceased;of Harvey
MCGEE, deceased, and of Frances c.
Gillispie, deceased.
Defendants.
State of Missouri to the unknown
heirs of the above named defendants,
GREETING
Now on this January %, 1915.
comes the plaintiff by his Attorneys,
Fry & Rodgers, and files with the
undersigned Clerk of the Audrain
County Circuit Court, in vacation,
his petition duly verified by affidavit,
wherein among other things plaintiff
states that he is the owner in fee
simple and in possession as such
owners of the following described
lands in Audrain County, Missouri,
to-wit:
The West fifty acres of the follow
ing described tract of land, to-wit: =
Begin at the southwest corner of the
North West quarter of Section Six
co., Township Fifty (5O), Range
Eight (S) West, run thence East on
the south line of said tract 1885
chains to a stone, said stone being
$50 chains west of the southeast
corner of said tract, thence North
T.
1908 chains. keeping parallel to the
east line of said tract, to stone,
thence south SO degrees, So
west, 46.37 chains to the west line
of said tract; thence south on said
west line 1870 chains to the point
of beginning. Also 80 acres, the
north part of the west ID of the
southwest quarter of section 6, town
ship so, range west.
That plaintiff and his prior grant
n ors have been in open possession o.
: said lands, claiming title to the same
y and paying the taxes on the same
@ for the last thirty-one consecutive
Il years, and that none of the defend
p ants have been in possession of sait
G lands or paid any taxes on the same
or claimed the same during any o
h that time. That the defendants, and
p each of them, claim or might CLAIM
o and assert title to the said lands anC
such claims are adverse and prejudi
= cial to the title and interest of thi
p plaintiff in and to said real property
q Wherefore, plaintiff prays tn
Court to try, ascertain and deter
q mine the estate, title and interest o
a plaintiff and defendants of, in an,
a to the said real estate hereinbefor
n described, and by its decree to ad
Judge, determine, settle, quiet and de
fine the respective rights, titles, in
o terests and estate of plaintiff and de
PENDANTS to said real estate; an
plaintiff further prays rnat the Cour
will find that he is the sole owner @
g said real estate.
If 1t is further ordered that said un
I, known defendants be and appear 1
p this Court on the first day Of the nez
l. regular term thereof to be begun an
If holden at the Court House in tn
.e City of Mexico. County of Audrair
6. State of Missouri, on the 9Th day c
st March, 1915, and on or before tn
it first day of said term to answer c
in otherwise plead to said petition g
s, in default thereof said petitio
l. will betaken as adjudged as afor'
h said and judgment by default wi
le be rendered against said defendant
N 1t is further ordered that a cor
sr hereof be published at least once
week for four consecutive weeks
the Mexico Missouri Message. week.
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