The Butler weekly times., 1917-12-27
Order of Publication.

In the Circuit Court Of said Coun
ty and State. February, 1913, Term
In vacation December 10th, 1917.
]. F. Spangler, Plaintiff:
VS..
Z A. Holt, The Land Chattel Com
pany Corporation, John II. Lee
Peyton Weithers, Paul Hendricks
and the unknown consorts, heirs
devisees, donees and grantees O.
]. c. Couch, John Berry, John w
Medley, J. M. Hoagland, Noah NY,
- hart, John N. Baldwin, Waldo L
Johnson, Abram Hoagland, Pleas:
ant ]. G. Lea. Joel Abbott. an1
Isaac Hoagland, all deceased, an.1
the unknown consorts. heirs, dew
sees, donces, alienees ard grantees
of John II. Lee, Peyton Neithcrs
and Paul Hendricks, if they or
either of them be deceased, and the
unknown members of the firm OF
TAYLOR and Mountcast.c, and their
successors, assigns, consorts, heirs,
devisecs, donees, alienees and legal
representatives Defendants.
Now at this day comes the plaintiff
herein, by his attorneys. and tiles
herein his petition under oath. alleg-
ing, among other things that John II.
Lee. Peyton Weithers and Paul Hen.
bricks, if living, are non-rcsidcnts ot
the State of Missouri. and further al
ieging that there arc persons inter
ested in the subject matter of his
action whose names he can not in
sert in his petition, because, they are
to him unknown, such unknown per
sons being the unknown heirs, dcvi-
sees, donees, alienees|. immediate,
mesne, or remote, voluntary or invol-
untary grantees of ]. c. Couch, John
Berry, John w. Medley, J. M. Hoag-
land, Noah Nyhart, John N. Baldwin,
Waldo P. Johnson, Abram Hoagland,
Pleasant J. G. Lea, Joel Abbott, and
Isaac Hoagland, all deceased, and OF
John II. Lee, Peyton Weithers and
Paul Hendricks, if they or either or
them be deceased. That so far as
known to the plaintiff the interests
of the respective unknown parties
became vested in the ancestors or
predecessors of such unknown per
sons by instruments of record is
herein set forth: each of which puf-
ported to convey some interest III
and to some part of the real estate
IN the petition and hereinafter dcs
cribed, to the grantees therein, that
is to say: deed in Book IS at page
III made to John II. Lee. deed Iii
Book "K" at page 4S3 to Peyton
Weithers: deed in Book 81" at page
36o to Paul Hendricks: deed in
book 81" at page "a to John w. Med
ley: a deed in Book I34 at page 800
to J. NJ. Hoagland: conveyance in
Book 81 at page 27o to Noah Nyhart;
a deed in Book "R" at page $50 to
John N. Baldwin: tax deed in Book
"K" at page 272 to Waldo P. John
son: conveyance in Book "T" At
page 63I to Abram Hoagland: deed
N Book "E" at page 4o6 to Pleasant
J. G. Lea tax deed in Tax Record
No. at page 3 to Joel Abbott: a
deed of conveyance in Book IN" at
page 46 to Isaac Hoagland
All of the books and pages referred
10 above refer to books in the office
Of the Recorder of Deeds in and for
Bates County, Missouri The record
Of Swamp land sales kept in the
County Clerks office in and for SAID
county, shows sale of a portion OF
the hereinafter described real estate
to J. c. Couch and John Berry, res
pectivcly.
The interests so vested were not
propcrlv conveyed out by the respec-
live grantees SO far as shown by the
records
And further alleging that the inter
.sts of said unknown parties and
whence the same is derived, can not
De more specifically described or set
forth in his petition except, that the
,ame appears to be adverse and pre-
judicial to the title and claim of
plaintiff to the land herein and in the
,etition described, to which, the
plaintiff claims the absolute title, in
Ice.
Whereupon it is ordered by the
:ierk. in vacation, that said defend
ants be notified by publication, that
plaintiff has commenced suit
against them in this court, the object
md general nature of which is to OBJ
ain an order, judgment and decree Of
,aid court. setting forth and defining
Ind adjudging the title, estate and in
crest of the parties plaintiff and de-
herein severally. in and to
he real estate set forth in plaintiffs,
as follows. to-wit:
Lot fourteen (I4) and the West
half of Lots nine and ten g and
Io), and the East half of Lots
four and six "a and 6) of the +;
Northwest quarter and the North
half of Lot sixteen (I6), and
North part of Lot seventeen (I7),
described as beginning at the
Northwest corner thereof, thence
East to the Northeast corner of
said lot, thence South twelve and
s6-roo chains. thence directly
West to the East or North bank
of the Marias des Cyenes river,
thence up said river to the place
Of beginning; also all of Lots
eighteen and nineteen (I8 and
70, in the Northeast quarter; all
said land being in Section three
10, township thirty-nine (3o) of
Range thirty-two (32), in Bates
County, Missouri. /.