The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-05
John Sullivan and Timothy Sullivan,
Plaintiffs.

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VS.,
Robert E. L. Jackson, a Minor.
The unknown c~onsorts, heirs, devil
Sees, ~alienees, or immediate, mesne
or remote, voluntary or involuntary
grantees, Of Isaiah Smelser, deceased,
The unknown ~consorts, heirs, devil
sees, alienees, or immediate, mesne or
remote, voluntary or involuntary
grantees of Nancy Smelser, deceased;
and the unknown consorts, heirs, devil
sees, ~alienees, or immediate, mesne,
or remote, voluntary or Involuntary
grantees Of Susan Jane Hall, deceas-
ed, Defendants
Now at this day COM the Plaintiffs,
by their attorney, Thomas A Walk
err, and file their petition, duly verified
by the affidavit Of Thomas A Walker,
their attorney and agent, alleging
among other things, that the places
of residence of all the defendants,
other than the defendant, Robert E.
L. Jackson, are unknown to the Plain
tiffs and said unknown defendants can
not be served with the ordinary pro-
cess of law as required by the Stat
utes, Plaintiffs petition alleging and
being in words and figures as follows:
Plaintiffs state the places of
residence of all the defendants other
than the defendant Robert E.. H.
| Jackson, are unknown to the plain
tiffs, and that said unknown defend
ants can not be served with the or
binary process of law as required by
the Statutes. j.
And Plaintiffs for their cause of
action state that they are the own
ers and in possession of and claim
title to the following described real
estate situated in Lafayette County,
Missouri, to wit:
The Northeast quarter of the south
east quarter, and the southwest quar-
ter of the North east quarter, all in
section seventeen, township forty
nine, Range Twenty four
Plaintiffs state that there are or
that they verify believe there are
persons interested in or who claim to
be interested in the subject matter
of this petition, whose names plain
tiffs can not insert herein, because
they are wholly unknown to them, and
whom they can not further describe
than as being the unknown c%onsorts,
heirs, devisees, alienees, or immediate,
mesne or remote, voluntary or In
voluntary grantees, Of Isaiah Smelseri
deceased, and of Nancy Smelser de-
ceased and of Susan Jane Hall de-
ceased, respectively.
That said unknown parties derive
their title or claim to derive their tt.
tie or claims as consorts, heirs, devil
} sees, alienees or immediate, mesne OF
/ remote, voluntary or involuntary
grantees, of the said Isaiah Smelser
: deceased, and of the said Nancy
Smelser, deceased and of the sale
) Susan Jane Hall, deceased, respect
lively. .
5 That the interests of the defend
t ants herein, as far as plaintiffs ar,
/ able to ascertain and know are de
S rived from and made apparent b.
e the following facts and defects in tn
d record title of said Real estate.
Plaintiffs state that in the yea
S 1843 one John Smelser was the own
d err of said real estate and died /
said year without ever having con
d veyed the same of record, that on tn
e death of the said John Smelser h
left as his only heirs at law, Name
Smelser, his widow, who has sine
/ died, Isaiah Smelser, John I
It Smelser, Benjamin Smelser, Rebecc
It A. Smelser, who afterwards inter
IS married with one William A. San
pie, Susan Jane Hall who after
n wards intermarried with one LUX
Hall, and Mary E. Smelser, who a.
l. forwards intermarried with one Will
lam Hickman, his children, to whol
said real estate descended each beln
vested with an undivided M sixth il
Y, terest in said real estate subject to tt
e. Dover interest of the widow. b
ID it does not appear from the recol
Of that the said Isaiah Smelser ever col
id veyed his interest in said Real e
lie tate. That on the 18th day of Aul
e, ust 1853 the said Susan Jane Ha
and Luke Hall, her husband, by the
deed of that date attempted to co
yer her interest in said Real esta
I'd to Nancy Smelser, that said de-
I'd was recorded ip the Recorders oth
or for Lafayette County, Missouri
nd the 10th day Of November 1858
he Book "V" at Page 60 and wheth
nd she did in fact convey her intere
r. Plaintiffs are unable to say, but if S
did not, then her interest has new
he been conveyed to any one, but if SO
y deed conveyed the interest of SO
IN, Susan Jane Hall in said real esta
be to said Nancy Smelser, then it dc
not appear of record that said Nan
i'd Smelser ever conveyed said intere
y That the said Nancy Smelser di
et- in the year 1894 and left as her OF
ed heirs at law, her son Benjamin
nit Smelser, and her daughter Mary
nd Hickman and other persons Wit
lch names are unknown to these pla
ng tiffs. That said Benjamin +. Smell
ate has conveyed all his interest in S
IN Real estate to these plaintiffs, II
ear Mary E. Hickman died in the y
ay, 1915 leaving as her only heirs,
,un law, VIM. f. Hickman, John Hickn
the and Aide Hit her children, /
of Edna Ramey, Ruby Logsdon, /;
ru- William Browning, children Of
Irst deceased daughter, Susan Brown
to md defendant Robert E. L. Jacks
me d Si.sor, and a child Of Nell Bro
dg- irE jackson, deceased, who was
child Of Susan Browning deceal
t q all Of whom have conveyed their
ing terest to plaintiffs except the s
Ger, Robert E. L. jackson, who is a
nty nor.