The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-04-27
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

Term, 1917.
Jesse L. Groves, Plaintiff
VS.. No. Gil
The unknown heirs, devisees or gran
tees of James Bounds, deceased; Sim
drilla Gudgel, Philena Bounds, Obe-
diah Bounds, and Benjamin Bounds,
if living, if not their unknown heirs,
devisees, alienees and immediate,
mesne, remote, voluntary and invol-
untaTy grantees and assigns; the I'M
known heirs, devisees, alienees, or as
signs Of Benedict Thomas, deceased,
Defendants.
IN VACATION, APRIL End, 1917
Now at this day comes the plain
tiff herein by his attorney, H. G. Wal
lace, and files his petition and affida-
Wit, alleging that plaintiff is the ow-
ner in fee simple title and claims that
interest and title to the following de-
scribed real estate, situated in the
County of Lafayette in the State of
Missouri, towit: A tract of land de-
scribed as follows: Beginning at the
north east corner of the NWA sec
ton 35 township 81 range q, and
running thence south with the east
line of said quarter section to a point
where the east line of said quarter
section is intersected by a line run
ming east and west through and with
the middle of South Street in Estill
Heights, as said Street formerly
crossed the Eh of said quarter sec
ton, thence west with the middle of
said South Street to a point in said
middle of said South Street 500 feet
east of west line of said Eh NWM
of said section 35, thence north par
allel with said west line of said Eh
of said quarter section to a point in
the north line of said quarter sec
ton 500 feet East Of NV corner
Of ER NWA said section 30
thence east to the place of
beginning, containing 20 acres of land
more or less, except all coal under
lying the same and all right and priv
ileges heretofore granted for the
mining and removal of said coal. Ref
erence is here made to the plat of
Estill Heights, recorded in the office
of the Recorder of Deeds of said La
fayette County for the location Of
said South Street in said Estill
Heights.
Plaintiff states that the legal and
equitable title to the above described
real estate emanatd from the gov
eminent more than ten years before
, the filing of this petition, and that
: said real estate now is and has been
? for more than ~thirty-one years in
/ the lawful possession of this plain
? tiff and those under whom he claims
! title, and who has during all this time
| been in actual, open, notorius, adverse
and peaceable possession of the same
. claiming title thereto. .
That plaintiff also has title to sale
: real estate by and through mesne con.
: veyances conveying to him the title
I: to said property; that said real es
J, tate has not been in the possession
:, of said defendants, or either Of them
+ or any person claiming or who nigh
I claim the title, or through whom de
e PENDANTS or either of them nigh
claim for more than thirty-one years
nor have defendants, or either 0
d them or any one claiming It'll
through or under them paid any tax
I es on said real estate during all c
said thirty-one years, except thi
W plaintiff and those under whom h
claims title who have paid the take
d on said real estate for over thirty
y one years; that the apparent It'll
or claim of defendants herein an
'e to said real estate is on account Q
the title of the ancestors of said dc
PENDANTS, viz: James Bounds, Jr., dc
ceased. who derived his title by pal
ID ent from United States government
le July 5, 1925, which title said ance:
tor failed to convey by any propt
n conveyance, and which apparent I
lie tie or claim Of defendants is prejud
N cial to the plaintiff and the apparel
in title or claims of defendants here
te the unknown heirs, devices, alienee
sr or assignees of Benedict Thomas, d
ceased, to said real estate, is on a
count of a mortgage given by lisa;
a. Chanslor to Benedict Themes, Of da
November 10, 1865, of record in Boz
st 1, page 1853, Recorders office, Lafa
y, cite County, Mo-, to secure a note
ge same date for the sum Of fifteen hu
] e dred dollars, which said mortgage 7
ON mains unsatisfed of record, althoul
e. the same has long since been pal
of Plaintiff states hat he cannot inse
nv names of defendants herein becau
d. the same are unknown to him. Whel
If. fore by reason Of the premises t
he plaintiff prays the court to try, o
be certain and determine the estate,
Ity tie and interest of the plaintiff a
" defendants herein, respectively in a
he to the real estate aforesaid, and
me define and adjudge by its judgme
at and decree the title or estate and
ats terest of plaintiff and defendar
be herein ~severally in and to the afol
law said premises and that the court v
or adjudge and decree that the plant
IN: is the sole owner in fee simple Il
in to such land and real estate and II
on the defendants nor any of them
nd not have any legal right. title, ella
ed, or interest thereto or therein, a
aid said real estate be ~adiudged and
up creed to be in plaintiff, and that
". title to same be vested IN him
virtue of the Statute Of Limitatl,
under the provisions of Section u
of revised Statutes of 1903, and q
a. said mortgage from Isaac CHAINS
ner to Benedict Thomas be held to be S
isfed and for naught held and bar
red by the Statute Of Limitations
he'd It is therefore ordered by
our Clerk of the Circuit Court
SER Lafayette County, Missouri, in.
nor action fbat said unknown defenda