The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-21
ORDER OLE PUBLICATION

OhDEh OE 4 u DLISAl IO4N
State of Missouri, County of st. Fran
co.'s, SIS.
In the Circuit Court, to the November
Term, 1917.
Anne Bellknap, Edward Mathews,
William L. Mathews, Harvey Ma
thews, and Charles c. Mathews,
Plaintiffs,
Guy T. Sloan and Thomas W. Sloan,
Ruling Elders and Acting Trustees
of the Presbyterian Church at Gale
donia, Missouri; J. Paul Cayce, E.
C. Mccormick and Luther K. Peers,
Trustees Of the Presbyterian Church
at Pennington, Missouri; Mrs. j.
A. Creighton and William M. Har-
Ian, Defendants.
On this 18th day of September,
1917, come the above named plain
tiffs, by their attorney, Jerry B.
Burks, and file their petition, the OBJ
ject and general nature of which is
to contest and set aside the last will
and testament executed by E. NJ. Do
noho, now deceased, on the 18th day of
March, 1917, and admitted to Probate
in the Probate Court of st. Francois
County March 81, 1917, on the ground
and for the reason that said E. M.
Donoho was not of sound and dispos-
ing mind and memory at the time of
the execution of said will. Said petit
ton further alleges that said E. M.
Donoho died March 10, 1917, in the
said County of st. Francois, seized and
possessed of real and personal prop
erty in said County of st. Francois
and State of Missouri. That by the
terms of her said supposed will the
benefciaries therein are the Presby-
terrain Church at Caledonia, Nilsson
ri, of which defendants, Guy T. Sloan
and Thomas w. Sloan are Ruling Ell
ders and Acting Trustees; the Pres
byterian Church at Pennington, Mis-
souri,, of which defendants, j. Paul
Cayce, E. G. Mccormick and Luther
K. Peers, are Trustees; and defend
ant, Mrs. ]. A. Creighton, widow of
Rev. j. A. Creighton, deceased, form
erly of said City of Pennington. Said
petition further alleges that defend
ant, Mrs. J. A. Creighton, is a non
resident of the State Of Missouri, and
cannot be served in said State in the
manner prescribed in Art. A, Chap. 81,
Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1909.
Wherefore, it is ordered by the
Clerk of the Circuit Court, in vaca-
ton, that said nonresident defendant
be notified by publication that plain
tiffs have commenced suit against
her and the other defendants herein
| for the purpose of contesting and set.
ting aside said will of E. M. Donohc
aforesaid; and it is further ordered
that unless said defendant, Mrs. ]. A
Creighton, be and appear at this Court
at the next term thereof to be begur
and held in the City of Pennington
County of st. Francois and State o.
Missouri, on Monday, the 18th day o.
November, 1917, and answer or plead
to said petition in said cause on sale
| date, the said petition will be taken az
confessed and judgment entered ac
cordingly. 1t is further ordered that
copy hereof be published in The
Pennington Times, a newspaper pub
| lished in the County of st. Francois
and State of Missouri, for four weeks
successfully, the last insertion to b.
at least fifteen days before the frs
day of said next November Term o.
Court.
A true copy from the record.
Witness my hand and seal Of thu
Circuit Court of st. Francois County
this 18th day of September, 1917.
| (SEAL) JOHN A. KNOWLES,
| Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Sept. IA, 81, 20, and Oct. s.