The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-20
Order Of Publication.
State of Missouri, | s..
County of Rates.

State of Missouri is SIS.
County of Bates.
In the Circuit Court of said Coun-
ty and State. February, 1913, Term.
In vacation December 10th, 1917.
J. F. Spangler, Plaintiff
f. A. Holt, The Land Chattel Com
pany Corporation, John H. Lee,
and the unknown consorts, heirs:
devisees, donees and grantees OF
]. C. Couch, John Berry, John w.
Medley, J. NJ. Hoagland, Noah Ny
hart, John N. Baldwin, Waldo P.
Johnson, AhEam Hoagland, Pleas
ant ]. G. Lea, Joel Abbott, and
Isaac Hoagland, all deceased, and
the unknown consorts. heirs, devil
sees, donees, alienees and grantees
OF John H. Lee, Peyton Weithcrs
and Paul Hendricks, if they. or
either of them be deceased, and the
unknown members of the firm OF
Taylor and Mountcastic, and their
successors, assigns, consorts. heirs,
devisees, donees, alienees and legal
representative, Defendants.
Now at this day comes the plaintiff
herein, by his attorneys, and hles
herein his petition under oath, alleg-
ing, among other things that John II.
Lee, Peyton Weithers and Paul Hen.
bricks, il living, are non-residents ~
the State OF Missouri. and further al
leging that there are 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, devil
sees, donees, alienees..-~.im immediate,
| mcsne. or remote, voluntary or invol-
untary grantees of ]. c. Couch, John
Berry, John w. Medley, J. NJ. Hoag-
land, Noah Nyhart, John N. Baldwin,
Waldo P Johnson, Abram Hoagland,
Pleasant J. 6. Lea, Joel Abbott, an!
Isaac Hoagland. all deceased, and OF
John II. Lee, Peyton Weithers and
Paul Hendricks, If they or either o1
them b. deceased. That SO far as
! Sn6wn t. the plaintiff TIE 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 pur-
ported to convey some interest IN
and to some part of the real estate
in the petition and hereinafter des-
cribed. to the grantees therein, that
is to say: deed in Book s. at page
III made to John II. Lee, a deed III
/ Book N at page 4S3- II
Weithcrs: deed in Book "Z' at page
40 to Paul Hendricks: a deed n
book 81" at page "a to John w. Med
Icy: a deed in Book 134 at page 800
to ]. M. Hoagland: a conveyance III
Book e. at page 27o to Noah Nyhart:
A deed in Book "R' at page $50 to
Tohn N. Baldwin; tax deed in Book
TX" at page 272 toWaldo T. Ohm
son. a conveyance in Book "T' at
page o31 to Abram lloaeland: a deed
in Book "E" at page 400 to Pleasant
II G. Lea: tax deed in Tax Record
| No. Il at page 3 to Joei Abbott;
deed of conveyance in Book IN al
page 46 to Isaac Hoagland.
| All of the books and pages referr"'
to above refer t" j., 49,, ,-ff..,,
! q, sre Recorder Of DEEDS in and 10
! 6sst.ss County. Missouri. The reeot'
| Of Swamp land sales kept in tn
County Clerks office in md for sal'
county, shows sale of a portion o
the hereinafter described rea' estat
TO ]. {. Couch and John Berry, res
pectivSy.
The interests So vested were NO
properly conveyed oi'f bv the respes'
tive grantees so far as shown by the
| records. ..
And further alleging that TIE Tnter,,
ests of said unknown parties ana
whence the same is derived, can no+
be more specifically described or set
| forth in his petition except, that the
same appears to be adverse and pre-,
judicial to the title and claim OF
plaintiff to the land herein and i'll the
petition described, to which, the
plaintiff claims the absolute title, in
fee.
Whcreupon ii is ordered by the
clerk, in vacation, that said defend
ants be notified by publication, that
plaintiff has commenced Il suit
against them in this court, the object
and general nature of which IS TO OBJ
tain an order. judgment and decree Of
said court. setting forth and defining
and ad;ndging the title. estate and in
tcrest of the parties plaintiff and de-
PENDANTS, herein scverally, in and TO
the real estate set forth in plaintiff S
petition. as follows, to-wit:
Lot fourteen GD and the West
half Of Lots nine and zen 60 and
Io) and the East hall of Lots
four and six Ct and 81 OF the
Northwest quarter and the North '
half OF .ot sixteen G6), and
North part Of Lot seventeen %,
described as beginning at the
Northwest corner thereof. thence
Fast to the Northeast corner OF
said lot. thence South twelve and
s@-Ioo 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 (IS and
10Y in the Northeast tuarter: all