The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-08-25

heritancc, devise. gift or grant from
said Uriah E. Millsr, or by opera
ton OF law, but that the names of
such heirs, consorts, devisees, donees,
alienees and immediate. mesne. re-
mote, voluntary and Involuntary
grantees OF said Uriah r.. Millar are
to the plaintiff unknown and. for mat
reason, can not be inserted herein:
that defendant, NJ. A. Swisher, IL liv-
ing, claims some title, interest or cs-
tate i'm and to said land under and
by virtue of a certain deed OF trust,
executed by Sarah A. Smith to B. w.
culver. Trustee for said NJ. A.
Swisher. on the 9th day OF May, 1896,
which said decd OF trust is recorded
in Book 232 at page 215 in the office e
of Recorder of Deeds within and for
Buchanan County, Missouri, the exact
nature and extent of which claim is
to the plaintiff unknown and, for that
reason. can not be set out herein, eX-
cept that such claim is adverse to
the interest and estate OF plaintiff in
said land, but whether the said M.
A. Swisher be living or dead plaintiff
has no knowledge or information suf-
ficient to form belief, and if he is
dead, then the title, interest or es-
tate claimed by him in said land il
claimed by his heirs, consorts, de-
Visees, donees, alienees and immedi-
ate, mesne. remote, voluntary and in
voluntary grantees, by descent, in
heritance, devise, gift, or grant from
said NJ. A. Swisher, or by operation
of law, but that the names of. such
heirs, consorts, devisees, donees,
alienees and immediate, mesne. re-
mote, voluntary and involuntary
grantees of said NJ. A. Swisher are to
the plaintiff unknown and can not
be inserted herein And in which
said petition plaintiff further alleges
that said petition contains as full, cor
rect and complete recital and de-
scription of the claims of said de-
PENDANTS and how said claims are
derived as the same are known to the
plaintiff; that the claims of said de-
PENDANTS, and each of them, are ad-
verse and prejudicial to the title and
interest of plaintiff in and to said
land, and that the following named
persons, and each of them, If living
are non-residents of the State of Mis-
souri,, and do not reside therein: Mar
cissa Do1dridge, William b. Williams.
William III. Fuller, Uriah Il. Mllar
and VI. A. Swisher.
1t is thereupon ordered by the
undersigned clerk aforesaid. in vaca-
tion, that said defendants be notified
that an action has been commenced
against them in the circuit court OF
Buchanan County, Missouri, for the
purpose Of trying, determining. set
Ting, defining, and quieting the title
to the following described land in Bu-
chanan county, Missouri:
The Northeast Quarter of the
Southwest Quarter of Section Tween
ty-four (2G, Township Fifty-six (56)
and Range Thirty-seven (37); and by
which said action plaintiff seeks to
forever bar and preclude the said de-
PENDANTS, and each of them, from set
ting up any interest or claim in or to
said land adversely to said plaintiff,
and which said action is returnahle
to and triable on the first day of the
next regular October term of this
court, to be holden at the Court
House in the City of st. Joseph. in
the County of Buchanan in the State
Of Missouri, on the first day Of Octo-
ber, 1917, at which time and place
said defendants are required and
commanded to be and appear and to
plead. answer or demur to plain
tiff's said petition, otherwise the al
legations contained In said petition
will be taken and considered as and
for confessed and judgment rendered
according to the prayer thereof. for
ever barring and preoludlng said de-
PENDANTS from hereafter setting up
any claim or title to said land
The st. Joseph Observer, a weekly
newspaper of general circulation,
printed and published in st. Joseph,
Buchanan County, Missouri having
been designated by plaintiff and his
attorneys of record as the newspaper
most likely to give notice to the de-
PENDANTS of the pendency OF this ac-
tion it L. further ordered that a copy
OF this order be published in said The
St. Joseph Observer, once a week for
four weeks successfully, the last in
sertion of said order in said newspa-
per to be at least fifteen days before
the first day of the next regular Octo-
ber, 1911, term of this court.
ROSS G. cox,
Clerk OF the Circuit Court.
(Seal)
State of Missouri, County of Bu-
chanan. IS.
/, Ross c. Cox, Clerk of the Circuit
Court of the County aforesaid. hereby
certify that the. foregoing Is a true
copy of the original order OF publica-
ton as the same appears of record in
my office. This 18th day of August.
1917.
ROSS C. cox,
Clerk OF the Circuit Court.
Edwin NJ. Swartz, Duvall & Boyd. At
torneys for Plaintiff.