The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-06-28
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

|
County OF Bates. 3d.
In the Circuit Court of said County
and state, October term, 1917. In va
| cation June IS. 1917.
G. w. Cathey, Plaintiff.
against
Bette G." Johnson. sarah A Johnson,
Joseph johnson, John Evans,
Elisha Evans. Henry France. J. c.
Welliver, Thomas Huff. and Martha
living. and If deceased. then the un-
known consorts. heirs, devisees,
donees. alienees. immediate. mesne or
remote, voluntary or Involuntary,
above named, as may be deceased.
Defendants.
The State Of Missouri to the above
named Defendants. Greeting:
attorneys and files his petition under
oath, alleging among other things that
the defendants named hereinabove are
each and all, non-residents --ef'the
further alleging in his petition that he
verify believes there are persons in
terested in the subject matter of his
petition whose names he can not In
sert therein, because the same are to
him unknown. That such unknown
persons derive their interest, II any,
in the subject matter of this suit, az
the consorts, heirs devisees, donees'
| voluntary or involuntary. grantees OF
one or more or all of the defendants
named above. That the apparent In
terest arises from the fact that Will
lam r. johnson took deed of convey
ance for a part of the real estate here
matter described. which deeds are re-
| corded in book 81 at page . and "B-
| T. at page 4S7, and the interest SO ac-
quired, he did not convey to any one.
| but apparently died owning the same,
| and the defendants Bette G. Johnson.
| Sarah a. johnson and Joseph r. john
son. are three of the seven reputed
heirs at law of said William r. John
| son. deceased, who do not appear to
have conveyed any interest they may
have inherited, from william r. John
| son. deceased.
That the defendant, John Evans,
took two deeds purporting to convey
to him a portion OF the real-estate
on record in book "a at page So and
"D' at page 259, and the interest thus
| acquired. II any. was not fully con-
| veyed by the said John Evans. at any
| time.
That the defendant, Elisha Evans,
| took deed of conveyance purporting
to convey to him a portion of the real
estate hereinafter described, his deed
q and the interest thus acquired. II
| any. was not conveyed by said Elisha
| Evans to anyone.
That the defendant. Henry France.
|
| to convey to him part of the land
hereinafter described, which deed Is
| found in book Co at page 4OS and the
| interest, if any, conveyed by that in
| Strument, was not conveyed by Henry
| France to anyone.
That j. C. Welliver took a deed of
conveyance for a portion of the afOre-
said mentioned real estate as shown
by book 101 at page Is, and the inter-
est SO acquired was not conveyed un-
less in and by the name of John c.
| Welliver, who plaintiff alleges to be
one and the same person as J. c.
That defendants. Thomas Huff and
Martha Jane Huff, husband and wife,
took deed Of conveyance for q part
Of the aforesaid real estate. which is
| the interest acquired, IL any, was at
no time conveyed out by said defend
| ants
pages referred to In his petition refer
TO the books kept in the office Of the
Recorder of Deeds in and for Bates
County. Missouri.
terest Of the unknown parties or
whence the same is derived. can not
be more particularly described or set
forth in his petition. but that the IN
and prejudicial to the claim and title
OF the plaintiff in and to the real es-
tate described hereinafter and in his
| p6tltlOn, 10 Wnlcn IdHu piaIHtlIi cidimS
an absolute fee simple title.
| Whereupon. 1t Is ordered by the
Clerk of this court that the defendants
be notified by publication that plain
| tiff has commenced his suit against
them in this court, the object and gen.
eral nature OF which Is to try. ascer-
tain, determine and declare the rights
| and interests of the parties, plaintiff
and defendant. severally in and to the
following described real estate. to-wit:
The South fourteen uD acres OF
the Southwest quarter OF the South
east quarter of section two 90 and
the East one-half OF the Northwest
quarter Of the Northeast quarter
and the Northeast quarter of the
Southwest quarter Of the North
all in township forty-one tAD. of
Range thirty 1907 in Bates County.
Missouri,
and to quiet the title of the plaintiff
in and to said land and unless said de-
PENDANTS be and appear at this court
and held at the Court House In the
City Of Butler. in said County. on the
first Monday Of October, 1917. and on or
before the first day Of said Term. an.
swer or plead to the petition In said
cause: the same will be taken as con;
It is further ordered that a copy
hereof. be published according to law,
In The Butler Weekly Times
Circuit Clerk.
Joanna MAxey, D. c.
true copy from the record
(SeaD Of the Circuit Court Of Bates
County, Missouri. this 18th
H. o. MAxEY.
36-4t Circuit Clerk.