The Butler weekly times., 1918-01-17
Order of Publication.

State of Missouri, ! ..
County of Bates. IS. .....
In the Circuit Court of Bates Coun-
ty, Missouri. February Term, 1913.
In Vacation December 22nd, 1917.
Luther E. Hyer and Louisa Hyer
Plaintiffs.
VS..
Mathew Hallam and the unknown
consort, heirs, devisees, donees,
alienees and grantees of said
Mathew Hallam, if he be deceased,
and the unknown cOnsorts, heirs,
devisees, donees, alienees and
grantees of Loring E. Stone, de-
ceased, and of John Hallan, de-
ceased and of Eliza Kirtley, de-
ceased, Defendants.
Now on this day come the plaintiffs
herein, and file their petition under
oath, alleging, among other things,
that the defendant, Mathew Hallan,
if living is not resident of the State
i, of Missouri, and can not be served
with the ordinary process Of law OF
this state, and further alleging in said
petition, that they verify believe that
there are persons interested in the
subject matter of their action whose
names they can not insert therein, be-
cause to them unknown. Such un-
known persons being the consort,
heirs, devisees, donees, alienees and
grantees, immediate, mesne or re-.
mote, voluntary or involuntary OF
Mathew Hallam if he be deceased,
and of Loring E. Stone, deceased, and
of John Hallam, deceased, and of
Eliza Kirtley, deceased, because Of
facts set forth in their petition, to-
wit:
That the said Mathew Hallam OBJ
tanned an interest in and to the real
estate in Section eighteen (I8), herein
mentioned, by virtue of a deed dated
November 1st, 1873, and recorded in
the office of the Recorder of Deeds in
and for Bates County, Missouri. in
Book IN" at Page 379, which interest
was not we'll conveyed by him.
That John Hallam became the own
or of the land herein described as be-
ing in Section eighteen (I8) by virtue
of deed which is Of record in Book
II. Il at Page o2, in the office afore-
said, which interest, he did not con-
vey in his life time.
That Eliza Kirtley obtained deed
conveying to him the land mentioned
herein as being Section eighteen (ISl
. which deed is OF record in Book "2
at Page 1874, in the office aforesaid,
which interest he did not convey,
unless he did SO in and by the name
of Elijah Kirtley
That Loring E. Stone had an ap-
parent interest in the real estate de-
scribed as being in Section nineteen
(Io), by virtue OF two tax deeds each,
dated April sth, 1871, and recorded
respectively in Book "V" at Page 42S
and Book "Y" at Page 3oI, in the
office aforesaid. and did not convey
the interest so acquired.
Further stating that the interest of
such unknown parties and whence
the same is derived can not be more
specifically described or set-forth by
them in their petition, except, that
such interest, if any there be, is ad-
verse and prejudicial to the title and
claim of the plaintiffs in the real es-
tate described in their petition as fol-
lows:
The Southeast quarter OF Section
eighteen (I8) and the west half
of the northeast quarter of the 4
northeast quarter and the south
east quarter of the northeast n
quarter of the northeast quarter
Of Section nineteen (I0), all in /
Township thirty-eight (38) OF
Range twenty-nine (2o) in Bates
County, Missouri;
The plaintiffs claiming the absolute
title in and to the aforesaid land. }
Whereupon, it is ordered by the
clerk in vacation, that the defendants
be notified by publication that plain
tiffs have commenced suit against
them IN this court, the object and
general nature Of which Is to secure
a order and Judgment Of the court,
ascestsinihe and determining the
r1ght, title. iutere1t and claim Of the
plSntiffa. and deiend3nts, respective.
4, end to Tie above described real
S6tase ma ~ the judgment and de-
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