Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-14

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sole heirs at law of Maria Rankin.
deceased, who intermarried with
James H. Todd of Augusta County.
Virginia; that Maria Rankin Todd
was the daughter of Armstrong Ran
kin, Sr., who died testate. in Au-
drain County, Missouri, on or about
the 25th day of October, 1875. leav-
ing large estate in lands and per-
sonal property; that the will of
said Armstrong Rankin, Sr., was du-
ly probated on the 1st day of Novem-
Der, 1875, and is recorded in VIII
Book "a" at page 491 in the Pro-
bate Court records of Audrain Coun-
ty, Missouri; that among other pro-
visions in the said will the said tes-
tator devised and gave in trust a
large residuary share in his estate
to his son, Howard Rankin.
Plaintiffs state that on or about
the 9th day of March, 1886, that
Mary Rankin, daughter of the said
testator, executrix of his estate and
trustee under the will of the prop
| erty and estate of the said Howard
Rankin, acting with other beneficial
ries under the said will, traded and
exchanged certain lands in Audrain
SOuhly W lOI ldlutT > GS~
tate, with one John S. Smith, and in
vested a portion of the funds belong
ing to the trust estate of the said
brother, Howard Rankin, in an un-
divided fractional part of certain
other lands in Audrain County,
Missouri, formerly belonging to the
said John S. Smith, and more par
ticularly described as follows: The
No HI %
ter of Section Seven (7) and the
West half of the North West quar-
ter of Section Eight (S), all in
Township Fifty (50), Range Eight
(S), containing 160 acres, more or
less.
Plaintiffs state that Maria Rankin
Todd, died intestate, and that she
was the mother of plaintiffs r. A.
Todd, j. E. Todd, w. B. Todd and
Margaret Bass, and the grand
mother of plaintiffs H. E. Todd,
w. C. Todd and Pauline Hulvey, |
who are her sole heirs at law, that |
she was the sister of the said How
ard and Armstrong Rankin, de-
ceased, and that they, the said |
plaintiffs, are the heirs at law of |
the said Howard Rankin and Arm
strong Rankin, Jr.
Wherefore, plaintiffs pray the Court
that the said pretended deeds of
conveyance be adjudged and de-
creed null and void and of no
force and effect on the deed records
of Audrain County, for their costs
herein expended and for such 9th
er and further relief in the prem
ises as to the Court may seem just
and proper.
Plaintiffs further state that they
and the defendants are seized as
tenants in common Of the following
lands, parcels or tracts of lands sit
uate in Audrain County, Missouri,
to-wit:
The East half of the North East
quarter of Section Seven CD and |
the West half of the North West |
quarter of Section Eight (S), all |
in Township Fifty, Range Eight |
(S), containing 100 acres, more or
less, and that the plaintiffs are
desirous of a partition of the same. |
Plaintiffs further state that they |
verify believe there are persons in
terested in and who claim to be |
interested in the lands above de-
scribed in this petition, whose |
names they cannot insert herein
because said names are unknown to
these plaintiffs or any of them.
Plaintiffs further state that all
of the defendants, including those
whose names are given as we'll as
those whose names are unknown,
are non-residents of the State OF
Missouri and cannot be served |
in this State in the manner pre-
scribed in Chapter 21, of Article |
4, of the Revised Statutes of the |
State of Missouri, for the year 1909.
Plaintiffs pray that a partition
of said lands may be made between
the parties, plaintiffs and defend
ants, according to their respective |
interests as found adjudged and de- |
creed by the Court, and plalntltts |
say that partition in kind cannot |
be made without prejudice to the |
owners of said land, and plaintiffs |
ask that said lands may be or
dered sold nd the proceeds divided |
among said parties in proportion
to an in accordance with their re-1
spective interests and rights there
in as found and determined by
the Court, and for such orders, |
DEGREES and relief as to the Court
may seem meet and just in the |
premises.
1t is further ordered that said de-
PENDANTS be and appear in this
Court on the first day of the next
regular term thereof to be begun
and holden at the Court House in
the City of Mexico, Audrain County,
Missouri, on MONDAY, the Third
Day of June, 1918, and on or before
the first day of said term answer or
plead to said petition, or in de-
fault thereof said petition will be
taken and adjudged as confessed,
and judgment by default will be
rendered against said defendants.
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