The Farmington times., 1918-01-11
ORDER OF PUBLICATION


State of Missouri, County of St. Fran
IN The E CIRCUIT COURT, FEB
RUARY TERM, 1917.
Missouri F. Hines, Plaintiff,
VS..
Mary Ballard, Mary Patterson, Sa-
rah J. Lariba, Thomas Ballard, CO.
ra Draper, J. J. Ballard, Rachael
Post, Estella Meadow, Miss Willie
Ballard, Beverly Counts, Delaney
Umfeet, Clell Counts, Lyde Counts,
and Anna B. Counts, a minor, Lii
lie Robinson, Everett Barron, Bes-
sic Pierson, Anna Moore, j. ID. Bal
lard, Willie Davis, Roberta Bying-
ton, James Ballard, jeff Ballard,
land John Ballard and Katherine
Ballard, minors,) j. C. Ballard,
Frank Ballard, w. c. Ballard, Jo-
sephine Brown, Rachael Wise, Sal
lie V. Ballard, Philip Ballard, Ada
Ballard and Mamie Broetze,
Defendants.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
Action for Partition.
Now at this day comes the plaintiff
herein by her attorney, Chas. P.
Damron, and files her petition, alleg-
ing, among other things, that Mary
Ballard, Sarah j. Lariba, Thomas Bal
lard, Cora Draper, J. J. Ballard, Ra-
chael Post, Estella Meadow, Miss Will
lie Ballard, Beverly Counts, Lille
Robinson, j. ID. Ballard, James Bal
lard, Katherine Ballard, Frank Bal
lord Jocanb;na proxx,n po obaaI UJ;cn
Sallie v. Ballard, Philip Ballard, Ada
Ballard and Mamie Broetze are nom
residents of the State Of Missouri:
Whereupon, it is ordered by the
Clerk of this Court, in vacation, that
said defendants be notified by publica-
tion that plaintiff has commenced suit
against them in this court, the object
and general nature of which is to OBJ
tain judgment or decree of partition,
according to tho respective interests
of said plaintiff and defendants, of, in
and to the following land, to-wit:
The north half of the northwest
quarter of section twelve, and the east
half of the southwest quarter of sec
ton one, all in township thirty-four,
north, range seven, east, containing in
the aggregate 100 acres, less one
half acre in the southeast quarter of
the southwest quarter of said section
one, heretofore conveyed for grave
yard purposes; or if it shall appear
that said land cannot be divided in
kind without great prejudice to said
owners, then for the sale of the same
and the proceeds divided among said
parties according to their respective
interests, and that unless said non
resident defendants be and appear at
this court, at the next term thereof,
to be begun and holden at the court
house in the city of Pennington, in
said county, on the eleventh day of
February next, and on or before the
first day Of said term, answer and
plead to the petition in said cause, the
same will be taken as confessed, and
Judgment will be rendered according
ly.
And it is further ordered, that
copy hereof be published, according
to law, in The Pennington Times, a
newspaper published in said county
of st. Francois for four weeks sue
cessively, published at least once
week, the last insertion to be at least
thirty days before the first day of said
next February term of this court.
Order made and entered this 18th
day of December, 1917.
A true copy from the record.
Witness my hand and the seal of
the Circuit Court of st. Francois
County, this 10th day of December,
1917.
(SEAL) JOHN A. KNOWLES,
Circuit Clerk.
Dec. 21, 28, Jan. A and II.
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