The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-04-12
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
,ATE OF MISSOURI,

In the Circuit Court Of Lafayette
County, Missouri, June term, 1918, a.
Lexington. In vacation, March 18TH
1913. -
Louis Frerking Plaintlil
VS..
The Unknown %consorts, heirs, dew.
sees, donees, alienees, and immediate
mesne or remote, voluntary or invol'
untary grantees of Anselem Har-
grave, deceased. Defendants
Now at this day comes the Plain.
.if herein by his attorney, Thomas
A. Walker, and files his petition, du-
verified by the affidavit of plaintiff
alleging that the places Of residence
of the defendants are unknown to
plaintiff and that they can not be serv-
ed with the ordinary process Of law
as provided by the Statutes.
Plaintiff further states that he is
the owner and in the lawful possess
ion of the following described real
estate situated in Lafayette County,
Missouri, to-wit: Thirty acres off Of
the west side of the North west quar-
ter of the south west quarter of sec
ton nineteen, township forty-eight,
range twenty-four.
That the plaintiff and those under
whom he claims title to said land,
have been in the open, notorious, con-
tinuous, adverse, interrupted, quiet
p~eaceable and exclusive possession of
said land, claiming title thereto, and
ownership thereof and paying taxes
thereon for more than thirty-one
years consecutively next before the
filing of this petition and the insti-
tuition of this suit, and that none of
the defendants, nor any person under
whom they claim or might claim title
thereto have been in possession Of
said land or paid any taxes thereon
within thirty-one years next before
the filing of this petition, nor has any
of the defendants or any person un-
der whom they claim or might claim
title thereto brought any action to re-
cover said land or enforce any claims
or interest in or to the same within
one year after the expiration of
thirty years after the right to bring
such action accrued. Plaintiff states
that the title to said real estate, both
legal and equitable emanated from
the United States Government more
than thirty-one years next before the
filing of this suit and that the title
to the same has vested in plaintiff
and those under whom he claims title
by limitations in accordance with the
provisions of the Statute Law Of the
State of Missouri, and particularly
under and by virtue Of section 1881
Of the Revised Statutes of Missouri
for the year 1909.
Plaintiff states that there are or
that he verify believes there are per-
sons interested in or who claim to be
in the subject matter Of
this suit, whose names he Fan not in
sert herein because they are unknown
to him and whom he can not further
describe than as the unknown CON
sorts, heirs, devisees, donees, alienees
and immediate, mesne or remote, vol
or involuntary grantees Of
.nselem Hargrave, deceased, and
which unknown consorts, heirs, do
lees, devisees, alienees, and immedi-
ate, mense, or remote, voluntary or
Involuntary grantees of said Anselem
aargraye, deceased, derive or claim
o derive title to said land or might
appear to have some interest in said
and through a warranty deed from
Harrington and wife to said
lnselem H%argrave, of date August
End, 1910, and found of record in
took &c" at Page 702, Recorders
'flce for Lafayette County, Missouri,
plaintiff states that said Anse-
I'm Hargrave died many years ago.
nthout ever having conveyed said
and and he can not state lust what
title or interest said unknown
arties claim or might claim, but
'hatever right, tite or interest thew
ave or make to said premises is adj
erse and prejudicial to the interest
+ plaintiff in said land.
Plaintiff states that this petition
ontains as full, correct and complete
ecital and description of the claims
+ defendants and how such claims
re derived as the same ere known to
laintiff.
1t IS therefore ordered by the Clerk
I the Circuit Court, of Lafayette
Missouri, in vacation that
aid defendants be notified by publi-
that the paintiff has commenc-
d a suit against them in this court
he object and general nature of
inch is to obtain a judgment and de-
rec Of the Circuit Court of Lafay-
tie County, Missouri, ~perfecting the
'laintiff's record title in and To- tn
bove described real estate and d.
esting any claim which the defend
nts or either of them make in and
Q said real estate or any part there
out OF said defendants and vest
1g the same in the plaintiff and for
yer barring and p~recluding said de-
endants and each of them from max
lg any claim to said real estate: and
nat unless said defendants be and an
ear before this court on the 6rsf
ay oil the next term thereof. to be
egun and holden at the Court House
? the City Of Lexington, County Of
lafayette, on the 10th day of Juue.
5lo, next, and on or before the Ansf
ay thereof, answer or plead to the
EDITION in said cause the same will
e taken as confessed and judgment
be rendered accordingly.
"
1t is further ordered that a copy
ereof be published according TO law
The Lexington 'ntelligencer. a
ewspaper published in said County
I Lafayette, for four weeks success
'ely, published at least once a week
ne last insertion to be at least ST.
zen days before the first day Of said