The Butler weekly times., 1918-03-28
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

State of Missouri, ~.
County of Bates. ss'
In the Circuit Court May Term. 1918.
| In Vacation-March 25th, 1918.
w: C.. Parsons and Flora Parsons.
Plaintiffs
The unknown consort, heirs, devisees,
donees. alienees. and grantees OF
Abiel Leonard, deceased; o. Guitar,
if living and if deceased his un-
sort, heirs, devisees. donees, alieneeS.
and grantees. and James III. Waugh
and his unknown successor or sue
| cessors in trust. Defendants.
Now at this day come the plaintiffs
herein and file their petition under
OATH alleging among other things that
defendants Q. Guitar and James "a:
the State of Missouri. And further
alleging that they verify believe there
are other persons interested in the
subject matter Of their suit, to-wit:
the land hereinafter and in their pc
tition described. whose names and the
nature and extent of whose interest, If
any they have. they can not more spe-
officially set out because to them un-
known. but if any such persons there
are they derive their interest as the un-
known consort. heirs, deviseeS, doneeS,
alienees. immediate. mesne or remote.
| voluntary or involuntary grantees Of
| Abiel Leonard. deceased, who acquired
the title to said premises as entryman
on the 18th day of April, 1857, as APP
pears from the plat book of original
| entries on file in the Bates county,
Missouri, Recorders office, and which
interest he did not convey to any one
except by will found of record in book
G at page a19, wherein the names Of
his heirs and devisees or the nature of
their interest is not set out.
Or as the unknown legal representa-
tive. consort, heirs, devisees donees,
alienees, immediate, mesne or remote,
vnli nfsr inv Il ,tan f1f
o. Guitar, if he be deceased, who ac-
quired an interest in said premises as
beneficiary named in trust deed
shown of record in the aforesaid Re
corder's office in book 2S at page 1873.
and which interest he has not of rec
ord conveyed to any one Or as the
unknown successor or successors IN
trust of James II. Waugh, If he be de-
the said land by reason of being named
as trustee, in the aforesaid trust deed.
and which interest he has not of rec
! ord conveyed to any one. Plaintiffs
further alleging in said petition that
the debt to secure which said trust
deed was given has been fully paid
off and discharged and is no longer Il
valid lien on said premises.
Whereupon. it is ordered by the
Clerk in Vacation. that said defendants
be notified by publication that plain
tiffs have commenced suit against
them in this court. the object and gen.
eral nature of which is to have tried
ascertained and adjudged the title to
the premises their petition described
as follows. o-wit
The North West quarter U-4 of
the South West Quarter Old. and :
the East Ha1f p of the South
West quarter 1-4). Section Seven
teen u7l Township Forty (40) of
Range Thrty-three (33), Bates
County. Missouri.
And to have the whole title thereto
adiudged to be vested in plaintiffs and
that defendants be forever barred from
setting UP any claim or right thereto.
And to have the trust deed described as
being of record in the Bates County
Recorders office in book % at page
43S. cancelled. annulled, for naught
held, and released of record and no
premises. Defendants being further
notified that plaintiffs are in the pos
session of said premises claiming the
whole title thereto and that unless the
said defendants be and appear at this
court, at the next term thereof to he
begun and holden at the Court House
on the fourth Monday in May. 1913. and
on or before the first day of said Term.
answer or plead to the petition in said
cause filed, the same will be taken as
confessed, ana judgment rendered ac-
cordingly. 1t being further ordered.
that Il copy hereof be published. ac-
cordng to law, in The Butler Weekly
Times newspaper published In SAID
Sively, published at least once a week.
the last insertion 10 be at least thirty
days before the first day of said next
term of this court.
II. q. MANEY.
Circuit Clerk
\ True Copy from the Record.
Witness my hand and tne
tSeaD seal Of the Circuit Court "t
Bates County this 25th day
of March, 1915
II. @. MANEY.
24-4t Circuit Clerk.