The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-05-09
ORDER OLE PUBLICATION

N 1AAAAA NIL dNullls
husband and wife, Plaintiffs.
VS..
The unknown heirs, devisees, or gran
tees of John Hudgens, deceased.
the unknown heirs, devisees, or
grantees Of William w. Git, de-
ceased and the unknown heirs, dew
lsees or grantees of Alexander L.
Moreland, deceased, DEFENDANTS.
Now at this day comes the plaintiffs
herein by their attorney Henry c.
Wallace, and file their petition and
affidavit, alleging among other things.
that defendants are unknown to these
plaintiffs.
Whereupon, it is ordered by the
Clerk of said Court in vacation as
follows: To the said defendants: The
unknown heirs, devisees or grantees
OF John Hudgens, deceased, the un-
known heirs, devices or grantees of
William w. Git, deceased and the
unknown heirs, devisees or grantees
of Alexander l.. Moreland. deceased.
You are hereby notified that the plain
titfs have commenced a suit against
you inthis court, the object and gen
eraI nature Of which is to obtain a
decree quoting title to the following
described real estate situate in Lafay-
cite County, Missouri, viz:
No. /. All that part Southwest
Quarter, Section %, Township so,
Range Is, lying south of the Old In
dependence Road, and east of the mid
die Of the channel of the Big Sni-A-
Bar Creek.
No. 2. Part East half Southeast
Quarter Section %, Township so,
Range %, lying east of middle of
main channel Of Big Sni-A-Bar Creek.
and being about middle ways east
side East half said Southeast Quar-
ter containing about five acres.
No. 3. Twelve acres off North end
Northwest Quarter Section 2G,, Town
ship 80, Range %, bounded as fol-
lows: Beginning at quarter section
corner between said sections % and
26, running thence south three chains
and seven links, thence west forty
chains t~wenty-seven links, thence
north two chains seventy-seven links
to the corner Of Sections %, %, 26.
and q in said township and range,
thence east to beginning, except coal
and mining rights as reserved in
deed from Webster NJ. Samuel and
wife to John Q. Adams, dated Janu-
airy 26, 1876 and recorded in book
"a, page 300 in the office of the Re-
corder of Deeds in and for said
county, and containing in all 1857
acres.
Plaintiffs further state that the le-
gal and equitable title to the above
rea! estate eminated from the govern
ment more than ten years before the
filing Of this petition, that said real
estate now is and has been for more
than thirty-one years in the lawful
possession Of these plaintiffs and
those under whom they claim title.
and who have during all this time
been in the actual, open, notorious,
adverse and peaceable possession of
the same, claiming title thereto.
That plaintiffs also have title to said
real estate by and through mesne
conveyances conveying to them the
title to said property. That the said
real estate has not been in the pos
session of the defendants, or either
of them, or any pearson claiming or
whom might claim the title thereto,
or through whom defendants or either
OF them might claim for more than
thrty-one years, nor have defendants,
or either OF them or any one claim
ing title through or under them paid
any taxes Of said real estate during
all Of said years, to wit: thirty-one
years, except these plaintiffs and
those under whom they claim title
who have paid taxes on said real es-
tate for over t~hirty-one years.
That the apparent title or claim of
defendants herein towit, the unknown.
heir, devisees or grantees of John
Hudgens, deceased, in and to said real
estate is on account Of the title ac-
Quired by said John Hudgens to tracts
one and three by certificate No. 81
survey No. 1892 from the United
States Government and that there
Is no conveyance of record by said
John Hudgens conveying such real
estate which apparent title or claim
Of defendants is preiudicial to the
plaintiffs.
That the apparent title or claim of
defendants herein towit, the unknown
heirs devicees or grantees of William
w. Git, deceased, in and to said real
estate towit, tracts number one and
three is on account Of deeds record
ed in book 81" page 10, dated July 3.
1916, and in book en- page 438, dated
February Is, lS47, and i'm book 90"
page ll2, dated March s., 1S4S, and
in. book "R" page 2S5, dated March
~, lS49, conveying to said William W.
Git the above described real estate.
That there is no proper conveyance of
record made by said William w. Git,
conveying said land and which ap-
parent claim or title of defendants is
prejudicial to these plaintiffs.
That the apparent title or claim of
deendants herein towit, the unknown
heirs deyisees or grantees of Alexan-
der l.. Moreland, deceased in and to
said land or real estate is on account
Of deed made to said Alexander L..
Moreland recorded in book an" page
43l, dated February 9, lS47, and by
deed recorded in book 90" page 112.
dated March 6, 1S48, conveying to
said Moreland an interest i'm said
real estate and that there is no prop
er conveyance Of record from said
Alexander l.. Moreland conveying
said real estate and which apparent
title or claim of defendants is pref
Judicial to these plaintiffs.
! Tho p1ofrtfHc ,ro ,,,l1. A. 49,