The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-04-25

County, Missouri, June Term, 1919, at ]
Lexington. In vacation April 8th,
1919.
Leo McFaddin and Emma McFaddin,
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
isees or grantees of Alexander L.
Moreland, deceased, D~efedants.
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 I'M
known heirs, devicees 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
eral nature of which is to obtain a
decree quieting title to the following
described real estate situate in Lafay-
cite County, Missouri, viz:
No. /. All that part Southwest
e.. Quarter, Section %, Township so,
Range %, 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. .. 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 26,, Town
ship so, 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 tweuty-seven links, thence
north two chains seventy-Seven links
to the corner of Sections %, %, 26,
and 27 i'm said township and range,
thence east to beginning, except coal
and mining rights as reserved IN
deed from Webster NJ. Samuel and
J wife to John Q. Adams, dated Janu-
=. airy 26, 1876 and recorded in book
%, page 800 in the office Of the Re
corder of Deeds in and for said
county, and containing in all 1881
acres.
= Plaintiffs further state that the lie.
7 cal and equitable title to the above
real estate eminated from the govern.
= ment more than ten years before the
~ filing Of this petition, that said rea
IN estate now is and has been for more
~ than thirty-one years in the Lawful
~ possession of these plaintiffs ant
~ those under whom they claim title
Ipo and who have during all this tim
~ been in the actual, open, notoriou,
81, adverse and peaceable possession q
IN the same. claiming title thereto
.niI That plaintiffs also have title to sal
real estate by and through mesr
F., conveyances conveying TO them tn
' title to said property. That the sal
real estate has not been in the pos
session Of the defendants, or eithC
of them, or any pearson claiming
whom might claim the title theret,
or through whom defendants or elthC
Of them might claim for more tina
thirty-oue years, nor have defendant
or either Of them OF any one CLAIM
ing title through or under them pa.
rs any taxes on said real estate durir
lie all Of said years, to wit: thirty-oI
70 ears, except these plaintiffs al
OF those under whom they claim TIT
oI who have paid taxes Of said real e
or tate for over thirty-one years.
es- That the apparent title or claim
defendants herein towit, the unknow
MN heir. devisees or grantees of JoI
Hudgens, deceased, in and to said re
leG estate is on account Of the title a
.Hu CURED by said John Hudgens to traC
mn one and three by certificate No.
ing survey No. 1892 from the Unit
aI- States Government and that the
, is no conveyance of record by 81
ISL John Hudgens conveying such r,
estate which apparent title or ella
Of defendants is p%rcjudicial to I
plaintiffs.
age That the apparent title or claim
N.Y. defendants herein towit, the unkno'
,,o heirs devicees or grantees of Willii
'l' W. Git, deceased, in and to said +
estate towit, tracts number one q
three is on account of deeds reco
ed in book a." page 10, dated July
s. 1916, and in book IN" page 43S, da
cite February lS, 1Si7, and in book Ct
9l9, page ll2, dated March 6, lS4S,
9Th, i'm book ar" page 2S5, dated Ma
o., lS49, conveying to said William
age, Git the above described real est;
tlttS That there is no proper conveyance
record made by said William w. G
, or conveying said land and which
ortS, parent claim or title Of defendants
ledl- preiudicial to these plaintiffs.
Y or That the apparent title or claim
S or deendants herein towit, the unknt
ants heirs devisccs on grantees Of AleN
bove der l.. Moreland, deceased in and
rect said land or real estate is on accc
of deed made to said Alexander
! ac- Noreland recorded in book en- p
you l2l. dated February @, 1S4i, and
~ OF decd recorded in hook cor page
ourl' dated March s., 1913, conveying
de- said Moreland an interest in
W.T. real estate and that there is no p
ana er conveyance Of record from
Shel. Alexander l.. Moreland conve,
y OF said real estate and which appa