The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-04-11
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
STATE Or MISSOURI

NHar y AAhN 49, eN
Lexington. In vacation April Sth,
1919.
Leo McFaddin and Emma McFaddin,
husband and wife, Plaintiffs.
VS..
The unknown heirs, deyisees, 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, 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, devices or grantees of
William W, Git, deceased and the
unknown heirs, deyisees or grantees
of Alexander L. MOreland, deceased;
You r hereby notified that the plain
t!tfs have commenced a suit against
you inthis court, the object and gen
eral nature of which is to obtain a
decree quoting title to the following
described real estate situate in Lafay-
cite County, Missouri, viz:
No. l.. All that part Southwest
Quarter, Section %, Township 80,
Range %, lying south of the Old In
dependence Road, and east of the mid
die of the channel Of the Big Sni-A-
Bar Greek,
No.. .. Part East half Southeast
Quarter Section %, Township 80,
Range %, lying east Of middle of
main channel Of Big Sni-A-Bar Greek,
and being about middle ways east
side East half said Southeast Quar-
ter containing about five acres.
No. 8. Twelve acres off North end
Northwest Quarter Section 26p Town
ship 50, 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 twenty-seven links, thence
north two chains Seventy-seven links
to the corner of Sections %, %, 26
and 27 in said township and range
thence east to beginning, except Goa
and mining rights as reserved il
deed from Webster NJ. Samuel anC
wife to John O. Adams, dated Janu
airy 2G, 1876 and recorded in bOoE
IS. page 800 in the Office of the Re.
corder Of Deeds in and for saiC
county, and containing in all 1858
acres.
Plaintiffs further state that the lie
gal and equitable title to the abov,
real estate eminated from the govern
ment more than ten years before tn
fling of this petition, that said rea
estate now is and has been for NOR
than th~irty-one years in the Lawful
possession Of these plaintiffs an.
those under whom they claim title
and who have during all this tim
been in the actual, open, notorious
adverse and p~eaceable possession @
the same, claiming title thereto
That plaintiffs also have title to sal
real estate by and through mesn
| c]onveyances conveying to them tn
title to said property. That the sal
real estate has not been IN the pos
session OF the defendants. or elthe
of them, or any pearson claiming O
whom might claim the title thereto
or through whom defendants or eithe
of them might claim for more tina
thirty-one years, nor have defendant
or either of them or any one clam
, ing title through or under them PAL
any taxes on said real estate durin
all of said years, to wit: thlrty-on
: years, except these plaintiffs an
those under whom they claim TIT
who have paid taxes on said real e'
tate for over t~hirty-one years.
2 That the apparent title or claim
defendants herein towit, the unknown
d heir, devisees or grantees OF Jon
Hudgens, deceased, in and to said re-
estate is on account of the title az
G quired by said John Hudgens to trac.
one and three by certificate No.
S survey No. 1892 from the UnltC
1 States Government and that tho
= is no conveyance of record by sa.
John Hudgens conveying such re-
estate which apparent title or clal
o Of defendants is prejudicia1 to Il
s plaintiffs.
G That the apparent title or claim
t defendants herein towit, the unknov
heirs devices or grantees of Villa
=. W. Git, deceased, in and to said re
ocH,+o tov,it tracts numbpr one m