The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-05-29

stockholders Of the First National
Bank Of Colorado. Texas, a defunct
corporation. James II Hill, A. S.
Whlteman. Allen Gregory, Henry II.
Cooley. and Lewis r. Hastings, COM
posing the partnership firm Of Greg
ory. Cooley and Company, the UNI
known heirs Of Henry H. Cooley, the
unknown heirs Of Allen Gregory,
Elizabeth Gregory and husband Ed
ward w. Gregory, Sarah G.. Caps
and husband. Charles +. Capps. En-
ma Gregory and husband, John w.
Gregory. Margaret Gregory and hus-
band. Lemuel Gregory, Lille +. Gre
CORY. Orrie Gregory. William Sher-
wood Gregory. Violet A. Gregory,
Effie May Gregory. Effie Mary Gre
cory. Nerna Grace Gregory, Nena
Grace Gregory, me unkonwn heirs OF
Vena Grace Gregory, the unknown
heirs of White Gregory, deceased,
Rella Fsteelle Welsh. Julia Welsh and
husband. Charles c. Welsh, Ella Gre
CORY and husband. Dudley 3. Gre
CORY, Mary f. Baker and husband,
Merton G. Baker, Ida G.. Chamber
lain and husband, Calvin Chamber
lain. Ollie O'Brien and husband,
Daniel O'Brien. Minnie 5. Lazarus
and husband. Charles Lazarus, Jay
Lazarus. Alice Ellsworth and hus-
band. Phineas c. Ellsworth, Ella l..
Baker and husband. Byron 7. Baker,
Edna b. Middlesworth and husband,
William s. Middlesworth, Ella b.
Middlesworth and Cynthia A. Hast
ings. are defendants; said petition
alleging that plaintiff is the owner by
regular chain Of conveyances from
the State Of Texas. Of the following
described land. situated in Hockey
County. Texas, tO-wit: All Of survey
or Leagues number Q. being the Dom
lev County School lands, having been
patented 10 Donley County by Pat
ent Number 1870. Volume %; that
said lands were conveyed by Donley
county TO j. W Mum, that Nunn's
interest was forcclOsed IN the Cir
cult Court of the United States Tor
the Western District of Texas, by
Judgment rendered April Ia. 1890.
and his interest conveyed under said
foreclosure decree by A. B. Robert
son. Special Master in Chancery, to
Allen Gregory, Henry II Cooley and
Lewis X. Hastings that Gregory and
Cooley died and their interest was
conveyed by certain Of the defend
ants above named and others as then
heirs 10 Lucian G.. North. Alfred s
Trude and Byron A. Hathaway as
trustees, to whom Hastings likewise
conveyed. said trustees later convey
ing to Richard c. Lake and Thomas
B. Tomb, who conveyed 10 Isaac Ell
wood. the father of plaintiff. and
plaintiff holds as devisee under the
Swill Of Isaac Ellwood. duly probated'
at J. w. Num- executed TO the
~ National Bank of Colorado
/ Texan which later became defunct
and tNohn b. Slaughter, James II
Hill, s. Whiteman and to Greg
ar1GS Cooley and Hastings, certain
~9eeds of trust securing the payment
of certain notes which have been paid
4, but no sufficient releases appear OF
record; that the other defendants
above named have purported To exc.
cute conveyances as the sole and only
heirs at law Of Allen Gregory and
Henry II. Cooley, but some of such
conveyances are irregularly execut.
ed as is also the instrument executed
by Cynthia A. Hastings; that the de-
/ PENDANTS, the unknown heirs above
referred to, are made parties be
cause Of the failure Of the record te
show the fact that the grantors IN
the instruments Of record were ths
only heirs Of the respective parties
,w. which In In truth and In Fac; they were