The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-05-02
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
FATE OF MISSOURI.

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husband and wife, Plaintiffs
VS..
The unknown heirs, deyisees, or gran
tees of John Hudgens, deceased,
the unknown heirs, deyisees, or
grantees Of William W. Git, de-
ceased and the unknown heirs, dew
isees or grantees Of AleNauden Il.
NoreIand. deceased, Detedants.
Now at this day comes the plaintiffs
herein by their attorney Henry [,
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
tifs 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. /. All that part Southwest
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. 2. Part East half Southeast
Quarter Section %, Township 80,
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. 8. Twelve acres off North end
Northwest Quarter Section 26r 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 twenty-seyen links, thence
north two chains seventy-seven links
to the corner of Sections %, %, &c,
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
Is, page 299 in the office Of the Re-
corder of Deeds in and for said
county, and containing in all 1851
acres.
Plaintiffs further state that the le-
gal 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 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 sale
real estate by and through mesnC
conveyances conveying to them thu
title to said property. That the sale
real estate has not been in the pos
session of the defendants, or cithel
OF them, or any pearson claiming o.
whom might claim the title thereto
or through whom defendants or either
of them might claim for more thar
thirty-one years, nor have defendants
or either of them or any one claim.
ing title through or under them paiC
any taxes on said real estate during
all of said years, to wit: thirty-onC
years, except these plaintiffs anC
those under whom they claim It'll,
who have paid taxes on said real es
tate for I'VE thirty-one years.
That the apparent title or claim o
defendants herein towit, the unknown
heir, devisees or grantees of JohI
Hudgens, deceased, in and to said rea
estate is on account of the title ac
CURED by said John Hudgens to tract
one and three by certificate No. 5
survey No. 1892 from the Unite,
States Government and that Their.
is no conveyance of record by sal,
John Hudgens conveying such rea
estate which apparent title or CLAIM
Of defendants is prejudicial to tn.
plaintiffs.
That the apparent title or claim o
defendants herein towit, the unknown
heirs devices or grantees of William
w. Git, deceased, in and to said rea
estate tOwit, tracts number one an,
three is on account of deeds record
ed in book al" page 70, dated july :
1916, and in book "M' page 43S, date
February Is, lS47, and in book 40
page ll2. dated March 6, 1S4S, an
IN book ar" page 2S5, dated Marc
y, 1919, conveying to said William "
Gitt the above described real estat,
That there is no proper conveyance q
record made by said William W. Git
conveying said land and which az
parent claim or title of defendants /
prejudicial to these plaintiffs.
That the apparent title or claim q
deendants herein towit, the unknow
heirs devisees or grantees Of Alexar
der l., Moreland, deceased in and I
said land or real estate is on accour
OF deed made to said Alexander !
Moreland recorded in book an" pap
48l, dated February 9, 1847, and /
deed recorded in book 90" page IL.
/, dated March 6, 184S, conveying
said Moreland an interest in sal
real estate and that there Is no pro-
err conveyance of record from sa'
Alexander l.. Moreland conveyir
/. SAID real estate and which apparel
4 title or cinip, Of Joenl