Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1920-02-26
Order of Publication

To the April term thereof, 1920
j. +. Henson, Plaintiff,
VS..
The unknown heirs, consorts,
devisees, doneeS~, alienees, and i'm
mediate meSne, remote, voluntary
grantees and Involuntary grant
ees of Nancy J. Whitteker, de.
ceased, Defendants.
The State of Missouri to all of
the above named defendants,
greeting:
You are hereby notified that
the above named plaintiff has
this day filed with the under
signed clerk of the circuit court
of Wright County. Missouri, in
vacation, his petition, duly veri
fed by affidavit, alleging
among other things that Nancy
j, Whitteker is dead, and that
there are persons interested in
or who claim to be int rested in
the subject matter Of this petit
ton, and in the lands hereinafter
described. as heirs or deviSees of
the said Nancy j. Whitteker, de-
ceased, but that plaintiff cannot
insert the names of said defend.
ants herein, because same are
unknown to him.
Plaintiff states that the said
Nancy J.. Whitteker, deceased.
acquired titleto the said property
from Henry Tarbutton and Sarah
Tarbutten, his wife, by a warran
ty deed dated August I, fS60, and
recorded in the recorders Office
at Hartviile, Missouri, in Book
ID, "at page IS; and that defend.
ants have obtained and derived
their claim to the property here.
matter described from Nancy j.
Whitteker, deceased, as heirs.
consorts, devisees doneeS, alien.
eeS, or immediate mesne, remote,
voluntary or involuntary grant
ees of Nancy j.. Whitteker, de
ceased.
1t is therefore ordered by the
undersigned clerk, aforesaid, in
vacation, that said defendants be
notified that an action has been
commenced against them in the
circuit court of Wright county,
in the State of Missouri, for the
purpose of dlvesting tn" title
out of the. said defendants, and
declaring that the plaintiff has
the title neutrality-suspicious.
real estate, by limitation. under
the provision Of Section 1884, OI
Cha pter II, of the Revised Stat
utes of Missouri, of 1909, to.wit
Cne.halt acre described as fol
lows: Commencing 25R rods
south of the n. f. corner of the
S. W.quarter of the NV. quarter
of Section II; running thence
west 9 rods; thence south 9 rods
thence east . rods: thence north
to the place of beginning: all in
Township rs, of Range Is; and
which action is returnable to and
triable on the first day of the
regular term of this court to be
holden at the court house. in the
City of Hartvllle, in the County
of Wright, in the State of Mis-
souri,, on the 9Th day of April
1920, at which time and place
said defendants are required and
commanded to be and appear
and to plead, answer or demur tt
plaintiff : petition; otherwise, the
allegations contained in plaintiffs
said petition will be taken and
considered as confessed, and
Judgment rendered according Lt
the prayer thereof, divesting the
title out of said defendants, ant
declaring that plaintiff has the ii
tie to said real estate by limitation
under the provisions of said be
aforementioned Section; the
Mansfield Mirror, published ir
Mansfield, Wright County. Mis-
souri,, having been designated by
plaintiff and his attorney of rec
ord as the newspaper most likely
to give notice to defendants o.
the tendency of this action, it i.
further ordered that a copy o
this order be published in sait
Mansfield Mirror Once a week
for and during four weeks sue
cessiveIy, the last insertion o.
said order, in said newspaper, t.
be at least Is days before the
first day of the regular term OI