Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1920-02-12
Order of Publication

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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. Whittekcr, de.
ceased, Defendants.
The State of Missouri tn 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 interested in
the subject matter of this pcti.
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 titlet to the said properly
from Henry Tarbutton and Sarah
Tarbutten, his wife, by a warran
ty deed dated August I, ls60,an
recorded in the recorders Office
at Hartviile, Missouri. in Book
"D,"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 the title
out of the said defendants. and
declaring that the plaintitf has
the title tothe NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
real estate, by limitation, under
the provision of Section 1854, of
Chapter y, of the Revised Stat
utes of Missouri, of 1909, to .wit:
Cne.halt acre described as fol.
lows: Commencing $50 rods
south of the n. f. corner of the
S. W.quarter of the NV, quarter
of Section II: running theme"
west 9 rods: thence south 9 rods;
thence east 3 rods; thence north
to the place of beginning: all in
Township IS, of Range !6; 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 Hartville, 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 to
plaintiff, petition; otherwise, the
allegations contained in plaintiffs
said petition will be taken and
considered as confessed, and
Judgment rendered according TO
the prayer thereof, diveSting the
title out of said defendants, and
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 in
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 of
the tendency of this action, it is
further ordered that a copy of
this order be published in said
Mansfield Mirror once a week
for and during four weeks
cessively, the last insertion of
said order, in said newspaper, to
be at least IL days before the