The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-12-16

State of Michigan, In the Cir
cult Court for the County of st.
Clair, in Chancery.
Jesse Nj. Brines and Sarah Brines,
Plaintiffs.
James Medium, James Fulton,
John Palmer, Thomas Palmer,
Jesse Smith, Polly Smith, Samuel
+. Hopkins, Mary A. Hopkins,
Jean Marie Beaubien, Claret
Beaubien, William Windhan
Trapier, Mary M. Fay,
Mary Jane HOdgsOn, and every
person claiming under them or
any of them, and their unknown
heirs, devisees, legatees and as
signs, and Sarah Hubel, wife of
Charles Hubel, said Sarah Hubels
first name not being known to a
certainty, Defendants.
At a session of said Court held
at the Court House in the City Of
Port Huron, said county and state
on the 23rd day of November, A.
d. 1920.
Present, The HON. HARVEY
TAPPAN, Circuit Judge.
On reading and filing the bill of
complaint in this cause duly we're
fed, and the affidavit of Chester
L. Benedict, from which it salts
factorily appears that the defend
ants hereto have some apparent
or possible rights, title, interest
or claims to the premises describ-
ed in the said bill of complaint,
and hereafter described, which
rights, title. interest and claims Of
the said defendants, and each of
them, said plaintiffs aver to be
barred by the continuous, open,
notorious, exclusive and adverse
possession of said plaintiffs and
their grantors for more than fif-
ten years last past and for more
than fifteen years since the sever
al rights to the possession thereof
accrued to said respective defend
ants, which possession has been
during all of said time and is still
adverse and hostile to the rights,
title, interest and claims of the
respective defendants, and that
the plaintiffs have been unable,
after diligent search and inquiry,
to ascertain whether or not the
said James Meldrum and other de-
PENDANTS above named, are dead
or to learn their whereabouts if
living, or ascertain the names of
the persons who, if the said nam
ed defendants are dead, constitute
their heirs, devisees, legatees and
assigns included as defendants
herein without being named, OF
where they or any of them reside
if living, or whether the rights
title, interest, claims, liens or pos.
sible rights of any or all of them
have been assigned to any person
or persons, or if they or any OF
them are dead, or whether they OF
any of them have personal repre-.
sentatives or heirs living, OF
where they or any of them may re.
side, or whether such title, inter.
est, claims, liens or possible rights
have been disposed of by will;
On motion of Chester L. Bene.
dict, attorney for plaintiffs, it is
ordered that James Medium
James Fulton, John Palmer
Thomas Palmer, Jesse Smith
Polly Smith, Samuel F. Hopkins
Mary A. Hopkins, Jean Marie
Beaubien, Cleret Beaubein, Will.
liam Windham Trapier, Mary
M. Fay, Mary Jane Hodgson, and
everyone claiming under them OF
any of them, and their unknown
heirs, devisees, legatees and as.
signs, and all unknown persons
who are or may be entitled tC
claims under them or any of them
cause their several appearance.
to be entered herein in the man.
ner provided by law, within three
months from the date of this or
der, and it is further ordered
that this order be published OF
served as required by law.
HARVEY TAPPAN,
Circuit Judge
JOSEPH E. VINCENT,
County Clerk.
This suit involves and is
brought to quiet the title to lands
and premises described in sale
bill of complaint, as follows: A
piece of property situated in the
City of st. Clair, County Of st
Clair, and State of Michigan. ant
being a part of five 60 acre lot