The St. Joseph observer., 1920-02-14
(No. 33964)
ORnr,n on PURIIC ATJON

ORDER or PUBLICATION
In the Circuit Court of Buchanan
County, Missouri to the May, 1920
Term.
state of Missouri. County of Buch-
Walter w. Head and William p.
Allison ....,.....'.Pl .Plaintirls
VS..
Ida w. Hoffman. Charles Walling-
ford. Molie Wallingford. William
Martin, c. Il. Martin, Ona Martin,
Thomas Martin, Charles Martin,
Mary Pence, Edith Carter and the
unknown consorts, heirs, devisees,
donees, alienees or immediate, mes
ne or remote, voluntary or invol-
untary grantees OF John S. Wall
ingford, deceased, and the unknown
consorts, heirs. devisees, donees.
alienees or immediate, mesne or re-
mote voluntary or involuntary
grantees of Bette Wallingford
Martin, deceased. .... Defendants
Now, on this 9Th day of February,
1920, come the plaintiffs, by their
attorneys and it appearing to the
satisfa ction of the court, by allega-
ton in plaintiffs petition that the
defendants, Mary Pence, william
Martin, Ona Martin. Thomas Martin,
Charles Martin and Edith Carter, are
non-residents of the State of Missouri
and do not reside therein, and cannot
be served with the ordinary process
of law in the State of Missouri; and
It further appearing to the satisfac-
tion of the court, by petition, duly
verified, that there are persons in
terested in. or who claim to be inter
ested in, the subject matter of this
petition, and the real estate therein
and herein described as the North
east Quarter of Section nine 90,
Township fifty-five t55), Range thir-
ty-six (36), Buchanan County, Mis-
souri,, excepting that part of said
quarter section set aside as home
stead to Mary A. Wallingford in the
partition of the estate OF William
+. Wallingford. deceased; and also a
tract of land situated in the North
west Quarter of Section ten G0),
Township fifty-five t55), Range thir-
ty-six (36), Buchanan County, Mis-
souri,, described as beginning at the
Northwest corner of said quarter sec
ton: running thence East 1910
chains; thence South 1880 chains;
thence West to the DeKalb and Rush
vile Road; thence North to the place
of beginning, containing twenty-one
acres, more or less in Buchanan
County, Missouri, being the same
land as conveyed by Isham S. Gard
ner and wife to William y. Walling-
ford, by deed dated April 25, 1871,
and recorded in Book 63, page 457
of deed records OF Buchanan Coun-
ty Missouri whose interest in said
real estate was derived by reason of
being consorts. heirs, devisees, dom
ees, alienees, or immediate, meSne
or remote, voluntary or involuntary
grantees OF John S. Wallingford de-
ceased, and Bette Wallngford Mar
tin, deceased.
1t is therefore, ordered that the
n n HnfanIaptS aud tho
above named unknown persons, be
notified by publication, as required
by law, that the plaintiffs have
commenced their suit in this
court against said defendants
and said unknown persons by
petition and affidavit, the general ma
ture of which is to ascertain, deter
mine and adjudicate the claims,
right, title and interest of the persons
plaintiffs and defendants, in and to
the above described real estate, and
have the same partitioned between
the parties entitled thereto, according
to their respective interests, and that
unless said defendants and said un-
known persons shall be and appear at
the next term of this court, to be be-
gun and held at the Court House in
the City OF St Joseph, Buchanan
County, Missouri, on the first Mon
day of May, 1920, and on or before
lIlt lIlTu udg ol Sdlu term 10 answer
plaintiffs petition, the same will be
taken for confessed as to them, and
an order and decree rendered accord
ingly, ascertaining and determining
the right, title and interest of the
plaintiffs and defendants in and to
said real estate, and enjoinng and
barring the defendants, and every per-
son claiming by, through or under
them, from setting up or claiming any
right, title or interest in or to,
or lien upon, any part of said
described real estate, except as
may be ascertained by the Court in
said hearing, and that partition OF
said land will be made between the
parties entitled thereto, according to
their respective interests, and IL part
ition in kind cannot be made, then
said real estate will be sold and the
proceeds divided accordingly.
IL is further ordered that a COPY
OF this order be published i'm the st.
Joseph Observer. a newspaper pub
lished in the City of st. Joseph, Coun-
~ of Buchanan, State of Missouri.
for four weeks successfully, the last
insertion of which shall be at least
fifteen days before the next May, 1920
term of this court.
A true copy Attest:
EMMETT ]. GROUSE,
(SeaD Clerk
BY Stella Whitehead. Deputy Clerk
Groves d Watkins, Attorneys for
Plaintiffs,
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