The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-03-11
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
STATE OF MISSOURI.

W.
COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE-ss.
In the Probate Court of Lafayette
County, Missouri, February term,
February 18th, 1921. In the matter
Of the estate Of George A. Master
son, supposed to be dead.
Now at this day comes Henry G..
Chiles and makes and files proof of
publication of notice to said suppos-
ed ~decedent, heretofore ordered by
this Court, that he had applied for
letters of administration to be issued
to him upon the estate of said George
A. Masterson, and that on Monday,
the 2Sth day of February, 1921, said
Court would hear the evidence adj
duced concerning the alleged absence
of the said George A. M~asterson ard
the circumstances and duration there
of, which said proof of publication is
by the Court approved, ordered filed
and recorded.
And this matter coming on regu-
larry for hearing pursuant to said APP
nlication, notice and order, and the
Court having heard and seen the evil
dence addpced relative to such alb
and the circumstances and du-
ration thereof, the Court doth find
from the evidence that said George
A. Masterson has been absent for
seven consecutive years, and more
from his last known domicile within
this state, to-wit:- Lafayette County,
Missouri; that said George A. Mas
terson, having been a resident Of La
fayette County, Missouri, has gone
from and not returned to said State
of Missouri for seven consecutive
Years, and more; that said George A..
Masterson has entirely disappeared
and that he has not been heard Of or
from by the Judge of the Probate
Court Of Lafayette County, Missouri,
having jurisdiction over his estate,
or by the persons interested in such
estate or by any of his relatives or
family for seven consecutive years
and more, and that said George A.
Masterson was last heard of in the
year 1898, at which time he the said
George A. Masterson was at and re-
sided in Spokane, Washington. The
Court further finds that the estate
of said George A. Masterson consists
Of his interest in the proceeds of the
sale Of lands of which Afford Jack
son Masterson and Jacob S. Master
son died seized, sold in partition, the
proceeds Of which sales are in the
hands of the Sheriffs of Lafayette
and Bates Counties, Missouri, who
made such sales, and also the distri-
butive share of the said George A.
Masterson of the personal estate of
said Jacob S. Masterson, deceased,
in the hands of William A. Master
son, administrator Of said estate, and
that the administration of said es-
tate was in this Court, and that if the
said George A. Masterson is in fact
dead, said Henry c. Chiles, applicant,
would be entitled to said letters of
administration.
Wherefore it is ordered and de-
creed by the Court that the legal
presumption of the death of the said
George A. Masterson is established.
Whereupon it is ordered by this
Court as follows, to-wit:-
To the said George A. Masterson,
if alive;
You are hereby notified that you
have this day by the decree and or
der of this Court been found legally
presumed to be dead, and you are
hereby required, if alive, or any other
oerson for you, to produce 10 this
Court on or before Monday, the 9th
day Of June, 1921, satisfactory evil
dence Of the fact that you are still
living, and if within such period evil
dence shall not be offered satisfactory
to the Court that you, George A. Mas
terson, are still in fact living, then
letters of administration upon your
estate will be issued by this Court
to said applicant, Henry G. Chiles.
And it is further ordered by the
Court hat a copy Of this order and
notice be published in The Licking
ton Intelligencer, a newspaper pub
lished in Lafayette County, Missouri,
once a week for four consecutive
weeks, the last publication to be not
less than twelve weeks before said
June 81, 1921; and that a copy Of
this order and notice be published in
The Butler Times, a newspaper pub
lished in Bates County, Missouri, once
q week, for four consecutive weeks
the last publication to be not less thar
twelve weeks before said June 81
1921.
STEPHEN N. WILSON,
Judge Of the Probate Court, Lafay.
cite County, Missouri.
} (SEAL)
A True Copy From The Record.
Witness my hand and the scar o.
the Probate Court of Lafayette
County, Missouri, this the 2Sth da,
Of February, 1921,
(SEAL)
MARTHA b. MARQUIS,
Clerk Of the Probate Court, Lafay
cite County, Missouri.
March 4, 1921.