The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-09-02
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
STATE OF MISSOURI

ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
STATE OF MISSOURI,
COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE-ss.
In the Circuit Court Of Lafayette
County, Missouri, at Lexington, Oc-
tober term, 1921. In vacation, Au-
gust 18th, 1921.
Nice Sill Plaintiff
VS..
The unknown consorts, heirs devil
sees, donees, alienees, and imme-
date, mense and remote, volunta-
ry and involuntary grantees and
successors of George Houx,
James H.. Graham, William Ander-
son, William Spratt, and James Aull,
all now deceased, as individuals
and as Trustees and proprietors of
the Addition to the original Town,
now City of Lexington, Missouri,
and the unknown consorts, heirs
devisees, donees, alienees, and i'm
mediate, mesne and remote, volun-
tary and involuntary grantees of
Theodore Gosewisch, deceased,
Defendants
Now comes the plaintiff by his At
torneys and files his petition verified
by affidavit, alleging, among other
things, that there are persons inter-
ested in the subject matter of the
petition whose names plaintiff can
not insert therein because they are
unknown to plaintiff and that such
persons are the unknown consorts,
heirs, devisees, donees, alienees, and
immediate, mense and remote, volun-
tary and involuntary grantees and
successors of George Houx, James H.
Graham, William Anderson, William
Spratt, and James Aull, all now de-
ceased, as individuals and as trus-
tees and proprietors of the Addition
to the original Town, now City of
Lexington, Missouri, and the .un-
known %consorts, heirs, devisees, do
nees, a%lienees, and immediate, mesne
and remote, voluntary and i~nvolunta-
ny grantees of Theodore Gosewisch,
deceased, and describing the claims
and interests of such unknown per-
sons and how the same are derived
so far as known to plaintiff; where
upon it is ordered by the Clerk of
the Court in Vacation as follows: To
said defendants, the unknown o n
c%onsorts, heirs, devisees, donees, al
%ienees, and immediate, mesne and re-
mote, voluntary and involuntary
grantees and successors of George
Houx, James H. Graham, William
Anderson, William Spratt and James
Aull, all now deceased, as individu-
ais and as Trustees and proprietors
of the Addition to the original Town,
now City of Lexington, Missouri, and
the unknown consorts, heirs, devil
sees, dOnees, alienees, and immediate,
mesne and remote, voluntary and in
voluntary GRANTEES of Theodore Gose-
wisch, deceased, you are hereby no
titled that plaintiff has commenced
a suit against you in this Court the
object and general nature of which
is to obtain a judgment and decree
Of said Court determining the title
and interests of plaintiff and defend
ants in, and TO quiet title to the fol
lowing described real estate, situate
in the City Of Lexington, Lafayette
County, Missouri, to-wit: Lot number
one az in block number thirty-nine
(39) and forty EIGHT (4S) feet taken
off Of the east side of lot number two
~ in block number thirty-nine 1897,
all in the First Addition to the Town.
now City of Lexington, Missouri
that the petition alleges that plain
tiff is the owner in fee and is in pos
session Of said real estate and hat
plaintiff and those under whom he
claims, have been in the open, adj
verse, notorious, hostile, lawful, ex-
elusive, continuous and peaceable
possession of said real estate for
more than thirty-one years next be-
fore the fling Of the petition, claim.
ing title thereto and paying taxes
thereon; that the claims and inter
ests Of said unknown persons are
unknown to plaintiff and cannot be
set forth in the petition for the rea.
son that the same are unknown tc
him, and that said unknown persons
claim some titla, interest or estate
in said real estate the nature anC
! character Of which is unknown L
plaintiff and cannot be described ir
the petition except that said claims
are prejudicial and adverse to plain.
tiff: that the claims and interests OF
said unknown consorts, heirs, devil
sees, donees, alienees, and immediate
mesne and remote, voluntary and in
voluntary grantees and successors Of
George Houx, James II. Graham
William Anderson, William Spratt anG
James Aull, as individuals and 81
Trustees and proprietors Of the Ad'
dition to the Town, now City Of Lex,
ington, Missouri, are derived from
the said George Houx, James H
Graham, William Anderson, William
lSpratt and James Aull by reason Of
the fact that there is a conveyance
of said real estate to said George
Houx, James II. Graham, William
Anderson, William Spratt and James
Aull as such Trustees and proprie.
tors on record IN the public lane
records IN said County and that the,
do not appear to have conveyed th'
same as such trustees or proprietor
and that they and each Of them have
been dead for more than forty years
That the claims and interests o.
the unknown consorts. heirs, dovi