The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-12-30
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
STATE OF MISSOURI,

eember 21st, 1921
William Maring, Plaintiff
VS..
The unknown eonsorts, heirs, devil
sees, donees, alienees, and immedi-
ate, mesne and remote, voluntary
and involuntary grantees of Peter
Esselman, deceased, and of Jessey
Cox, deceased, and Henry Thieman,
August Thieman, Louis Thieman,
Lydia Thieman, Lewis Thieman,
Daniel Thieman, Melvin Thieman,
Laura Dryer, Della Thieman, Irwin
Thieman, Ralph Thieman, Otto
Thieman, Paul Thieman, Martha
Hotto, Emil Thieman, Alfred THE
man, Leonard Thieman, Roy THE
man., a minor, and Theodore THE
man, a minor, and Mary Griford,
Now comes the plaintiff by his at
torney and files his petition verified
by affidavit, alleging, among other
things, that there are persons inter-
ested in the subject matter of the pc
tition whose anne plaintiff cannot
insert therein because they are un-
known to the plaintiff and that such
persons are the unknown consorts,
heirs, devisees, donees, a~lienees, and
immediate, mesne and remote, volun-
tary and involuntary grantees Of
Peter Esselman, deceased, and of
Jessey Cox, deceased, and describing
the claims and interests of such UNI
known persons, and how the same
are derived, so far as known to plain
tiff, and also alleging that defend
ants Otto Thieman, Paul Thieman and
Martha Hottie are non-residents Of
the State of Missouri: Whereupon, it
is ordered by the Clerk Of said Court,
in vacation as follows: To the said
defendants, the unknown consorts,
heirs, devisees, donees, alienees, and
immediate, mesne and remote, volun-
tary and involuntary grantees Of
Peter Esselman, deceased, and Of
Jessey Cox, deceased, and Otto THE
man, Paul Thieman and Martha Hot
10, you are hereby notified that plain
tiff has commenced a suit against
you in this Court the object and gem
eral nature Of which is to obtain a
, Judgment and decree Of said Court
determining the title and interests Of
the plaintiff and defendants in, and
to quiet title to, the following de-
scribed real estate, situate in the
County of Lafayette and State Of
Missouri, to-wit: The East half Of
The Southwest quarter of the North
west quarter Of Section nine 10y,
Township forty-eight (48), Range
tw~enty-four (24), that the petition al
leges that the plaintiff is the owner
IN fee and is in possession Of said
real estate and that plaintiff and
those under whom he claims have
been in the pen, adverse, notorious
hostile, lawful, exclusive, continuous
and peacable possession OF said rea.
estate for more than thirty-one years
next before the filing Of the petition
claiming title thereto and paying
taxes thereon; that the claims ant
interests Of said unknown persons
are unknown to plaintiff and cannoI
be set forth in the petition for -thi
reason that the same are unknown
10 him, and that said unknown per
sons claim some title, interest or es
tate in said real estate, the naturI
and character Of which is unknown
TO plaintiff and cannot be describes
in the petition except that said claim
are ~preiudicial and adverse TO plain
tiff; that the claims and interests o
said unknown consorts, heirs, dew
sees, donees, ~alienees, and immediate
mesne and remote, voluntary and IN
voluntary grantees of Peter EsseI
man, deceased, are derived from tn
said Peter Esselman, deceased, b
r Al. gn.k that IN MarNh 2rf
1862, he acquired an interest in sal
real estate by deed recorded IN san
County Of Lafayette and appears {
record never to have conveyed IN
same, and that the said Peter Esse
man has been dead for more tina
thirty-one years.; that the claims an
interests Of said unknown consort
heirs, devisees, donees, alienees, an
immediate mesne and remote, voluI
tary and involuntary grantees
Jessey Cox, deceased, are derive
from the said Jessey Cox, decease
nv reason Of the fact that in the yes
lS45 the said Jessey Cox, decease
acquired an interest in said real e
tate as an heir of Christopher Co
deceased, who entered said land, OF
thereafter undertook to convey h
interest in said land but imperfect
described the same, and thereaft
died without having conveyed u
same by proper description, and the
a no instrument Of writing Of reco'
lrom Jessey Cox properly describiI
said land, and that the said Jess
Cox has been dead for more thi
thirty-one years; that defendan
Otto Thieman, Paul Thieman al
Martha Hottie heirs at law Of Hen
Thieman, deceased, claim some TIT
interest or estate in and to said la
or real estate the nature and chs
ncter of which is unknown to plai
Tiff and cannot be described in t
petition except that said claims 9
preiudieiai and adverse to plainti
that the petition contains as full, G
rect and complete o recital and {
seription Of the claims of said {
PENDANTS and how such claims
derived as same are known to pla
tiff, and that unless you, said
PENDANTS, be and appear at this Coz
nt the next term thereof to be
run and holden at the Court ho'
n the City Of Lexington, In 8
County on the second Monday IN I,
mary. 1922, the same being the j
moo AAnf and