The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-04-29

term 1921. In vacation, April 21st,
1921.
Maremney Pfeger and Matte B.
VS..
The unknown ~consorts, heirs, devil
sees, donees, alienees, and immedi-
ate, mesne and remote, voluntary
and involuntary grantees of Hubble
Foster, John NJ. o. Denheimer, Sol
oman Cox and Phillip w. Shomak-
er, all deceased, and the unknown
heirs, devisees, grantees and as
signees Of Elizabeth Able, deceas-
ed, and Stella Cooper and Walter
Page, if they be living, and if they,
or either of them be dead, the un-
known %consorts, heirs, devisees, do
nees, alienees, and immediate,
mesne and remote, voluntary and
Involuntary grantees Of such de-
ceased .......- Defendants
Now come the plaintiffs by their
attorney and file their petition, ver-
fled by affidavit, alleging among 9TH
err things that there are persons in
terested in the subject matter
Of the petition whose names
plaintiffs cannot insert therein
because they are unknown to plain
tiffs and that such persons are the
unknown %consorts, heirs, devisees, do
nees, alienees, and immediate, mesne
and remote, voluntary and %involunta-
ry grantees of Hubble Foster, John
M. O. Denheimer, Solomon Cox and
Phillip w. Shoemaker, all deceased,
and the unknown heirs, devisees,
grantees, and assignees of Elizabeth
Able, deceased, and the unknown con-
sorts, heirs devisees, donees, alienees,
and immediate, mesne and remote,
voluntary and involuntary grantees of
Stella Cooper and of Walter Page, if
they, or either of them, be dead, and
describing the claims and interests
of such unknown persons and how
the same are derived so far as known
to plaintiffs, and that defendants
Stella Cooper and Walter Page, if
living, are non-residents Of the State
of Missouri; Whereupon it is ordered
by the Clerk Of this Court IN VA
CATION as follows: To said defend
ants, the unknown ~eonsorts, heirs,
devisees, donees, alienees, and imme-
date, mesne and remote, voluntary
and involuntary grantees of Hubble
Foster, John NJ. o. Denheimer, Solo
mon Cox and Phillip W. Shoemaker,
all deceased, and the unknown heirs.
devisees, grantees and assignees of
Elizabeth Able, deceased, and the UNI
known consorts, heirs, devisees, do
nees, alienees, and immediate, mesne
and remote, voluntary and involun-
tary grantees of Stella Cooper and
of Walter Page, if they, or either of
them, be dead, and to Stella Cooper
and Walter Page, IL they, or either
of them, be living: You are hereby
notified that plaintiffs have commenc-
ed 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 plaintiffs and de-
PENDANTS in, and to quiet title to, the
following described real estate, sit
uate in Lafayette County, Missouri,
to-wit: Lot numbered forty-nine (49).
in the Town Of Dover, and a strip of
land described as follows: Beginning
at the southeast corner Of said lot
49,, in said Town Of Dover, thence
north to the northeast corner of said
lot, thence east "a feet, thence south
to a point east Of the southeast cor-
ner Of said lot 40, thence west to the
beginning, said strip being in section
90 township 81 range %; that the pc
tition alleges that plaintiffs are the
owners in fee and are in the posses
sion of said real estate and that plain
tifs and those under whom they
claim, have been in the open, ad-
verse, notorious, hostile, lawful, ex-
elusive, continuous, and ~peacable pos
session Of said real estate, for more
than 81 years next before the filing
of the petition, claiming title thereto
and paying taxes thereon; that the
claims and interests of said unknown
persons are unknown to plaintiffs
and cannot be set forth in the petit
ton for the reason that the same are
unknown TO them, and that said I'M
known persons and Stella Cooper and
Walter Page, if they be living, claim
some title, interest or estate in said
real estate the nature and character
of which is unknown to plaintiffs and
cannot be described in the petition
except that said claims are prejudi-
cial and adverse to plaintiffs; that
the claims and interests Of said I'M
known c~onsorts, heirs, devisees, do
nees, alienees, and immediate, mesne
and remote, voluntary and i~nvolunta-
~ grantees Of Hubble Foster, John
M. o. Denheimer, Solomon Cox and
Phillip w. Shoemaker are derived re-
spectively from said Hubble Foster,
John M. o. Denheimer, Solomon Cox
and Phillip W. Shoemaker by reason
Of the fact that there are conveyanees
Of said real estate and parts there
Of to said Hubble Foster, John M. o..
Denheimer, Solomon Cox and Phillip
w. Shoemaker ON record on the public
land records Of said County and that
they do not appear to have convey
ed the same and that they and each
Of them have been dead for more
than 40 years; that the claims and
interests Of said unknown heirs, dew
isees, grantees, and assignees Of Eliz-
abeth Able deceased are derived from
said Elizabeth Able by reason Of the
fact that in 1889 she took a note Sc
cured by deed Of trust on said real
estate, Of record in the Recorders
office in said County in Book sc at
page AGO, and that, although said
note was long since fully paid and
said Elizabeth Able is long since dead,
the record thereof remains unsatis-
fed; that the claims and interests Of