The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-08-18
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
STATE AT, OF MISSOURI,

A. OStoDtI Term, W..
1000 lexington, in vacation, July 9th,
Ferdinand C. Frerking-.~.~..plaintif
VS..
Henry, F. Powling if living, or if
9ead, his unknown heirs. consorts
oeYlsees, donees alienees. immedi-
ate, mesne, or remote, volutary or
Involuntary grantees, Executors or
administrators .~..... Defendants
NOW at this day comes the plain
tlH by his attorney, Thomas A, Walk
er, and tles his petition in suit here
IN, duly verified by the affidavit of
lnoma q. Walker, his attorney and
agent, alleging among other things
nat the defendant Henry F. Powling,
u allve, is a nonresident of the
state OF Missouri, and that the places
OF residence of the unknown defend
ants are unknown to him and that
tney a not be served with the or
binary process of law as required by
the Statutes of the State of Missor-
n, ana prays for an order of pub
ilcatlon against them. Plaintiff fur
Their states that he is the owner of
and in the lawful possession of the
following described real estate, to-
wit: The southwest quarter of the
southeast quarter Of Section thirty
TWO, Township forty-nine, Range
t~wenty-four, in Lafayette County,
Missouri. Plaintiff alleges that If
the said Henry f. Powling be dead,
then there are, or plaintiff verify be-
lieves there are persons interested in
the subject matter of this suit, whose
names can not be inserted herein
because they are unknown to plain
TN, and whom plaintiff can not fur
Their describe than as being the I'M
known, heirs consorts, devisees, do
nees, ~alienees, or immediate, mesne
or remote, voluntary or involuntary
grantees of said Henry F. Powline.
II ne be dead, and that the interest
OF such persons and how derived as
far as the knowledge Of plaintiff ex-
tends is truly described as follows,
viz: that said land was formerly
owned by Henry f. Powling, who en-
tered said land from the United
States Government, May 18th. 1841.
and a patent was issued to him Nav
LIST, l843, a certified copy of said
patent being recorded in the Office Of
the recorder of deeds for Lafayette
County, Missouri in Book PSI at
Page III and that said Henry z.
Powling has never conveyed said land
TO any one by that name. and that
II the said Henry F. Powling be dead,
ms unknown heirs, consorts, devil
sees, donees, alienees, immediate,
mesne or remote, voluntary or invol-
untary grantees, executors or admin
lstrators claim or might claim an in
terest or right in said land, by rea-
son OF said patent, plaintiff further
states that the said Henry F. Powl-
ing, If alive, claims or might claim
an Interest or right in said land by
reason Of said patent wherein he IS
the patentee.
Plaintiff further states that he and
those under whom he claims have
been IN the open, notorious, exclusive,
continuous, adverse, quiet and peace
able possession of said real estate
for more than IS years paying taxes
thereon and claiming title thereto.
Plaintiff further states that the de-
PENDANTS and each of them claim and
assert title TO the aforesaid real es-
tate and that the claims of said de-
PENDANTS are adverse and p~rejudicial
to the title and interest Of plaintiff
In said real estate. Plaintiff states
that his petition contains as full, cor
rect and complete a recital and de-
scription of the claims of said de-
PENDANTS and how such claims are de-
rived as the same are known to plain
tiff. Therefore by reason of the
premises plaintiff prays the Court to
try and ascertain and determine the
estate, title, and interest of plaintiff
and defendants herein respectively
in and to said real estate and to de-
fine and adjudge by its judgment and
decree the title, estate and interest
of the parties severally in and to said
real estate and the plaintiff prays
the court to hear, and finally deter
mine any and all rights, claims and
interest, liens and demands Of the
parties or of anyone of them, concern
ing or affecting said real estate and
that the court will award full and
complete relief, whether legal or co.
uitable to the several parties and to
each Of them according to the stat
utes in such cases made and provided
and for all other and further relief.
1t is therefore ordered by the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lafay-
cite County, Missouri in vacation,
that the said defendants be notified,
by publication that the plaintiff has
commenced a suit against them in
the Circuit Court of Lafayette
County, Missouri, for the purpose Of
trying, determining, settling and
quieting the title to the above de-
scribed real estate and by which said
suit plaintiff seeks TO forever bar and
preclude the said defendants and
each Of them from setting up OF
claiming any estate in and to said
real estate adversely to the plaintiff
and that unless said defendants be
and appear at this court at the next
I term thereof to be begun and holden
at the Court House in the City OF
Lexington, in said Lafayette County
Missouri, on the 9th day Of October
1922 next and on or before the first
DAY Of said October Term 1922, an
swer or plead to plaintiffs petition
in said cause, the same will be taken
as confessed and judgment rendered
accordingly.
It is further ordered that a copy
hereof be published according to law
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