The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-08-04
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
STATE OF MISSOURI.

county, missouri, October Term, 1929.
At Lexington, in vacation, July 9th.
1922.
Ferdinand G. Frerking Plaintiff
Henry F. Powling if living, or if
dead, his unknown heirs, consorts.
devisees, donees ~alienees, immedi-I
ate, mesne, or remote, v%olutary or
involuntary grantees, Executors or
Administrators .--... Defendants.
Now at this day comes the plain
tiff by his attorney, Thomas A. Walk
er, and files his petition in suit here
IN, duly verified by the affidavit Of
Thomas A. Walker, his attorney and
agent, alleging among other things
that the defendant Henry F. Powling,
II alive, 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
they can not be served with the or
binary process of law as required by
the Statutes Of the State Of Missou-
ri, and prays for an order of pub
LEGATION 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
twenty-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
TIN, and whom plaintiff can not fur
Their describe than as being the I'M
known, heirs consorts, d~evisees, do
nees, %allenees, or immediate, mesne
or remote, voluntary or involuntary
grantees Of said Henry F. Powling,
If he 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, l841,
and a patent was issued to him May
LIST, 1843, a certified copy of said
patent being recorded in the office Of
the recorder of deeds for Lafayette
County, Missouri in Book 257 at
Page 1T and that said Henry F.
Powling has never conveyed said land
to any one by that name, and that
if the said Henry F. Powling be dead,
his unknown heirs, consorts, devil
sees, donees, alienees, immediate,
mesne or remote, voluntary or invol-
untary grantees, executors or admin
istrators 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 rMim
an interest or right in said land by
reason of said patent wherein he is
the p%atentee.
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 35 years paying take:
thereon and claiming title thereto.
Plaintiff further states that the de-.
PENDANTS and each of them claim anC
assert title to the aforesaid real es.
tate and that the claims of said de.
PENDANTS are adverse and prejudicia
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 tn
premises plaintiff prays the Court t
try and ascertain and determine tn
estate, title, and interest of plaintiff
and defendants herein ~respectivel
in and to said real estate and to de
fine and adjudge by its judgment an
decree the title, estate and interes
of the parties ~severally in and to sal
real estate and the plaintiff pray
the court to hear, and finally deter
mine any and ali rights, claims an
interest, liens and demands of tn
parties or of anyone of them, concern
ing or affecting said real estate an
that the court will award full an
complete relief, whether legal or eC
uitable to the several parties and 1
each of them according to the sta
utes in such cases made and provide
and for all other and further relief
1t is therefore ordered by Il
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lafa.
cite County, Missouri in vacatio
that the said defendants be notifie
by publication that the plaintiff HI
commenced a suit against them
the Circuit Court of Lafayet
County, Missouri, for the purpose
trying, determining, settling a.
quieting the title to the above d
scribed real estate and by which sa
suit plaintiff seeks to forever bar al
preclude the said defendants o.
each OF them from setting up
claiming any estate in and to So
real estate adversely to the plainti
and that unless said defendants
and appear at this court at the ne
term thereof to be begun and hold
at the Court House in the City
Lexington, in said Lafayette Count
Missouri, on the 9th day Of 0ctob'
1922 next and on or before the fl
day Of said October Term 1922, 9
swer or plead to plaintiffs petit
in said cause, the same will be tax
as confessed and judgment render
accordingly.
It is further ordered that q co
heraof ho nuhliehed according to Il