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St. Clair County Circuit Court

St. Clair County Circuit Court
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IN VACATION APRIL 1859

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In Vacation

Amos G. Groom – Plaintiff
against
John W. Frazier, Nancy Frazier, Dorothy Graves, Martha Roberts, Abigail Bright, Abner Frazier, Andrew Frazier, William Frazier, John W. Frazier, Jane C. Frazier, Nancy A. Frazier, Hannah Frazier, Smith G. Masterson, Absalom Boots and Elizabeth Boots his wife, William M. Owsley and Maria L. Owsley his wife – Defendants
Petition to correct Mistake in deed of Conveyance
Now at this day comes the plaintiff by his attorney and files herein his petition in this cause And it appearing from the said petition and affidavit thereunto that all of said defendants (except the said Absalom Boots and Elizabeth Boots his wife) are nonresidents of the State of Missouri. It is therefore ordered by the undersigned clerk of the circuit court of St. Clair County Missouri that said nonresident defendants be notified of the commencement of this action by publication as follows
To John W. Frazier, Nancy Frazier, Dorothy Graves, Martha Roberts, Abigail Bright, Abner Frazier, Andrew Frazier, William Frazier, John W. Frazier, Jane C. Frazier, Nancy A. Frazier, Hannah Frazier, Smith G. Masterson, William M. Owsley and Maria L. Owsley the above named nonresident defendants
You and each of you are hereby notified that said Plaintiff has filed his petition and commenced suit against you and the other defendants above named in the circuit court of St. Clair county Missouri the object and general nature of which is to obtain from said court a Judgment and decree for the correction of mistakes in certain deeds of conveyance mentioned in said petition and vesting in said plaintiff all the right title interest and claim of any or all of



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In Vacation

Said defendants in or to the South west fractional quarter (east of Osage river) and the South west quarter of the South east quarter of Section thirty one in Township Thirty eight of Range Twenty six containing 94 and 52/100 acres of and Situated in the County of St. Clair and State of Missouri and divesting the said defendants of all claims thereto So that said plaintiff his heirs and assigns will not be disturbed in the peaceable and quiet possession of said tracts of land forever And that unless you be and appear before the Judge of the St. Clair circuit court at the court house in the Town of Osceola at the next term of said court to be begun and held on Monday the fifth day of September next and on or before the third day of said term plead answer or demur to said petition the same will be taken as confessed by you said non resident defendants And it is further ordered that a copy of this order be published in the “Osceola Democrat” as the law directs.
James W. Beck Clerk

In vacation July 8th 1859
Samuel H. Martin Adm’r and Elizabeth Deshazo Admrx of the Estate of Richard Deshazo Dec’d – Plaintiff and Appellants
vs
James Pace – Deft and appellee
Now at this day comes the said defendant and appellee in this cause and dismisses this cause at her costs and releases the said Plaintiff and appellees from the payment of the Judgment rendered against them in this cause in the Justices court before Joseph A. Hall a Justice of the peace of the county of St. Clair and State of Missouri Therefore this cause is by me dismissed at the costs of said Defendant the appellee.
James W. Beck clerk

 

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