The Goldthwaite Eagle. (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 29, 1916 Page: 3 of 8
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CITATION
The State of Texas
To the Shenor any Constable
Mills County—Greeting:
Oath having been made as required
Mills County known as survey No.
21, about 13 males N 50 W from
County Site, said land having been
£1 purchased and fully paid for |n ac-
icordance with an act approved Feb-
tVlmXSd, J. Stansbury, Mary E. oM>
I'Ransum, and her husband, R J. Ran., September 27, 1852, said patent rec-
> sum, Ann W, McClay, and her bus. orded ?I1 Vol. 2, page 208 of the
hand, John McClay, ^ce J. j Patent Records of Mills County, Tex-
and her husband, J T. Dyer, The'
unknown heirs of Thos. Bertrand,
i as.
lying m Brown County before the 'and premises, cultivating, using and ises and the title thereto against all
creation of Mills County, on March enjoying the same, and therefore, and each of said defendants and all
lo, 1887, and its organization on . thai all and every right, title and and each of the unknown heirs of
September 12, 1887, and known as ■ interest of all the defendants and all and each of said defendants and,
the Driskill Ranch, said lands being j each oJ them in and to said lands that all claims of right title and in_
the same and all thereof described j and premises, if any they ever had, te-rest in, to or upon all said lands
'and conveyed in the deed from J. W.: is barred by the statute of ten years, and premises or any part thereof in
Driskill, A. V, Driskill, husband and limitation. j favor of all or either of said defetn-
wife, to W, C. Johnson, plaintiff, as , (§)—That all of said statutes of dants or the unknown heirs of all or
evidenced by theor deed dated August limitation and all rights of limitation either of said defendants be adjudg-
i i nfr *or record on Septem- |n plaintiff under said statutes, the ed and decreed to be without merit
a > 1^15’ re^rded m plainit.ff now pleads in bar of the and to be clouds upon plaintiffs title
ia ’ .7 on a j" lb’ * rights-, claims and demands of the and tha,t plaintiff have judgment ne-
AT-if ndr.m deed «***» ?: j defendants and all and each of them. I moving said clouds and quieting his
Mxlls County, Texas, to which sai* | (9)— Plaintiff further represents' said title and he prays for costs and
or Maretha or Martha A Sanders and shown on the official map of Mills ties 1 defendants herein referred to as corn in lav ana m equity.,
ih.hrb*n4’.J- D:.sf"dft SIS “ £5352?
Le and his vendors, immediate qnd any r|gbt, title or interest whatever ular term, this writ with your re-
"KicMahan and her husband T. H ,Mc-; ston survey, but patented to the
Mahan, Hallie K. or Hattie K. Mc-
Mahan &nd her husband, Albert G
McMahan, Fannie T. or Fannie L,
heirs of Wm. H. Eggleston, deceas
ed, assignee of Thos Tobey, by
Patent No. 312, Vol, 19, d'ated Feb.
McMahan and her husband John W. j ruary 13, 1871, by vartue of Certifi-
McMahan, Walter I. McMahan, Wal- cate No. 174.
ter T. McMahan, Lee J. McMahan j Fifth Tract—The W. H. Eggleston
and his wife, Mamie McMahan, Jose-;640 acre survey, sometimes called
remote, are now and have continuously |n> |0 Gr up0n s,'a|d jands and prem- turn thereon, showing how you have
teen in possession of said lands and ises or any part thereof whatsoever; executed the same,
premises for a long term of years, but that because and by reason of Given under my hand and the seal
over, above and in excess of the ten certain defective acknowledgments ap- of said Court, at office in Goldthwait*
years next last past. j pearing in the history of said title this the 22nd day of November, A. D.
(4)—Piaintiff alleges that he and in tbe conveyance or conveyances 1915. C. D. LANE,
"bin “ or Josephine T. Quigg an^jA*iSvSai^r.Q^f°^lv'^i* mwA ar^%ecause°-q/ the ^^ctfve6exw^j^ ^ "T*
v, Z H w P am** and Anae 'appearing as such on the offical map'A. V, Driskill have been, for more aiia* ^oauseor me ueiecye e
her Lushed • ZuZ TgSMrMalinST’ Of Mills County, but patented to the than three years prior to the insti. tl0n of certain of the deeds of con-'
line IS, J. f J i,Alit,o TAT U TTcrcrlocfrvn rioipppciarl tutlOIl of tTlflS fillet in DP^,C0ablp Dy Others of iS&Kl dGlGDuSDitS ~ ----
her ^husband* T\H? McMalan^F. &H ; by Patent No. ' 313, Vol. 19, dated adverse possession of all of said lands ^a^on^of pfoplr and^accur! | ‘’START SOMETHING”
McMahan, G. W. Denton, Mary T.;February^l3^1S71 ^ t.tle anTtS ^Ms^plinUff11 is^ow i°n at* names in the conveyance or con-1 ^ N£W yEAR bv Start
-- such nossession under such title and veyances of other of said defendant* InlS INt,W ItAK by Start-
Dentoin, Mary Denton, Ann l- niggle-j Sixth Tract The W. — ----- . nossession under such title and veyances 01 oiner ot saia uetenuam*
^0^enfSXota°rLo|lLt;WaC- G^.Pw; William,, color of title and therefore 'to* • Deposit Account with
r Sleeker L. G sS-’ Williams and John D, Chesser, as- tere+st- right or claim of the; defen- f ^\f^e^n0Cf^rd ^ Sd
er, William 6. Eggleston, H«nry P. IsigWs of Wan. C. Blair, by pat?nt ^y3 e^r ^ in and lo’said lands because of the omission by others of
Eggleston, John McDougall, Charles No, 147, Vol. 8V containing^ 3^C acres an<1 premilSes |3 barred by the statute Said defendants to acknowledge their
of three years limitation. | deed or deeds of conveyances, and
(5)— Plaintiff further represents ■ because of the omission through in-
that he and his vendors, J. W Dris- advertance, neglect or mistake of
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E°°RichaTds, Rhodes T. Herndon sr, of land dated June 12, 1871, and
M. V. Mcldahan, and the unknown situated and described as follows:
heirs’of each of the above named de- Ir, Brown County, now Mills County,
fendants who may be deceased, it not known as survey No. 796, on Blanket
being known to the plaintiff wheth- Creek, a tributary of Pecan Bayou,
er any of them are deceased, by mak- about 17 miles S 44 E of Brownwood,
ing publication of this citation once being part of the land they were • n-
jn eacb week for eight successive titled to by virtue of Cert. No. 11,
weeks next previous to the return Class 2nd, issued by the Bo'ard of
day hereof, in some- newspaper puo- Land Commissioners of Victoria Coun
listed in your county, to appear at ty to Wm. C. Blair for 640 acres
the next regular term of the Dis- dated May 1, 1843, transferred by
trict Court of Mills County, to be said Wm. C. Blair to Meredith Wal-
holden at the Court House thereof in ton, Geo. W, Williams, W, L, Will-
Goldthwaite, on the first Monday in iams and John D. Chesser dated Sep-
May, 1916, the same being the 1st teimber 9th, 1870
day of May, 1916, then and there to. Seventh Tract—987 acres of land
answer a petition filed in said Court .m0re or less out of the Thomas Bur-
on the 26th day of October, A. D. trand 1-3 League survey, formerly in
1915, in a suit numbered on the Travis County, later in Brown Coun.
aocket of said Court No. 1486, where- ty, and now in Mills County, Texas,
in W. C, Johnson is plaintiff, and ] patented to . Thomas Burtrland by pat-
each and all of the above named i ent No. 630, Vol. 9, dated October
persons and the unknown heirs of ' 22, 1852, and recorded in Vol. 2,
each and all of the above named per- page 209 of the patent records of
sons who may be deceased are de- j MiRs County, Texas, located by vir-
fendhnts, and said petition alleging.^ tue, of Certificate No. 256,
(1) —That plaintiff resides in Mills
County, Texas, and that the resi-
dence of the defendants and each of
of them is unknown to the plaintiff
and his attorneys, and the names of
the heirs of the said defendants and
each of them are unknown to the
plaintiff and his attorneys.
(2) —Plaintiff alleges that he is the
owner and in the possession of in
fee simple, subject alone to the pur-
chase money notes executed oy him
in favor of J. W. Driskill, in his own
right and as his own property entire-
ly that certain lands and premises,,
together with all of the improve-
ments thereon, lying and being sit-
uated an the County of Mills 'and
State of Texas, and being particu-
larly described as follows, to-wit:
First tract—The J. T. Benedict
survey of 320 acres, patented to
John H. Herndon, assignee, by patent
No, 737, Vol. 8, dated October 20th,
1852, and being Certificate No. 674,
Second Tract—The John W. Dris-
kill 84 1-10 acre survey of land, sit-
uated and described as follows: In
known as survey No. 24, the
and
land
others of said defendants to execute
deeds of conveyances at all, although
their intention to so execute is mani-
fest, and because of the absence from
THE
NATIONAL
BANK
G0LDTHWA1TE, TEXAS
Your deposits will be ap-
the record of proper administration nrGCjated nnH thf*v will Ho
j proceedings in, to, covering apd re- Preciaiea tney Will QO
kJl and A. V. Driskilll, under whom
he claims, h'ave for more than five
ytaris prior to the institution of
this suit had peacable and adverse
possession of all of said lands and
premises, cultivating-, using and en-jiating to the estates of others of said you good,
joying the same and paying taxes defendants necessary to make the
thereon, and claiming under deeds
duly registered and that said plain-
tiff is now in such possession so cul-
tivating, using and enjoying the said
property and paying taxes thereon
and claiming under deeds duly reg-
istered, and that therefore any and
all rights, title and interest of the
records show and disclose the author-
ity of such defendants to execute and
convey good, proper and sufficient
needs of conveyance properly convey-
ing title to the properties in and by
CLUB MEETING
The Merry Wives and the'r hen-
said deeds intended to be conveyed, pecked husjbandg wersi entertained at
and because of various and divers the pretty home of Mr. 'and Mi’s. M,
other and sundry omissions of the e, Ebons on Tuesday evening, Jan,
defendants or some of them to con- 0_ t-,, „ . +
__ ____________ ___ vev their right, title and interest in 2°> MeS(3am'es EberS and ThorPe aet-
oefendants and each of them in and faM property lo either J W. Dris-, ^g as -hostesses ,
. „ .. . . , ffonjkill or his immediate and remote After a jolly haif-hour, spent in
to all said lands and^p -m.ses, a ny ( vendors> iand because of various* otb- pleasant raillery and conversation,
“ --- " " 'Tr Lne J er omissions-, defects, 'errors, clerical , „ .
o', ’nmifid«n n miflrflnt nf, tables were arrang!--d for ever faeci-
they ever bad, are barred by
statute of five years limitation. jand other omissions apparent of, t, ,
. ^ , . , „ ,, (6)—Plaintiff further represents record in the deed and other records 1!atinS bunco,
herein described being out ot the'tha(. fQr (more ,than ten years prior of Mills and Bi-own Counties, Texas, j The lady’s Prize a dainty handker-
North part of the said survey, and to tlle institution of this suit plain-, relating to. the title to said proper- • chief was awarded to Mrs. J, A.
described by metes and bounds as and vendors J. W. Dris-! ties ora part thereof, said records Gulesp.’V- while Mr Max Thorpe
follows: Beginning at the N W.'ki|1 m4 a. v_ Dr:sklll> under whom!do not disclose thlat the defendants ™.
t.ornei of said survey on P&.an Bajou . g cjairas kave had peaceable and and all of them herein mentioned icjp r teg e ... I
from whence an elm 10 1^ dia,brs. adverse possession of s'aid lands, ! either by name and the unknown j gold -stick pin.
M-0 E----vrs; thence E o38o Vrs. | pre,m|s.es> tenements and heredita- ! L,e-irs of said defendants n'amed parted j a delicious-refreshment courre con-
crossing Blanket creek to a ments, cultivating, usmg and eujoy- i ^rii^ or divested themselves of the j s’-sting of hot punch, fru't cake, and
and mound from which a P. 0 8 hlg the same and that plaintiff is j title to said property, lands and prem |, sa]ad wa,qi &erved. The guests
dja. brs. S 40 E 14 vrs, do 10 m now jn gUch possession of sa’-d prop- 1 ise,s and all thereof, and the records! | .
brs. -S 83 E 18 vrs, thence S 1137 erty and lands and all thereof, culti-|in said Brown and Mills Counties, Itllen repaired to the re-cept on room
vrs. to the N E Corner of the S l-S^ating, using and enjoymg the same j Texas, -thus disclose that the said' they w-r-e deljghtfully ente--
of the said survey owned by John W. and that, therefore, all and «vary j several defendants hereinbefore nam- tamed by Mis-s Pearl Ebe"s, who
Harris et al a stake in Blanket creek right title and interest of all the j and the unknown heirs of the , e.nd.'. 1(J several musical numbe-s on
for corner from whence an Elm brs. i defendants and each of them m ana l said several defendants hereinbefore \
Nf 45 E 75 vrs do S 49 1-2 W 8 vrs, |10 aaid lands and premises, if ^any named have an interest or claim in{lr? Piano
thence W with the N line of the1 they ever had, is ibarred. by the Stat-
Harris tract 4380 vrs to the E bank ute of ten years limitation,
of Pecan Bayou a .stake from whence | 17) Plaintiff further represents
an Elm brs. S 86 1-4 E 10 vrs. do that for a number of years over and
S 7 1-2 E 9 vrs, thence up the Pecan excess of the ten years nhxt prior
Bayou with its meanders to the place to the institution of this suit, piain-
c-f beginning Said lands containing tiff and his immediate and remote j title to said lands, property and prem
’■tv t.ho aggregate 3314 acres of land, vendors under whom he claims have|iseS-
and to and part ownership of all or' The evening was vot'd quite 'a suc-
-some portion, respectively, of said Cess and the henpecked husbands
lands and premises, and- each and all are anticipating another recept’on
of which constitute and as a cloud
upon the title of the plaintiff and I ext -month.
damages and slanders plaintiff’s J Paul Power was an invited guest.
The club meets with Mrs Clyde
and a!i of whicb land is situated in had and now have peaceable and ad- Wherefore, plaintiff prays for judg-
that part of Mills County, formerly , verse possession of said property,lands I n,ent for all of said lands 'and prem.
Lludsoa Tuesday, Feb, 1st at 3 p, m,
REPORTER.
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