Fore v. Hoke

This was an original proceeding in the circuit court of Phelps county, under section 939,' -of the Revised Statutes of 1889, to enlarge a public burial ground. The petition ¡( omitting the caption) was .as follows:

“Your petitioners, Benj. Pore, Wm. Pore, W. H. Pore, John Earpe and W. M. Stogsdill respectfully :state that the following described real estate, situated •on the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of *256section twenty-seven (27), in township thirty-six (36), of range eight (8), west in Phelps county, Missouri, and inclosed within the following metes and bounds, to-wit:…