Abrams v. Unknown Heirs of Rice

Action to quiet title to certain described lands in Jasper County brought by Fannie Abrams, Harry L. Abrams, Henry J. Abrams, Jacob Abrams, Edward Abrams, and Bessie Lesser, the heirs of Anna Rice, who died intestate in Joplin about the 20th day of November, 1923. The defendants are .the unknown heirs of James P. Rice, the husband of Anna Rice, and J. C. Hildreth, Public Administrator of the Estate of James P. Rice, deceased. Service was by publication on the unknown heirs.

The administrator answered that Anna Rice died without leaving issue surviving her husband. That upon her death her…