Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-09-04

| session of said premises, at all times
claiming fee simple interest there
In; that plaintiff is credibly inform
ed and believes that the defendants
make some claim of a fee simple in
terest in said premises, but plaintiff
states that any rights which any OF
the defendants may have once had
have been long since barred by the
statute OF limitations; that the rights
or claims of rights of the unknown
defendants in said premises are bas-
ed, as this plaintiff believes, on some
rights coming to them by, under or
through the specifically named de-
PENDANTS, but further plaintiff can
not state; that plaintiff is unable to
learn the names and residences of
the unknown defendants though he
has searched diligently therefor; that
defendant Jorgen Gulbranson gran
tee in certain deed dated Febru-
cry 23rd, 1855, filed for record in
the office of the Recorder of Winnie
shiek county, Iowa, on October l 18th,
1855, recorded in Book 3D. on page
3S7 thereof, and Gorgen Gulbrand-
son, grantor in a certain deed dated
February 9Th, 1859, filed for record
in said Recorders office, March 25th,
1859, recorded in Book sc" on page
61S thereof, are one and the same
person; that defendant Hanna Lund,
grantee in a certain deed, dated Feb
ruary 9Th, 1859, filed for record in
said Recorders Office March 25th,
1859, recorded in Book e" on page
els thereof and Hannah Lund gran
tor in a certain deed dated March
22nd, 1859, filed for record in said
Recorders office, March 25th, 1859,
recorded in Book e. on page sos,
are one and the same person; that
defendant G.. H. shannon grantee in
a certain deed dated September goth,
1859, filed for record in said Record
er's office on September 28th, 1859,
recorded in Book e. on page 1S6
thereof. and Geo. H. Shannon, gran
tor in certain deed dated August
9th, 1859, filed for record in said
Recorders office October Sth, 1869,
recorded in Book IT. on page PAP
thereof, are one and the same per-
son; that defendants, Claiborne Day,
c. Day, Claiborn Day and Calhoun
Day are all one and the same per-
son, that the names have been in
advertently and by oversight and
mistake spelled and written differ
emily in various deeds and convey
snces describing the herein describ-
ed premise.
That defendant, Day & Shannon,
grantee in a certain deed dated De-
oember 2Sth, 1859, filed for record
in said Recorders office on April 16,
1850, recorded in Book ''F" on page
4a6 thereof, are the same as Clai-
born Day and Geo. II. Shannon, gran
tors in a certain deed dated April
18th, 1860, filed for record April
18th, 1860 and recorded in Book ''F''
en- page 1885, that defendant Ole An
derson was grantee in certain mort
gage, dated December End, 1898, fl
ed for record in said Recorders Of
fee, December 9Th, 1898, recorded
in Book 80 on page 32S thereof, and
that the said Ole Anderson was the
same identical person as Ole Ander-
sol-Flaskerud who died January oath
1899, and on whose estate letters of
Administration were issued on Feb
ruary 9Th, 1899, by the Clerk of the
District Court of Iowa in and for
Winneshiek county, which estate is
indeXed in said Clerks Office in Book
G on page IS thereof; that the gran
tors in a certain Satisfaction of said
which said Satisfaction is
dated August 23rd, 1911, filed for
September 9th, 1911. recorded in
Book 105 on page 395 thereof, were
the same identical persons listed as
widow and heirs of the said Ole An
in the Probate pro-
ceeding in said estate. the only diff
ference being in the spelling of some
of the names, and in the omission
or addition of initials: that said
grantors were the widow and all the
surviving heirs of said Ole Anderson
Flaskerud, and that all of said gran
tors were legally competent to ex-
ecute said satisfaction: that defend
ant Hance Peterson, grantee in GER
tain deed dated August 25th, 1855,
filed for record in said recorders Of
flee on October 18th, 1855, recorded
in Book "B" on page 421, is the
same person as Hans Peterson, gran
tor in a certain deed dated July 9Th,
1865, filed for record in said Record
er's Office on July 9Th, 1865, record
ed in Book Il" on page 3S4; that
the mortgage and all the deeds re-
ferred to in the petition, describe
portions of the therein described real
estate. Said petition prays that plain
tiffs title and estate in the described
premises be established against the
adverse claims of the defendants and
that the defendants and all persons
claiming by or through them to be
barred and forever estopped from
having or claiming any right or title
adverse to the plaintiff in and to the
said premises, and that the title
thereto be quieted in the plaintiff,
and that any clouds on the title to
said premises as against the plain
tiff's rights therein caused by any
instruments of record apparently
showing rights of defendants therein
be removed, and that any defendants
setting up a defense TO this action be
adjudged to pay the costs of this
proceeding.
You are further notified that un-
less you appear and answer thereto
on or before noon of the second day