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

In the District Court of Iowa, in
and for Winneshiek county, Septem-
Der Term, A d., 1912.
Charles Stortz, Plaintiff, versus
James Cutler, James B. Cutler, l.. ID.
Blackmarr, Ansel Rogers, Silas
R. Rogers, Nathan Rogers, Wash
ington Epley, Henry N. Chap
pei, Henry N. Chappell, John l.
Tavernier, Isaac Gidley, Isaac NJ. Gid
ley, Halver Olson, Georgen Iversor,
A. Bradish, Eliza Bradish, his wife,
Ole G. Thompson, Ole S. Thompson,
Thompson, his wife, Ole
P. Amundrud, George Stortz, deceas-
Theresa Albrecht, Johanna Stortz,
Andrew StortZ, and Margaret Stortz,
his wife, Charles Hauprichs, and
........ Hauprichs his wife, John
Hauprichs, and ....... Haup-
richs. his wife, Mary Pinegar, and w.
E. Pinegar, her husband, Nellie Fey
en- and Emil Feyen, her husband,
John Stortz and Emily Stortz, his
wife, Josie Albrecht, Joseph Albrecht,
Henry Albrecht, Helen Albrecht, John
Albrecht, Charles Albrecht, heirs at
law of said George Stortz, deceased,
unknown heirs of Mrs. William Boor-
man, and all the unknown spouses,
heirs, devisees, legatees, grantees,
mortgages, trustees, and cestuis que
trust of the foregoing, and all the un-
known owners or claimants of any
right, title or interest in or to Lot
Four (4 of the South west one
fourth of the South east one fourth
of Section Twenty-four, Township
Ninety-nine North, (Lot of S. w.
"A of S. E. ~, of Range Eight (S)
west of the Fifth Principal Meridian !;
also Lot Two (2) of Lot One Cd of
the Northwest one fourth of the
North east one fourth (Lot of Lot
l., of N. W. a of N. E. n of Sec
ton Twenty-Five, (25) Township
Ninety-nine North (99 NJ, of Range
Eight West of the Fifth Principal
Meridian, all the foregoing described
real estate being in Winneshiek
county, Iowa, as shown on recorded
plats, filed in the Office of the Rec
order of Winneshiek county, on res
pectively, December 18th, 1889, and
March 18th, 1875, and recorded in
Book on pages, respectively, 143
and 144 thereof, Defendants.
To the above Defendants.
You, and each of you, are
hereby notified that there is
now on file in the Office of the
Clerk of the District Court of Iowa
in and for Winneshiek County, the
Petition in Equity of this plaintiff,
wherein plaintiff states that he is the
absolute owner in fee simple of Lot
Number Four (4) of the Southwest
one fourth of the southeast one fourth
(Lot 4 of S. w. "a of S. E. "a, Sec
ton Twenty-four, AID Lot Number
Two CD of Lot Number One "a
(Lot of Lot u of the North west
one fourth of the North east one
fourth of Section Twenty-Five, all the
foregoing being in Township Ninety
nine, North, (99 NJ of Range Eight,
West of the Fifth Principal Meridian,
in Winneshiek county, Iowa, accord
ing to plats on file in the Office of the
Recorder of Winneshiek county, Iowa
in Book 8 on pages 143 and 144
thereof.
That for a period of more than
ten years last past the plaintiff, has.
openly, VIGOROUSLY, uninterruptedly,
under color of title and claim OF
right, held possession of said prem
ises, adversely as against all others,
excepting as stated in said petition;
that plaintiff is credibly informed and
believes that defendants make some
claim of a fee simple interest in said
premises adverse TO the plaintiff, bas-
ing their claims upon grants, inheri-
tances, devises, rights as spouses, by
under or through other defendants,
but the plaintiff states that any rights
which any of the defendants, except
as is in said petition stated, may have
once had, in said premises, have long
since been barred by the statute OF