Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-10-14
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

ORIGINAL NOTICE.
In District Court of Iowa In and FOL
Winneshiek County. November
Term, A. d. 1914.
Torger T. Hove Plaintiff, VS.. P. s
Pulilty and--Pulilty his wife;
Peter S. Pedally
his wife; Peter 5. Pedelty and
--Pedelty his wife; Themes
R. Gibson and -Gibson his
wife; Thomas X. Gibson and
Gibson his wife; William Pedelly
Thomas Floyd, Thomas K. Glib
son and Mat Murphy as executors
of the last will of Peter S. Pedellv
deceased; Louise Matteson as wild
ow of S. w. Matteson, decease i:
Louise Matteson, H. H. Matteson
and Matteson his wife; S.
w. Matteson -Matteson
his wife: Charles D. Matteson and
-Matteson his wife; Roy G..
Matteson and Matteson his
wife; Max Matteson and -
Matteson his wife; Claire l.. Mat
teson; Emma Matteson and
teson Estate, a Corporation; and
all the heirs, deviseeS, legatees,
trustees, transferees. mortgagee
personal representatives, or spou-
ses, of the foregoing named defen-
dants, and all the unknown own
ers or claimants of any right title
or interest in or to the Southeast
quarter of the southeast quarter
of Section Twenty-s.x, Township
Ninety-eight North of Range
Eight West of the Fifth Principal
Meridian in Winneshiek County,
Iowa, Defendants.
To the above Defendants:
You are hereby notified that the
petition in equity of the plaintiff here
IN will be filed in the office of the
Clerk of the District Court of Iowa,
in and for Winneshiek County. at
the Court House in the city of De
,orah, Iowa, on or before October
Sth, 1914, in which petition plaintiff
claims to be the absolute owner in
Zee simple of the following described
real estate, to-wit: The Southeast
quarter of the Southeast quarter Of
Section Twenty-sx, Township Ninety
eight. North, of Range Eight West
If the Fifth Principal Meridian in
County; that he is cred
bly, informed and believes that the
defendants make some claim in said
ZEAL estate adverse to plaintiff, but
hat any claim, or right which any
defendant or the defendants may
nave once had has been and is barr
I'd by the statute of limitations; that
he names and residence of the un-
known DEFENDANTS plaintiff cannot
earn though he has sought diligent
Y to learn the same; that plaintiff
md those by, under and through
whom he claims has held possession
or more than ten years last past,
openly, VIGOROUSLY, continuously,
'isibly, and adversely as against the
Whole world, of the real estate des-
ribbed in said petition; that p. S.
'ulilty a co-grantee with one Thorn
S r. Gibson in certain warranty
Iced describing and conveying the
and described in petition of plaintiff,
which deed was filed for record in
he office of the Recorder of Winnie
h!ek County, Iowa, on August Is,
S5S, and recorded in Book "E" on
'age 1872, was one and the same per-
on as Peter S. Pedally who died
,rior to April 25th, 1874, and whose
asst will was recorded in the Office
# said recorder in Book go on page
20, by the terms of which will
Thomas X. Gibson, William Pedally,
Thomas Floyd and Mat Murphy were
.ppointed executors, with power to-
onvey real estate in Winneshiek
'ounty, Iowa; PLAINTIFFS said petition
rays that the allegations therein
obtained may be decreed to be true;
hat the title and estate OF plaintiff
,e established in him as against the
defendants; that the title to the real
state described in said petition be
luieted in the plaintiff; that the de-
endants be forever barred and es-
opped from having or claiming any
light. title or interest in the lands
described in the petition, and that
my defendants setting up defense
be adjudged to pay the
,osts, and for general equitable re-
ief
Now unless you appear thereto
md defend On or before noon of the
second day of the next regular term
If the District Court of Iowa in and
or Winneshiek County, which will
,egin on November 9th, 1914, at the
Court House in the city OF DEBORAH,
owa, default will be entered against
md judgment rendered in this cause
n accordance with the prayer or
plaintiffs said petition.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, Oct. 9th,
1914.
BOICE & HOOK.
tO-4 Attorneys for Plaintiff