Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-10-21
ORIGINAL NOTICE.


In District Court of Iowa in and for
Winneshiek County. November
Term, A. d. 1914.
Torger T. Hove Plaintiff, VS.. P. S.
Pulilty and--Pulilty his wife !:
Peter S. Pedally Pedally
his wife; Peter S. Pedelty and
-Pedelty his wife; Thomas
r.. Gibson and --Gibson his
wife; Thomas X. Gibson and
Gibson his wife; William Pedelly,
Thomas Floyd. Thomas X. Glib
son and Mat Murphy as executors
of the last will of Peter S. Pedelly
deceased; Louise MattesoA as wild
ow of S. w. Matteson, decease
Louise Matteson, Fl. II. Matteson
and Matteson his wife: S.
w. Matteson and--Matteso
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
Matteson her husband; s. w. Mat
teson Estate, a Corporation; and
all the heirs, devisees, legatees.
trustees, transferees, MORTGAGES,
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-six, 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-
corah, Iowa, on or before October
Sth. 1914, in which petition plaintiff
claims to be the absolute owner in
fee simple of the following described
real estate, to-wit: The Southeast
quarter of the Southeast quarter of
Section Twenty-six, Township Ninety
eight, North, of Range Eight West
of the Fifth Principal Meridian in
Winneshiek County; that he is cred
IDLY informed and believes that the
defendants make some claim in said
real estate adverse to plaintiff. but
that any claim, or right which any
defendant or the defendants may
have once had has been and is barr
ed by the statute of limitations; that
the names and residence of the UNI
known defendants plaintiff cannot
learn though he. has sought diligent-
ly to learn the same; that plaintiff
and those by, under and through
whom he claims has held possession
for more than ten years last past,
openly, VIGOROUSLY. continuously,
visibly, and adversely as against the
whole world, of the real estate des-l
cribed in said petition; that P. S.
Pulilty a co-grantee with one Thorn
as r. Gibson in a certain warranty
deed describing and conveying the
land described in petition of plaintiff,
which deed was filed for record in
the office of the Recorder of Winnie
shiek County, Iowa, on August IS,
S5S, and recorded in Book "E" onI
page 1872, was one and the same per-
son as Peter S. Pedally who died
prior to April 25th, 1874, and whoseI
last will was recorded in the Office
Of said recorder in Book -" on page
22O, by the terms of which will
Thomas X. Gibson, William Pedally,
Floyd and Mat Murphy were
appointed executors, with power to
real estate in Winneshiek
County, Iowa; plaintiffs said petition
prays that the allegations therein
contained may be decreed to be true;
that the title and estate of plaintiff
be established in him as against the
defendants: that the title to the real
estate described in said petition be
quieted in the plaintiff; that the de-
PENDANTS be forever barred and es-
topped from having or claiming any
right. title or interest in the lands
described in the petition, and that
any defendants setting up defense
wrongfully, be adjudged to pay the
costs, and for general equitable re-
lief.
Now unless you appear thereto
and defend On or before noon Of the
second day of the next regular term
of the District Court of Iowa in and
for Winneshiek County, which will
begin on November 9th, 1914. at the
Court House in the city Of DEBORAH,
Iowa, default will be entered against
and Judgment rendered in this cause
in accordance with the prayer of
plaintiffs said petition.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, Oct. 9Th,
1914.
BOICE & HOOK,
40-4 Attorneys for Plaintiff