Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-03-18

In District Court of Iowa in and for
Winneshiek County, April Term,
A. d. 1914.
Samuel Stoskopf and Mary Stoskopf,
Tor Stoskoff) Plaintiffs, VS.. Rob-
ert c. Bowen. James Edgar Bow
en-, Isaac A. Smith, Andrew Nelson
(Baagne), Lars Olsen, Endre Mel
son, Andrew Nelson, Niels OIL
son Seim, John Hermondson, FL
ling Petersen, Nels j. Eide, Mar
agret Olson, Marguerite Olson,
Nels Olson Noble, Benjamin Reed /,
and all the spouses, heirs, devisess
legatees, transferees, mortgages,
assignees, personal representa-
tives, trustees, cestuis que truS-
tent, of the foregoing named de-
PENDANTS and all the unknown
owners or claimants of any right,
title or interest in or to the east
one half of the southwest quart
er Except the south ten rods of
the east five rods), and the south
west quarter of southwest
quarter of section twenty-five;
also the northwest quarter Of
northwest quarter, Except the
twenty-seven; also the south
one rod of northeast quarter Of
northeast quarter of section TWEEN
ty-eight, all the foregoing des-
cribed lands being in township
ninety-nine north, of range seven,
west of fifth principal meridian
in Winneshiek County, Iowa, De-
PENDANTS.
To the above Defendants:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that on or before the 18th
day of March, A. d. 1914, there will
be on file in the office of the clerk OF
the District Court of Iowa in and for
Winneshiek County, Iowa, the petit
ton in equity of the plaintiffs herein,
in which petition the plaintiffs claim
that they are the owners in fee sim
pie of the above described real es-
tate, and that any interest which any
of the defendants herein may have
once had in or to the here-in-above
described real estate has been lost
to them, or to either of them, by
reason of the adverse possession OF
the plaintiffs herein, and by the sta
tute of limitations; that plaintiffs are
credibly informed and believe that
the defendants make some claim of
right, title or interest in and to the
said premises, basing their claims
upon rights as spouses, heirs, devils
ees, legatees, mortgages, grantees,
trustees, personal representatives, Or
assignees, but further plaintiffs can
not state; that plaintiffs are credibly
informed and believe that the un-
known defendants make some claim
of right, title or interest in or to
said premises, basing their claims
upon rights therein coming to them
by, under or through the specifically
named defendants, but further as ia
the nature of their said interests OF
of the derivation, or manner of devo'
luton of their said interests these
plaintiffs cannot more specifically
state; that plaintiffs are unable Il
learn the names and residences o1
the unknown defendants though the!
have sought diligently to learn thu
same; that the debt secured by ;
certain mortgage made by Andrew
Nelson and Anna Nelson his wife
to Benjamin Reed, dated May Is
1916, and recorded in Book 20" OF
page 291 in the Recorders Office 0
Winneshiek County, Iowa, has beef
fully paid and that said mortgag
should be satisfied of record; that
certain real estate mortgage mad
by Nels j. Eide and Isabel Eide hi
wife, to Nels Olson Noble dated Ma
| 18th, 1873 recorded in said Record
er's Office in Book *" on page Al
should be satisfied of record, becaus
the debt secured thereby has bee
long since fully paid. Said Petitio
prays that said mortgages be cancel,
ed, and satisfied of record, and tha
plaintiffs title and estate in tn
said premises be established agains
the adverse claims of the defendan
and that defendants and all person
claiming by under or through ther
be barred and forever estopped froI
having or claiming any right or q
tie adverse to the plaintiffs in an
to the said premises, and that tn
l title thereto be quieted in the plain
i tiffs, and that any of the defendant
setting up a defence to this actio
be adjudged to pay the costs of thi
proceeding and for general equits
BILE relief.
! Now you are further hereby not
fed that unless you appear and dc
fend on or before noon of the sec
ond day of the next term of the sal
court commencing at the CouI
House in the city of DEBORAH, lowe
on the 10th day of April A. ID. 1914
default will be entered against 20
and judgment rendered in said caus
in accordance with the prayer of tn
said petition. Dated at Decorat
Iowa, this 10th day of March A.
1914. To-
i BOICE & HOOK,
Attorneys for plaintiffs
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