Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-22

| gees, personal representatives OF
the above named defendants, and
| all the unknown owners or claim
ants of any right, title, or interest
| in or to East Half of Southwest
| Quarter, and Lots Two (2) and
Three CD of West Half of South
west Quarter of Section Two, and
Lot Two CD of Northwest Quart
er of Northwest Quarter of Section
Eleven, and Lot Two (2) of North
east Quarter of Northwest Quart
er, and Lot One CD of Southeast
Quarter of Northwest Quarter of
said Section Eleven, all of forego-
ing real estate being situated in
Township Ninety-eight North, of
Range Eight West of Fifth Prin-
cipal Meridian in Winneshiek
County, Iowa, according to gov
eminent surveys, and of plats filed
in office of Recorder of Winneshiek
County, Iowa, on December 2Sth,
1875, and on March Sth, 1875, re-
spectively, and recorded in Book
of plats, on pages rs, and S5 re-
spectively, Defendants.
To the above Defendants:
You and each of you are hereby no.
titled that on or before December
18th, 1915, there will be on file in
the Office of the Clerk of the District
Court of Iowa in and for Winneshiek
County, Iowa, the petition in equity
of this plaintiff, claiming and alleg-
ing that he is the absolute and sole
owner in fee simple, free from liens
or membranes in favor of any one
or more of the defendants in this &C
ton, of the following described real
estate in Winneshiek County, Iowa,
to-wit: The East Half of Southwest
Quarter, and Lots Two (2) and
Three of West Half of Southwest
Quarter of Section Two CO, and Lot
Two of the Northeast Quarter of
Northwest Quarter, and Lot Two of
Northwest Quarter of Northwest
Quarter, and Lot One CD of South
east Quarter of Northwest Quarter
of Section Eleven, I'D, in Town
ship Ninety-eight (9S) North, of
cipal Meridian; that he is credibly in
formed and believes that defendants
make some claim of right, title or
interest in or to the above described
real estate adverse to plaintiff, but
that any such right, or interest which
any one or more of the defendants
may have once had in said real es-
tate has been long since barred by
the statute of limitations, and by the
adverse possession of this plaintiff
and those by, through and under
whom he Claims that this plaintiff
and those by, through and under
whom he claims has held possession
of the said real estate openly, motor
iously continuously, visibly, uninter-
ruptedly, adversely, at all times
claiming fee simple interest there
in, for a period of more than ten
years last past, under color of title
and claim of right.
Plaintiff hereby directs your at
tention to his said petition on file
in said Clerks Office for more de-
tailed account of plaintiffs allega-
tions and claims concerning the said
real estate. You are further noti-
fed that plaintiff prays in his said
petition that his title and estate in
and to the said real estate be estab-
lished against the adverse claims Of
each and all of the defendants, and
of any and all persons claiming by,
through or under them or either of
them, and that said defendants and
all persons claiming by, through or
under them or either of them be for
ever estopped and barred from hav-
ing or claiming any right, title or in