Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-03-17
ORIGINAL NOTICE.
In the District Court of the State of
Iowa i'm and for Winneshiek
County. April Term, 1920.

Gideon Seegmiller and w. II.
Holmes, Plaintiffs.
VS..
The Unknown Claimants of the
South Eighty Feet Is. SOft.)
off Lot Thirty-two and One-half
(32h) of the Subdivision OF
the Northeast Quarter of the
Southeast Quarter (NEA
SEA of Section Sixteen (16)
Township Ninety-eight (9S)
North of Range Eight (S) West
of the 5th p. NJ. in Winneshiek
County, Iowa. according to the
recorded plat thereof filed
March 20, 1891. in Book "A'
of Town Plats on Page 220;
also commencing at point
Three Hundred Five (305) feet
North of the Northeast Corner
of Lot One Cd Block One %
Original DEBORAH, Iowa, thence
running West parallel with the
South line OF said Lot Thirty
Subdivision of the Northeast
Quarter of the Southeast Quar-
ter (NEA SEA of Section
Sixteen (16) Township Ninety
eight (9S) North of Range
Eight 60 West of the 9TH p.
NJ. in Winneshiek County, Iowa,
according to the recorded plat
thereof fled March 20, 1891 in
Book "A" of Town Plats page
220; a distance of One Humid
red Thirty-eight (13S) feet.
thence Northeast about One
Hundred Seventy-eight (17Sl
feet to a point One Hundred
Sixteen (116) feet directly
north of beginning, thence
South to place of beginning,
and, e. H. Keys and Mrs. E. II.
Keys his wife, John NJ. Barthol
and Martha Barthol his wife,
John George Barthell, John w.
Barthell, Howard F. Barthell
and Mathilda Barthell his wife,
Sophia A. Barthell Harriet l.
Barthell, Charles E. Barthell
Ida NJ. Barthell, and Sophia w.
Barthell, Defendants.
To the defendants above named,
known and unknown:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that there is now on file in
the Office of the Clerk of the District
curt of Winneshiek County, Iowa,
the petition of Gideon Seegmiller
and w. II. Holmes, as plaintiffs in
which the plaintiff Gideon SeeS'
miller alleges that he is the absolute
owner in fee simple of the following
described real estate, to-wit: The
South Eighty Feet IS. 80 ft) off Lot
Thirty-two and One-half (S2 " oi
the Subdivision of the Northeast
Quarter of the Southeast Quarter
(NEA SEQ of Section Sixteen
16) Township Ninety-eight (9S(
North of Range Eight go West OF
the 5th p. NJ. in Winneshiek County
Iowa, according to the recorded plat
thereof. filed March 20, 1891, in
Book "a" of Town Plats on page
220; and the plaintiff w. III. Holmes
alleges that he is the owner in fec
simple of the following described
real estate to-wit: Commencing al
a point Three Hundred Five (3O5)
feet North Of the Northeast corner
of Lot "a Block "a Original De
oorah, Iowa, thence running Wes'
parallel with the South line of said
Lot Thirty-two and One-half (32 "
of the Subdivision of the Northeast
Quarter of the Southeast Quarter
(NEA SEA of Section Sixteen
(16) Township Ninety-eight (9S)
North of Range Eight (S) West OF
the 5th p. M. in Winneshiek County
Iowa, according to the recorded plat
thereof filed March 20. 1891 in Book
"a" of Town Plats page 220, a dis
lance of One Hundred Thirty-eigh'
(l3S) feet, thence Northeast about
One Hundred Seventy-eight (17S)
feet to a point One Hundred Sixtee7
(116) feet directly North of begin
ming. thence South to place of begin
ming: and that YOU make some
claim adverse to the estates or the
plaintiffs in and to their respective
premises, and that the claims OF the
unknown claimants arises as heirS
at law, devisees, legatees, successors
assignees, and surviving spouces o
one or more of the defendants above
named, or in some other manner un
known to the plaintiffs, and that the
plaintiffs cannot state more specil'
cally the nature or extent or the
claims of the defendants, known o.
unknown; plaintiffs allege, each ana
for himself, that he and his grantori
have been in open, exclusive, motor,
ious, and adverse possession or all
of his said real estate under color OF
title and claim of right for more
than ten years last past; and that
whatever claim or interest the de-
PENDANTS, known or unknown. mas
have had or may claim to have in ~
10 said premises, or to any par'
thereof, is fully barred by the
statute of limitations; and that the
names and residences OF the un'
known claimants are unknown tt
the plaintiffs although they have
sought diligently to learn the same
plaintiffs ask that their respective
titles TO said premises as against the