Notice to Public
Notice to Public
STATE OF MINNESOTA
DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF MCLEOD
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CASE TYPE NO. 14
OTHER CIVIL
Quiet Title Action
Court File No: 43-CV-17-1558
Alexa Gorres, Plaintiff, Vs.
Brian J. Hickey, Elizabeth A. Jepson, George H.
Jepson, Gerald B. Heinen a/k/a Gerald Bernard
Heinen, and all other persons unknown claiming
any right, title, estate, interest, or lien in the real
estate described herein.
Defendants.
SUMMONS
THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS.
1. YOU ARE BEING SUED. The Plaintiff has started a lawsuit against you. The Plaintiff’s Complaint against you is on file in the office of the Court Administrator of the above-named Court. Do not throw these papers away. They are official papers that affect your rights. You must respond to this lawsuit even though it may not yet be filed with the Court and there may be no court file number on this Summons.
2. YOU MUST REPLY WITHIN 20 DAYS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. You must give or mail to the person who signed this summons a written response called an Answer within 20 days of the date on which you received this Summons. You must send a copy of your Answer to the person who signed this Summons located at:
John T. Peterson
Johnson, Larson & Peterson, P.A.
908 Commercial Drive
Buffalo, MN 55313
3. YOU MUST RESPOND TO EACH CLAIM. The Answer is your written response to the Plaintiff’s Complaint. In your Answer you must state whether you agree or disagree with each paragraph of the Complaint. If you believe the Plaintiff should not be given everything asked for in the Complaint, you must say so in your Answer.
4. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CASE IF YOU DO NOT SEND A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE COMPLAINT TO THE PERSON WHO SIGNED THIS SUMMONS. If you do not answer within 20 days, you will lose this case. You will not get to tell your side of the story, and the Court may decide against you and award the Plaintiff everything asked for in the Complaint. If you do not want to contest the claims stated in the Complaint, you do not need to respond. A default judgment can then be entered against you for the relief request in the Complaint.
5. LEGAL ASSISTANCE. You may wish to get legal help from a lawyer. If you do not have a lawyer, the Court Administrator may have information about places where you can get legal assistance. Even if you cannot get legal help, you must still provide a written Answer to protect your rights or you may lose the case.
6. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. The parties may agree to or be ordered to participate in an alternative dispute resolution process under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice. You must still send your written response to the Complaint even if you expect to use alternative means of resolving this dispute.
7. THIS LAWSUIT MAY AFFECT OR BRING INTO QUESTION TITLE TO PROPERTY located in McLeod County, State of Minnesota, legally described as follows.
Commencing at the Southwest corner of Lot 12, Block 3, Barrett’s Second Addition to Winsted, according to the record plat thereof, McLeod County, Minnesota; thence West on the westerly extension of the south line of said Block 3, a distance of 66.00 feet to the westerly line of Fourth Street; thence northerly, along said westerly line of Fourth Street 330.00 feet to the point of beginning; thence westerly, parallel with the south line of Barrett’s Fourth Addition to the Village of Winsted, according to the record plat thereof, 132.00 feet; thence northerly, to the southwest corner of Lot 2, Block 1, of said Barrett’s Fourth Addition to the Village of Winsted; thence easterly, along the south line of said Block 1, Barrett’s Fourth Addition to the Village of Winsted 132.00 feet to the southeast corner of said Block 1 and said westerly line of Fourth Street; thence southerly, along said westerly line of Fourth Street 66.00 feet to the point of beginning, being part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 11, Township 117, Range 27, McLeod County, Minnesota.
The object of this action is to procure a judgment that the Plaintiff is the owner, in fee simple absolute of said real estate and that the Defendants, and each of them, have no right, title, estate, interest or lien herein or thereon, or in any part thereof.
JOHNSON, LARSON & PETERSON, P.A.
Dated: September 20, 2017 By:
/S/ John T. Peterson
John T. Peterson I.D.#: 17659X
Attorney for Plaintiff
908 Commercial Drive
Buffalo, Minnesota 55313
Telephone: (763) 682-4550
(Published in The McLeod County Chronicle October 18, 25 and November 1, 2017)