STATE OF MINNESOTA IN DISTRICT COURT SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COUNTY OF OTTER TAIL CIVIL DIVISION Civil Other-Quiet Title Court File No.: 56-CV-24-1407 _________________________________________________________ Michael E. W. Fielding and Kristina M. Fielding, Plaintiffs, V. Joan E. Fielding, Evelyn A. Waite and the unknown heirs of the above-named persons now deceased and any and all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, or interest in the premises described herein, Defendants. SUMMONS THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, and the unknown heirs of any of the above named persons now deceased, also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest or lien in the real estate described in the Complaint herein. 1. YOU ARE BEING SUED: The Plaintiffs have started a lawsuit against you. The Plaintiffs’ Complaint against you is attached to this Summons and 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 REPLY WITHIN 60 DAYS IF YOU ARE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. You must give or mail to the person who signed this summons a written response called an Answer within 20 days – or 60 days if you are the United States or a United States agency, or an officer or employee of the United States described in Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 (a)(2) or (3) – 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: Paul S. Jensen CJB LAW, PLLC Attorney at Law 125 S. Mill Street Fergus Falls, MN 56537 pjensen@cjblawyers.com 3. YOU MUST RESPOND TO EACH CLAIM. The Answer is your written response to the Plaintiffs’ Complaint. In your Answer you must state whether you agree or disagree with each paragraph of the Complaint. If you believe the Plaintiffs 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 your case. You will not get to tell your side of the story, and the Court may decide against you and award the Plaintiffs 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 requested 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 REAL PROPERTY located in Otter Tail County, State of Minnesota, legally described as follows: All that part of the Northwest Quarter (NW 4) and Government Lot Four (4), of Section Four (4), Township One Hundred Thirty-Two (132), Range Forty (40), Otter Tail County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of Lot Five (5), Block One (1), Gilbertson’s Addition to Battle Lake, according to the recorded plat thereof; thence South 01°25’15” East (bearing based on Otter Tail County Coordinates – 2011 adjustment) along the west line of said Gilbertson’s Addition to Battle Lake, a distance of 1,005.34 feet; thence South 88°34’45” West a distance of 33.00 feet; thence South 01°25’15” East a distance of 60.00 feet; thence South 88°34’45” West a distance of 367.00 feet; thence North 01°25’15” West a distance of 1,225.82 feet to the southwesterly right-of-way line of the former Burlington Northern Railroad; thence North 78°22’08” West along said southwesterly right- of- way line a distance of 238.99 feet to the north line of said Government Lot 4; thence South 89°46’25” West along said north line a distance of 254.26 feet to the easterly line of a tract of land as described in Book 493 of Deeds, Page 279, recorded in the office of the Otter Tail County Recorder, being the point of beginning of the land to be described; thence South 00°57’04” East along said easterly line a distance of 626.13 feet; thence South 89°46′25′′ West along the southerly line of said tract of land as described in Book 493 of Deeds, Page 279 a distance of 417.42 feet to the easterly line of the West 32 acres of said NW; thence North 00°57’04” West along said easterly line of the West 32 acres a distance of 626.13 feet to the northerly line of said Government Lot 4; thence North 89°46’25” East a distance of 417.72 feet to the point of beginning; containing 6.0 acres and subject to the rights of the public in County Highway 83. The object of this action is to determine the title and adverse claims to the real property described above and to have Plaintiffs adjudged the owners thereof in fee simple. Date: 6/24/24 CJB LAW, PLLC By /s/Paul S. Jensen Paul S. Jensen (MN #337420) CJB LAW, PLLC 125 South Mill Street Fergus Falls, MN 56537 218-998-4088 pjensen@cjblawyers.com ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS (Published July 3, 10 and 17, 2024)
