PUBLISH
(September 22, 29,
2011)
PUBLIC NOTICE: The
Brown County High-
way Department will
be applying herbicide
to the right-of-way of
County roads to con-
trol the growth of noxi-
ous weeds. Anyone
wishing NOT to have a
specific road ditch
sprayed needs to com-
plete a Non Spray Ap-
plication which can be
obtained by contacting
the Brown County
Highway Department
at 507-233-5700, or
printing and completing
the form off the Brown
County Web site:
under Departments/
Highway/Permits.
When landowners/
renters do not
respond, we will as-
sume it is acceptable
to spray. The applica-
tion is planned to begin
Oct 3, 2011.
PUBLISH
(September 8, 15, 22,
2011)
STATE OF
MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF BROWN
IN DISTRICT COURT
FIFTH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT
CASE TYPE : Other
Civil
Court File No._____
SUMMONS
The City of New Ulm,
Plaintiff,
vs.
The unknown heirs of
Russell J. Johnson,
Ednah Johnson, Nor-
man Johnson, Geral-
dine Johnson, Helen J.
Cuddy, and all other
persons unknown
claiming any right, ti-
tle, estate, interest, or
lien in the Frederick
W. Johnson collection
described in the Com-
plaint herein.
Defendants.
THIS SUMMONS IS
DIRECTED TO: De-
fendants above
named.
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 pa-
pers away. They are
official papers that af-
fect 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 per-
son who signed this
summons a written
response called an
Answer within 20 days
of the date on which
you received this Sum-
mons. You must send
a copy of your Answer
to the person who
signed this summons
located at: Nierengar-
ten & Hippert, Ltd.,
P.O. Box 214, New
Ulm, MN 56073.
3. YOU MUST
RESPOND TO EACH
CLAIM. The Answer is
your written response
to the Plaintiff's Com-
plaint. In your Answer
you must state wheth-
er you agree or
disagree with each
paragraph of the Com-
plaint. If you believe
the Plaintiff should not
be given everything
asked for in the Com-
plaint, 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 SUM-
MONS. 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 com-
plaint. If you do not
want to contest the
claims state in the
complaint, you do not
need to respond. A de-
fault judgment can
then be entered
against you for the re-
lief requested in the
complaint.
5. LEGAL ASSIS-
TANCE. You may
wish to get legal help
from a lawyer. If you
do not have a lawyer,
the Court Administra-
tor may have informa-
tion about places
where you can get le-
gal 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 RESOLU-
TION. The parties
may agree to or be or-
dered 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 alterna-
tive means of resolv-
ing this dispute.
NIERENGARTEN &
HIPPERT, LTD.
By /s/ Hugh T. Nieren-
garten
High T. Nierengarten
(#79157)
Thomas L. Borgen
(#0388194)
Attorneys for Plaintiff
P.O. Box 214
New Ulm, MN
56073-0214
Telephone:
507-359-2991