STATE OF MINNESOTA
DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF SHERBURNE
TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Case Type: Other Civil
Court File No.: 71-CV-22-235
Dustin Thuftedal and Jennifer Thuftedal,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
Homefield Financial, Inc., its successors or assigns, also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest, or lien in the real estate described in the complaint herein,
Defendants.
SUMMONS
THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO: Homefield Financial, Inc., its successors or assigns, and all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest, or lien in the real estate described in the complaint hereto attached.
1. YOU ARE BEING SUED. The Plaintiffs have started a lawsuit against you. Plaintiffs’ Complaint is attached to this Summons. 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/or there may be no court file number on this Summons.
2. YOU MUST REPLY WITHIN 21 DAYS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. You must give or mail to the person who signed this Summons a written response called an Answer within 21 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: Foley & Mansfield, PLLP, 250 Marquette Avenue, Suite 1200, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401.
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 21 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 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 Sherburne County, State of Minnesota, commonly known as 11406 91st Street Southeast, Clear Lake, Minnesota 55319 and legally described as follows:
Lot 5, Block 1, Prairie Acres, Sherburne County, Minnesota
(the “Property”).
- The object of this action is to determine adverse claims and discharge a mortgage on the Property to Homefield Financial, Inc., dated August 24, 2005, and recorded September 22, 2005, as Document No. 600291
Respectfully,
FOLEY & MANSFIELD, PLLP
Date: March 2, 2022.
/s/ Wyatt S. Partridge
Wyatt S. Partridge (#0391272)
250 Marquette Avenue
Suite 1200
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Telephone: (612) 338-8788
wpartridge@foleymansfield.com
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The undersigned hereby acknowledges that costs, disbursements, and reasonable attorney and witness fees may be awarded pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 549.211 to the party against whom the allegations in this pleading are asserted.
By: /s/ Wyatt S. Partridge
Wyatt S. Partridge
(Published in the Patriot: 03/26/22; 04/02/22; 04/09/22).
