HomeMy WebLinkAboutA011 - Title Opinion ATTORNEY'S OPINION
I, Deborah S. Krauth, hereby state that I am an Attorney at Law, duly
admitted to the practice of law in the State of Iowa, and a member of the firm of
Newbrough, Johnston, Brewer, Maddux & Krauth, L.L.P., with offices at 612 Kellogg
Avenue, Ames, Story County, Iowa. I further state that I have examined the Abstract of
Title to the following-described real estate, to-wit:
Outlot V, W and X in Somerset Subdivision First Addition, an Official
Plat now included in and forming a part of the City of Ames, Story
County, Iowa,
from the root of the title thereof, down to and including the I Wt day of
1� , 1997, at I �. 2)1A o'clock a.m., last certified by Abstract and
Title Services of Story County, Ames, Iowa (Iowa Title Guaranty Division Member #8650).
The real estate has now been subdivided and is now known as SOMERSET SUBDIVISION
SECOND ADDITION, STORY COUNTY, IOWA.
Based upon information within said Abstract of Title, it is my opinion that
the fee simple title to said real estate is in ERBEN A. HUNZIKER, TRUSTEE OF THE
ERBEN A. HUNZIKER REVOCABLE TRUST, DATED JULY 28, 1992; DONALD M.
FURMAN AND RUTH W. FURMAN, CO-TRUSTEES OF THE DONALD AND RUTH
FURMAN REVOCABLE TRUST, DATED MARCH 1, 1991; and R. FRIEDRICH & SONS,
INC.. The real estate is free from encumbrances excepting, however, the following:
1. The real estate is subject to easements of record and to zoning
ordinances of the City of Ames, Iowa, and to the provisions of
an Agreement executed by the City of Ames, Iowa, and
Erben A. Hunziker, Trustee of the Erben A. Hunziker
Revocable Trust, dated July 28, 1992, Donald M. Furman and
Ruth W. Furman, Trustees of the Donald and Ruth Furman
Revocable Trust, dated March 1, 1991, and R. Friedrich and
Sons, Inc., dated April 8, 1997, a Memorandum of which has
been filed in the office of the Recorder of Story County, Iowa,
on May 12, 1997, Instrument No. 97-04489.
2. The real estate is also subject to a Water Quality Certification
filed in the office of the Recorder of Story County, Iowa, by the
Iowa Department of Natural Resources dated June 23, 1997,
and filed June 27, 1997, as Instrument No. 97-06565.
Dated this 19 1 day of OcAt I(J e, 1997.
NEWBROUGH, JOHNSTON, BREWER, MADDUX & KRAUTH, L.L.P.
612 Kellogg Avenue, P.O. Box 847
Ames, Iowa 50010
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