The quitclaim deed was recorded on December 30, 2004. On December 9, 2004, Koltz acquired ownership of a portion of the easement, located in Tracts A and B owned by Bert’s heirs, Jack and Madola Sprague, by quitclaim deed. The second section of the easement was created by a transfer of the West one-half of Lot 70(A) Steuben County Deed Record 134, dated October 7, 1967, and recorded October 10, 1967, with Lester and Patricia Zintsmaster as grantors to “the public.” (Appellants’ App. The first section, referred to as Tracts B, C, and D, was created by Steuben County Deed Record 116, dated March 27, 1957, with Russel and Mildred Sprague, husband and wife, and Ruth and Harold Smits, husband and wife, as grantors to “the owners of lake lots on or near Lake George” and recorded April 20, 1957. Two conveyances appear to have created this easement, in its entirety or at least sections of it. In 1999, Koltz purchased a section of the lake front real estate to use as her primary residence, with an easement immediately to the west of this real estate. Over the years, subdivided sections of this real estate were sold to various individuals. Court of Appeals of Indiana | Opinion 22A-MI-1106 | Janu of 32 FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY In 1922, Bert Sprague (Bert) and Frank Gilbert (Gilbert) purchased real estate in an unrecorded plat of Lake George Beach in Fremont, Indiana, to subdivide and resell. Koltz presents this court with the following issue: Whether Appellants’ appeal should be dismissed as untimely because Appellants did not file their notice of appeal within thirty days of the trial court’s Order and failed to seek an extension of the deadline to file. ISSUES Appellants present this court with two issues on appeal, which we restate as: (1) Whether the trial court abused its discretion when it denied Appellants’ motion to intervene in a quiet-title action that had resulted in a default judgment seven years earlier and (2) Whether the trial court abused its discretion when it denied Appellants’ motion to set aside the default judgment. Sprague (Sprague) (collectively, Appellants), appeal the trial court’s Order, denying Appellants’ motion to intervene and motion to set aside default judgment issued in favor of Appellee-Plaintiff, Eileen V. Court of Appeals of Indiana | Opinion 22A-MI-1106 | Janu of 32 STATEMENT OF THE CASE Appellants-Intervenors, Ruth Ann Gregory (Gregory), Jane Marie Meives (Meives), Kay E. 22A-MI-1106 The Honorable Allen Wheat, Judge The Honorable James W. Sprague, JanuAppellants-Intervenors, Appeal from the Steuben Circuit Court v. Federoff Carson, LLP Fort Wayne, Indiana IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA Ruth Anne Gregory, Jane Marie Meives, Kay E. Smith Frost Brown Todd, LLC Indianapolis, Indiana James A. FILED Jan 31 2023, 9:36 am CLERK Indiana Supreme Court Court of Appeals and Tax Court ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE Jason M.
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