LEGAL NOTICE: CITATION BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS: TO THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF DONALD R. RUPERT, DECEASED
Publish four times in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, May 25, 2023,Thursday, June 1, 2023, Thursday, June 8, 2023, and Thursday, June 15, 2023,
CAUSE: 110967
CITATION BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS:
TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF DONALD R. RUPERT, DECEASED
Greetings:
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: “You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney does not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on the first Monday next following the expiration of 42 days after you were served this citation, a default judgment may be taken against you. In addition to filing a written answer with the clerk, you may be required to make initial disclosures to the other parties of this suit. These disclosures generally must be made no later than 30 days after you file your answer with the clerk. Find out more at texaslawhelp.org.”
YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear before the 40TH Judicial District Court of Ellis County, Texas, at the Courthouse thereof, at 109 S. Jackson St., Waxahachie, TX, by filing a written answer to the plaintiff’s ORIGINAL PETITION, at or before ten o’clock A.M. of the first Monday next after the expiration of forty-two (42) days from the date of the issuance of this citation, in cause number 110967 filed on 04/20/2023, on the docket of said Court and styled:
FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION
vs.
GLENDA G. RUPERT, NATALIE J. RUPERT, AND THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF DONALD R. RUPERT, DECEASED
A brief summary of the nature of this suit is:
This proceeding concerns the foreclosure of a lien on the following real property and improvements commonly known as 5880 FM 1387, Midlothian, TX 76065, and more particularly described as LOT 5, MULBERRY HILL, PHASE 1, AN ADDITION IN ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN CABINET A, SLIDE 735, OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS.
ATTORNEY for the petitioner: MUTUNDA K. OSAFO, 5601 DEMOCRACY DR, STE 265, PLANO, TX 75024.
ISSUED and given under my hand and the seal of said Court, at Waxahachie, Texas, this 16th day of May, 2023.
MELANIE REED,
Ellis County District Clerk
109 S. Jackson St.
Waxahachie, Texas 75165
By: /s/ Mary Hinds, Deputy