LEGAL NOTICE: CITATION BY PUBLICATION TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF CLIFTON LEE BATTLE

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, May 16, 2024.

CITATION BY PUBLICATION – Application for and Declaration of Heirship and for Letters of Independent Administration of Intestate Estate

The State of Texas

To all persons interested in the Estate of

CLIFTON LEE BATTLE

24-E-2181

In The Ellis County Court at Law No. 1

The alleged heir(s) at law in the above-numbered and entitled estate filed an Application for Determination and Declaration of Heirship and for Letters of Independent Administration in this estate on the  6th day of May 2024, requesting that the Court determine who are the heirs and only heirs of CLIFTON LEE BATTLE, Deceased, and their respective share and interests in such estate.

This Application may be acted on by the Court at any call of the docket on or after 10:00 a.m. on the first Monday following the expiration of ten days from date of publication of this citation. 

All persons interested in this case are cited to appear before this Honorable Court by filing a written contest or answer to this Application should they desire to do so. 

To ensure its consideration, you or your attorney must file any objection, intervention, or response in writing with the County Clerk of Ellis County, Texas on or before the above-noted date and time.

If this citation is not served within 90 days after date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved.

Given under my hand and the seal of the Probate Court of Ellis County, Texas at the office of the Ellis County Clerk in Waxahachie, Texas, on the 6th day of May, 2024.

Krystal Valdez

Clerk of the County 

Court at Law #1

Ellis County, Texas

By: Allyson Biggar, 

Deputy Clerk