LEGAL NOTICE: CITATION BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS TO THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF GAYLE JUSTICE, DECEASED

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CAUSE NO. 115982

CITATION BY PUBLICATION

THE STATE OF TEXAS: TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF GAYLE JUSTICE, DECEASED,

Greetings:

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: “You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 am on the 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, in Waxahachie, Texas, by filing a written answer 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 115982, on the docket of said Court and styled:

KERRY MINTER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF BUELAH ATCHISON MINTER, 

DECEASED; AND BULINDA RONEY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF BUELAH ATCHISON MINTER, DECEASED

vs.

TAYLOR ANN SMITH, JEFF SMITH, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF HERMAN LACY, DECEASED, AND HETTIE LACY

A brief statement of the nature of this suit is more fully shown by PLAINTIFF'S ORIGINAL PETITION, filed at the Ellis County District Clerk's office in this suit on DECEMBER 9, 2024.

Attorney for petitioner: MARTY YOUNG, 3522 FOURTH STREET, LONGVIEW, TX 75605

ISSUED and given under my hand and the Seal of said Court, at Waxahachie, Texas, this 13 th day of January, 2025.

MELANIE REED, Ellis County District Clerk

109 S. Jackson St.

Waxahachie, Texas 75165

By: /s/ Cheryl Wilson, Deputy