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WEEK 1


CAUSE NO. 120411

CITATION BY PUBLICATION


THE STATE OF TEXAS:

TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF PAT SMITH 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 the date of issuance of 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 at or before ten o’clock A.M. on the first Monday next after the expiration of forty-two (42) days from the date of the issuance of this citation, and you are hereby required then and there to appear and file written answer to the Plaintiffs Original Petition to Quiet Title and for Temporary Restraining Order and Injunction, filed in said court on the 22nd day of April, 2026 under cause number 120411, on the docket of said Court, and styled as follows:

MEGAN GUARDIOLA

  vs.

PAT SMITH; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF PAT SMITH; DAVID CHARLES BUSSELL; ALANA RENEE WILSON a/k/a ALANA RENE MASON; IDA LOU LOVE HAMMOCK; AND SCHWALM HOLDINGS, LLC

A brief statement of the nature of this suit is:

This proceeding concerns the real property commonly known as 214 Rock Creek Street, Red Oak, TX 75154, and is more particularly described as follows:

LOT 9, BLOCK 3, LAZY SPRINGS ACRES, UNIT 111, AN ADDITION To THE CITY OF RED OAK, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 2, PAGE 14, PLAT RECORDS OF ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS.

ATTORNEY for petitioner: JOSEPH LAFLEUR, 216 W. FRANKLIN STREET, WAXAHACHIE, TX 75165

ISSUED and given under my hand and the seal of said Court, at Waxahachie, Texas, this 12th day of June, 2026.

MELANIE REED,

Ellis County District Clerk

109 S. Jackson St.

Waxahachie, Texas 75165

By: /s/ Cheryl Wilson

Cheryl Wilson, Deputy