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WEEK 1


CAUSE NO.120208

CITATION BY PUBLICATION


TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF CYNTHIA SUZANNE SHAW, 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 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 AM. 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, filed in said court on the 1st day of April, 2026 under cause number 120208, on the docket of said Court, and styled as follows:

FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION

vs.

KS “KASS” NICKELS, WILLIAM L. SHAW, DANNY SHAW,

THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW

OF CYNTHIA SUZANNE SHAW, DECEASED, AND THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF ELLEN LOIS SHAW-NICKELS, DECEASED

A brief statement 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 412 W. Gibson St., Ennis, TX 75119, and more particularly described as:

BEING A TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS,AND BEING PART OF THE CLAIBORNE GARRETT SURVEY ABSTRACT 383, AND ALSO BEING THAT 7.5375 ACRE TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED TO LARRY POARCH, ET UX, BY DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME 2378, PAGE 617 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF ELLIS COUNTY, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

BEGINNING AT A POINT FOR CORNER AT A SPIKE FOUND IN GIBSON STREET AT THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF SAID 7.5375 ACRE TRACT SAID POINT ALSO BEING THE SOUTHERLY SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER OF THAT 94.407 ACRE TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED TO CARL L. DAVIS BY DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME 1213, PAGE 645 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF ELLIS COUNTY; THENCE NORTH 32° 18’ 47” WEST (NORTH 32° 14’ 57” WEST, DEED) ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID 7.5375 ACRE TRACT AND AN EASTERLY LINE OF SAID 94.407 ACRE TRACT A DISTANCE OF 494.33 FEET TO A POINT FOR CORNER AT A 1/2” IRON ROD SET;

THENCE NORTH 48° 10’ 30” EAST (RECORD BEARING) ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID 7.5375 ACRE TRACT AND A SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID 94.407 ACRE TRACT A DISTANCE OF 550.89 FEET TO A POINT FOR CORNER AT A 1/2” IRON ROD SET;

THENCE SOUTH 41° 57’ 24” EAST (SOUTH 41° 55’ 30” EAST, DEED) ALONG THE A DISTANCE OF 612.82 FEET TO A POINT FOR CORNER AT A SPIKE SET IN GIBSON STREET;

THENCE SOUTH 59° 18’ 34” WEST (SOUTH 59° 24’ 30” WEST, DEED) ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID 7.5375 ACRE TRACT AND ALONG GIBSON STREET A DISTANCE OF 646.24 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 7.5441 ACRES.

 

ATTORNEY for petitioner:

TENIA OUELLETTE

6080 TENNYSON PKWY., STE. 100

PLANO, TX 75024

 

ISSUED and given under my hand and the seal of said Court, at Waxahachie, Texas, this 2nd day of July, 2026.

MELANIE REED,

Ellis County District Clerk

109 S. Jackson St.

Waxahachie, Texas 75165

By: /s/ Cheryl Wilson

Cheryl Wilson, Deputy