PUBLIC NOTICE: NOTICE BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF ELLIS
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.
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF ELLIS
TO: THE UNKNOWN SHAREHOLDERS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS OF ELCO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, A DEFUNCT TEXAS CORPORATION AS OF FEBRUARY 11, 2005, WHOSE NAMES AND WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN
You are each hereby notified that a hearing will be held at 10:00 o’clock a.m., on the first Monday after the expiration of forty-two (42) days from the date of issuance hereof, that is to say Monday, the 17th day of July 2023,and at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88448394694?pwd=OUtEWGdFeE92OHNaM1FFWEZUOEdOQT09, to assess the damages of the owner of the property being condemned.
Pursuant to Governor Abbott’s Disaster Declaration due to COVID 19 and the Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, the undersigned Commissioners have set the time and place of hearing the parties and said matters as 10 o’clock A.M. on the 17th day of July, 2023, by telephone or video conference located in said County.
Said telephone or video conference may be accessed by calling 1-346-248 -7799 and entering access code 884 4839 4694, followed by the pound (#) symbol.
Said telephone or video conference may also be accessed on the internet using the information below: Meeting specific URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88448394694? pwd=OUtEWGdFeE92OHNaMIFFWEZUOEdOQT09
Meeting number: 884 4839 4694
Meeting password: 515347
This hearing may be recorded or transcribed.
The State of Texas filed a Petition for Condemnation with the Judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Ellis County, Texas, on the 3rd day of November, 2022 in Cause No. 22-C-3742 which is styled The State of Texas v. The Unknown Shareholders,Successors and Assigns of Elco Development Company, a defunct Texas Corporation as of February 11, 2005, whose names and whereabouts are unknown.
The Plaintiff is the State of Texas.
The Defendants are: The Unknown Shareholders, Successors and Assigns of Elco Development Company, a defunct Texas Corporation as of February 11, 2005, whose names and whereabouts are unknown, and, if any of them be deceased, their respective heirs and legal representatives, if any.
The name and address of the attorney for Plaintiff is Armando J. Troche Davila, Assistant Attorney General, P.O. Box 12548, Austin, Texas 78711-2548.
This suit is an eminent domain proceeding in which the State of Texas is condemning a tract of land located in Ellis County, Texas, containing 466 square feet of land, situated in the George C. Parks Survey, Abstract Number 836, City of Red Oak, Ellis County, Texas, and being part of that certain tract of land described in a Warranty Deed to the Remainder of “Genaro Investment Company” as recorded Volume 509, Page 161, Deed Records, Ellis County, Texas (D.R.E.C.T.), such property being fully described in Exhibit “A” of Plaintiffs Petition for Condemnation filed under the above-referenced cause number.
The interests of these Defendants are that they either own or claim an interest in said property, subject to unpaid accrued taxes.
You are further notified that you may appear at the hearing before the special commissioners and present evidence you desire on the issue of damages to be assessed against the State.
If you do not appear at the hearing, the Special Commissioners may proceed to assess the damages of the owner of the property being condemned.
If this Notice is not served within ninety (90) days after its issuance, it shall be returned forthwith.
ISSUED this 20th day of March, 2023.
SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS
/s/ Tommie Worthy
Tommie Worthy
/s/ Rodney Alsup
Rodney Alsup
/s/ K.nstl Cockerham
K.nstl Cockerham