Citation/Notice Text :

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 for twenty days after you were served this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you.” THE STATE OF TEXAS To: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF H.S. LAWSON, DECEASED, WHOSE WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN, ETAL. DEFENDANT- GREETINGS: You are hereby commanded to appear by filing a written answer to the ORIGINAL petition at or before ten o’clock A.M. of the Monday next after the expiration of forty-two days after the date of service of this citation before the Honorable COUNTY COURT AT LAW Court of Cherokee County, Texas at the Courthouse in Rusk, Texas. Said ORIGINAL petition was filed in said court on the 23rd day of March, A.D., 2020 in this same cause, numbered CV09939 in the docket of said court, and styled THE STATE OF TEXAS,Plaintiff Vs. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF H.S. LAWSON, DECEASED, WHOSE WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN, ETAL., Defendant A brief statement of the nature of this suit is as follows: to-wit: CONDEMNATION The officer executing this writ shall promptly serve the same according to requirements of law, and mandates thereof, and make due return as the law directs. Issued and given under my hand and seal of said court at Rusk, Texas, this the 21st day of October A.D., 2020. Laverne Lusk, County Clerk Cherokee County By: ROCIO HELM, Deputy