Citation/Notice Text :

CITATION BY PUBLICATION SUIT NO. 067-D22123-19 STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT In the name and by the authority of the State of Texas, notice is hereby given as follows to: DEFENDANTS Dorothy Jean Thomas, Deceased Elmer Lee McBride Heir to the Estate of Dorothy Jean Thomas (In Rem Only) and if any or all of the above named Defendant(s) be dead, the unknown heirs of each or all of the said named persons who may be dead; and the unknown heirs of the unknown heirs of said above named persons; and the unknown owner or owners of the described property; and the executors, administrators, guardians, legal representatives, legatees, devisees of the above named persons, and who own or claim some interest in the described property and any and all other persons, including adverse claimants, owning or having any legal or equitable interest in or lien upon the following described property. PROPERTY LOT 15, BLOCK 72, OUT OF THE HIGHLANDS TO GLENWOOD ADDITION, SITUATED IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS AND LOCATED WITHIN THE FORT WORTH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND BEING FURTHER DESCRIBED IN DOCUMENT #D2000094948, OF THE TARRANT COUNTY DEED RECORDS. Which property is delinquent to Plaintiff(s) for taxes in the amount of $4,711.92, exclusive of interest, penalties, and costs, and there is included in this suit in addition to the taxes all said interest, penalties, and costs thereon, allowed by law up to and including the day of judgment. You are hereby notified that suit has been brought by CITY OF FORT WORTH, TARRANT COUNTY, FORT WORTH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, TARRANT COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT, TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT and TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE DISTRICT as Plaintiff(s), against the above named person(s) as Defendant(s), by Second Amended Petition filed on the 7th day of July, 2020, in a certain suit styled CITY OF FORT WORTH, ET AL vs. DOROTHY JEAN THOMAS, which includes the following defendants: Dorothy Jean Thomas, Deceased, Elmer Lee McBride Heir to the Estate of Dorothy Jean Thomas (In Rem Only) and City of Fort Worth (Lienholder, In Rem Only), for collection of the taxes on the property and that the suit is now pending in the District Court of Tarrant County, Texas, 67th Judicial District, and the file number of said suit is NO. 067-D22123-19, that the names of all taxing units which assess and collect taxes on the property above described, not made parties to this suit, are: NONE Plaintiff(s) and all other taxing units who may set up their tax claims herein seek recovery of delinquent ad valorem taxes on the property above described, and in addition to the taxes all interest, penalties, and costs allowed by law thereon up to and including the day of judgment, post judgment interest at the maximum rate allowed by law; and the establishment and foreclosure of liens, if any, securing the payment of same, as provided by law. All parties to this suit shall take notice that claims not only for any taxes which were delinquent on the property at the time this suit was filed but all taxes becoming delinquent at any time thereafter up to the day of judgment, including all interest, penalties, and costs allowed by law, may, upon request, be recovered without further citation or notice to any parties, and all parties shall take notice of and plead and answer to all claims and pleadings now on file and which may hereafter be filed in this cause by all other parties, and all of those taxing units above named who may intervene and set up their respective tax claims against the property. You are hereby commanded to appear and defend such suit on the first Monday after the expiration of forty-two (42) days from and after the date of issuance hereof, the same being the 24th day of August, 2020 before the honorable District Court of Tarrant County, Texas, to be held at the courthouse thereof, then and there to show cause why judgment shall not be rendered for such taxes, penalties, interest, and costs, and condemning said property and ordering foreclosure of the constitutional and statutory tax liens thereon for taxes due the Plaintiff(s) and the taxing unit parties hereto, and those who may intervene herein, together with all interest, penalties, and costs allowed by law up to and including the day of judgment, and all costs of this suit. Issued but not prepared by District Clerk’s Office and given under my hand and seal of said court in the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, this the 7th day of July, 2020. Thomas A. Wilder Clerk of the District Court Tarrant County, Texas 67th Judicial District Deputy /s/ Camille Ornelas