Citation by Publication - Billy George Thornton

CITATION BY
PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
NOTICE TO DEFEN­DANTS:
“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 a.m. on the Mon­day next following the expira­tion of forty-two (42) days af­ter the date of issuance of this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you.”
TO: BILLY GEORGE THORNTON and HIS HEIRS, KNOWN OR UN­KNOWN, IF ANY SAID PER­SONS ARE DECEASED, De­fendants in the cause herein described.
You and each of you are hereby commanded to ap­pear and answer before the 267TH Judicial District Court in the Jackson County Court­house in Jackson County, Texas, at or before 10:00 a.­m. on the first Monday after the expiration of forty-two (42) days from the date of is­suance hereof, being at or before 10:00 a.m. on Mon­day, the 17th day of July, 2017, then and there to an­swer the petition of ZACHRY EXPLORATION, LLC, in Cause No. 17-5-15401, styled ZACHRY EXPLO­RATION, LLC vs. BILLY GEORGE THORNTON and HIS HEIRS, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, IF ANY SAID PERSONS ARE DE­CEASED, wherein the said ZACHRY EXPLORATION, LLC is Plaintiff, and the said BILLY GEORGE THORN­TON and HIS HEIRS, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, IF ANY SAID PERSONS ARE DECEASED, as Defen­dants. The said petition, filed on MAY 30, 2017, dis­closes that the nature of said suit is as follows:
This suit is brought to have a receiver appointed under the provisions of Section 64.091(d)(3) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code for undivided mineral interests owned by the De­fendant in the following de­scribed lands in Jackson County, Texas, to-wit:
Tract One: 55.10 acres of land, more or less, out of an 82.53 acre tract on the West Side of County Road 282, and being more particularly described as First Tract in that certain Deed dated March 15, 1941, from Leila Florence Whitehead Kern to Henrietta Ermentrude White­head Mulholland, being recorded in Volume 127, Page 149, of the Deed Records of Jackson County, Texas.
Tract Two: 59.12 acres of land, more or less, out of a 252.79 acre tract and a 29.59 acre tract on the East Side of County Road 282, and being more particularly described as Tract Number One and Tract Number Two in that certain Mineral Deed dated May 16, 1978, from Mary Louise Ackley to William L. Ackley, being recorded in Volume 568, Page 387, in the Deed Records of Jackson County, Texas.
And to execute oil, gas and mineral leases thereof to the Plaintiff, and take such other action deemed necessary un­der the provisions of said statute.
If this citation is not served within ninety (90) days after the date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved.
ISSUED AND GIVEN UN­DER MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF SAID COURT on this the 1st day of June, 2017, at Edna, Jackson County, Texas.
SHARON MATHIS,
Clerk of the District Court of Jackson County, Texas
By Deputy Julie Garza
115 West Main, Room 203
Edna, Texas 77957

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