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LEGAL NOTICE

LERNER, SAMPSON, & ROTHFUSS

Attorneys At Law

120 East Fourth Street, 8th Floor

P.O. Box 5480

Cincinnati, Ohio 45201-5480

IN THE COURT OF

COMMON PLEAS,

MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO

120 Market Street

Youngstown, Ohio 44503-1751

Telephone: 1-513-241-3100

Case No. 02CV 2626

Judge John M. Durkin

NOTICE IN SUIT FOR

FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., C/O EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION

PLAINTIFF,

VS.

BOBBY MCELRATH, ET AL.,

DEFENDANTS.

Bobby McElrath and Augustine L. McElrath, whose last known address is 1510 Forest View, Youngstown, OH 44505, and the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, executors, administrators, spouses and assigns and the unknown guardians of minors and/or incompetent heirs of Bobby McElrath and Augustine L. McElrath, all of whose residences are unknown and cannot by reasonable diligence be ascertained, will take notice that on the 30th day of August, 2002, Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., c/o EMC Mortgage Corporation filed its Complaint in the Common Pleas Court of Mahoning County Ohio in Case No. 02CV 2626 on the docket of the Court, and the object and demand for relief of which pleading is to foreclose the lien of plaintiff's mortgage recorded upon the following described real estate, to wit:

PROPERTY LOCATED AT: 1510 Forest View, Youngstown, OH 44505 and being more particularly described in plaintiff's mortgage recorded in Mortgage Book 2761, page 280, of this County Recorder's Office.

PERMANENT PARCEL NO. 53-102-0-104.00

All of the above named defendants are required to answer within twenty-eight (28) days after last publication, which shall be published once a week for six consecutive weeks, said answer day being the 31st day of January, 2003, or they might be denied a hearing in this case.

LERNER, SAMPSON & ROTHFUSS,

Attorneys for Plaintiff.

Nov 29; Dec 6,13,20,27, 2002; Jan 3, 2003  02-03078