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LEGAL NOTICE

JOHN D. CLUNK

TED A. HUMBERT

TIMOTHY R. BILLICK

ROBERT R. HOOSE

MICHAEL L. WIERY

CHARLES V. GASIOR

JAMES C. WRENTMORE

Attorneys At Law

JOHN D. CLUNK CO., LPA

5601 Hudson Drive, Suite 400

Hudson, Ohio 44236

Telephone: 1-330-342-8203

IN THE COURT OF

COMMON PLEAS,

MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO

120 Market Street

Youngstown, Ohio 44503-1751

Case No. 05CV 4668

AMERIQUEST FUNDING, II, REO SUBSIDIARY, LLC

PLAINTIFF,

VS.

DONTAE L. LUCAS-DOWARD, ET AL.

DEFENDANTS.

Dontae L. Lucas-Doward, whose last place of residence is known as 234 East Lucius Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio 44502-1969, but whose present place of residence is unknown and Jane Doe or John Doe, Unknown Spouse, if any, of Dontae L. Lucas-Doward, whose last place of residence is known as 234 East Lucius Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio 44502-1969, but whose present place of residence is unknown, will take notice that on the 22nd day of December, 2005, Ameriquest Funding, II, REO Subsidiary, LLC, filed its Complaint in Foreclosure in Case No. 05CV 4668 in the Court of Common Pleas, Mahoning County, Ohio, alleging that the Defendants, Dontae L. Lucas-Doward and Jane Doe or John Doe, Unknown Spouse, if any, of Dontae L. Lucas-Doward, have or claim to have an interest in the real estate described below:

SITUATED IN THE CITY OF YOUNGSTOWN, COUNTY OF MAHONING AND IN THE STATE OF OHIO:

AND KNOWN AS BEING YOUNGSTOWN CITY LOT NUMBER 31352 ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ENUMERATION OF LOTS IN SAID CITY AS RECORDED IN VOLUME 17 OF PLATS, PAGE 71, MAHONING COUNTY RECORDS. SAID LOT HAS A FRONTAGE OF 43 FEET ON THE NORTHERLY LINE OF LUCIUS AVENUE AND EXTENDS BACK ON ITS WESTERLY LINE 150 FEET, AND ON ITS EASTERLY LINE 150 FEET, HAVING A REAR LINE OF 43 FEET, AS APPEARS BY SAID PLAT, BE THE SAME MORE OR LESS, BUT SUBJECT TO ALL LEGAL HIGHWAYS.

Known for street numbering purposes as 234 East Lucius Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio 44502-1969

PERMANENT PARCEL NO. 53-117-0-395.00-0

The Petitioner further alleges that by reason of default of the Defendant(s) in the payment of a promissory note, according to its tenor, the conditions of a concurrent mortgage deed given to secure the payment of said note and conveying the premises described, have been broken, and the same has become absolute.

  The Petitioner prays that the Defendant(s) named above be required to answer and set up their interest in said real estate or be forever barred from asserting the same, for foreclosure of said mortgage, the marshalling of any liens, and the sale of said real estate, and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of Petitioner‘s claim in the proper order of its priority, and for such other and further relief as is just and equitable.

THE DEFENDANT(S) NAMED ABOVE ARE REQUIRED TO ANSWER ON OR BEFORE THE 2nd DAY OF MAY, 2006.

THE LAW OFFICES OF

JOHN D. CLUNK CO., LPA

BY:  JOHN D. CLUNK, #0005376

TED A. HUMBERT, #0022307

TIMOTHY R. BILLICK, #0010390,

ROBERT R. HOOSE, #0074544,

MICHAEL L. WIERY, #0068898,

CHARLES V. GASIOR, #0075946,

JAMES C. WRENTMORE, #0046779,

Attorneys for Plaintiff-Petitioner.

Feb 28; Mar 7,14,21,28; Apr 4, 2006    06-00293