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LEGAL NOTICE

ALDEN CHEVLEN

Attorney At Law

5202 Nashua Drive

Youngstown, Ohio 44515

Telephone: (330) 779-3855

IN THE COURT OF

COMMON PLEAS,

MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO

120 Market Street

Youngstown, Ohio 44503-1751

Case No. 11CV 3023

YFJ LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

PLAINTIFF,

VS.

JACK AND GOLDIE HOFFMAN, ET AL

DEFENDANTS.

Jack and Goldie Hoffman, whose exact address cannot be ascertained with reasonable diligence, shall take notice that, on the 9th day of September, 2011, Plaintiff, YFJ Limited Liability Company, filed its Complaint in Foreclosure in Case No. 11CV 3023 in the Court of Common Pleas of Mahoning County, Ohio, to foreclose the liens held by it for delinquent real estate taxes, assessments, penalties, interest, charges and costs with respect to the following parcel of real property:

Tax Parcel 53-212-0-400.000

Situated in the City of Youngstown, County of Mahoning and State of Ohio: And known as being Youngstown City Lot Number 52294 according to the latest enumeration of lots in said City, formerly Sublot No. 19 in the Gray Homestead Plat, a subdivision of a part of Great Lot No. 6 of the original survey of Coitsville Township, as shown by the recorded plat of said subdivision in Volume 21 of Maps, Page 59, Mahoning County Records of Plats. Said City Lot Number 52294 is irregular in shape, having a frontage of 40 feet on the southwesterly line of Liberty Road, and extends back therefrom on the southerly line and southeasterly line a distance of 140.13 feet, and on the northerly and northwesterly line a distance of 122.23 feet and is 35.9 feet wide in the rear as appears by said plat, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways. Further described as being located on the southwesterly side of Liberty Road between Cornelia Avenue and Bott Avenue.

Tax Parcel 53-212-0-401.000

Situated in the City of Youngstown, County of Mahoning and State of Ohio: And known as being Youngstown City Lot Number 52295 according to the latest enumeration of lots in said City, formerly Sublot No. 20 in the Gray Homestead Plat, a subdivision of a part of Great Lot No. 6 of the original survey of Coitsville Township, as shown by the recorded plat of said subdivision in Volume 21 of Maps, Page 59, Mahoning County Records of Plats. Said City Lot Number 52295 is irregular in shape, having a frontage of 40 feet on the southwesterly line of Liberty Road, and extends back therefrom on the southerly line and southeasterly line a distance of 162.3 feet, and on the northerly and northwesterly line a distance of 144.54 feet and is 35.9 feet wide in the rear as appears by said plat, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways. Further described as being located on the southwesterly side of Liberty Road between Cornelia Avenue and Bott Avenue.

Tax Parcel 53-212-0-402.000

Situated in the City of Youngstown, County of Mahoning and State of Ohio: And known as being Youngstown City Lot Number 52296 according to the latest enumeration of lots in said City, formerly Sublot No. 21 in the Gray Homestead Plat, a subdivision of a part of Great Lot No. 6 of the original survey of Coitsville Township, as shown by the recorded plat of said subdivision in Volume 21 of Maps, Page 59, Mahoning County Records of Plats. Said City Lot Number 52296 is irregular in shape, having a frontage of 40 feet on the southwesterly line of Liberty Road, and extends back therefrom on the southerly line and southeasterly line a distance of 144.59 feet, and on the northerly and northwesterly line a distance of 120.74 feet and is 35.9 feet wide in the rear as appears by said plat, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways. Further described as being located on the southwesterly side of Liberty Road between Cornelia Avenue and Bott Avenue.

Tax Parcel 53-212-0-403.000

Situated in the City of Youngstown, County of Mahoning and State of Ohio: And known as being Youngstown City Lot Number 52297 according to the latest enumeration of lots in said City, formerly Sublot No. 22 in the Gray Homestead Plat. a subdivision of a part of Great Lot No. 6 of the original survey of Coitsville Township, as shown by the recorded plat of said subdivision in Volume 21 of Maps, Page 59, Mahoning County Records of Plats. Said City Lot Number 52297 is irregular in shape, having a frontage of 26.2 feet on the southwesterly line of Liberty Road, and extends back therefrom on the southerly line and southeasterly line a distance of 120.74 feet, and on the northerly line, which is also the southerly line of Bott Avenue, a distance of 108.8 feet and is 50 feet wide in the rear as appears by said plat, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways. Further described as being located on the southwesterly corner of Bott Avenue and Liberty Road.

Tax Parcel 53-212-0-412.000

Situated in the City of Youngstown, County of Mahoning and State of Ohio: And known as being part of Out Lot Number 1575 according to the latest enumeration of in lots and out lots in said City, bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point at the northwest corner of City Lot No. 52291; thence westerly along the rear line of lots fronting on Bott Street, a distance of 345 feet to a point in the center line of proposed street; thence southerly along the center line of said proposed street a distance of 145 feet to a point in the center line of Cornelia Avenue, prolongated westerly; thence easterly along the prolongation center line of said Cornelia Avenue, a distance of 345 feet to a point in the westerly terminus of Cornelia Avenue, as now platted, thence northerly along the westerly terminus of Cornelia Avenue and the westerly line of City Lot No 52291 a distance of 145 feet to the place of beginning, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways, restrictions and reservations of record.

Tax Parcel 53-212-0-413.000

Situated in the City of Youngstown, County of Mahoning and State of Ohio: And known as being part of Out Lot Number 1574 according to the latest enumeration of in lots and out lots in said City, bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point in the southerly line of Kimmel Street, where the same is intersected by the easterly line of City Lot No. 52335, prolongated; thence northerly along the easterly line of City Lot Numbers 52335 to 52324 inclusive; to a point in the center line of Cornelia Avenue; thence easterly along the center line of said Cornelia Avenue; prolongated, a distance of 400 feet to a point; thence northerly a distance of 145 feet to a point at the southwest corner of City Lot No. 52307; thence easterly along the southerly line of said City Lot Numbers 52307 and 52306 to a point in the center line of an unnamed street; thence southerly along the center line of said unnamed street, prolongated, a distance of 145 feet to a point in the center line of Cornelia Avenue, prolongated; thence easterly along the said prolongated center line of Cornelia Avenue to a point in the westerly line of City Lot No. 52291, prolongated; thence southerly to the southerly line of Cornelia Avenue; thence easterly along the southerly line of Cornelia Avenue to the westerly line of City Lot No. 52290; thence southerly along the westerly line of Said City Lot No. 52290 and 52289-52288 and 52283, to a point in the southerly line of Keturah Avenue; thence easterly along the southerly line of said Keturah Avenue to the westerly line of said City Lot No. 52281, 52280, 52279 and 52282 to the southerly line of Kimmel Street, thence westerly along the northerly line of Out Lot Number 1576, City Lot Numbers 52436, 52435, 52416, 52415, 52396, 52395 and 52378 to the place of beginning and containing within said boundaries about 14 acres of land, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways, restrictions and reservation contained in Deed recorded in Volume 353, page 406, Mahoning County Records of Deeds. Further described as being located just south of Bott Street between Gray Avenue and Liberty Road.

Tax Parcel 53-212-0-414.000

Situated in the City of Youngstown, County of Mahoning and State of Ohio: And known as being part of Out Lot Number 1575 according to the latest enumeration of in lots and out lots in said City, bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point at the southeast corner of City Lot No. 52308; thence westerly along the rear line of lots fronting on Bott Street, a distance of 320 feet to a point at the northeast corner of lands now or formerly owned by Ben C. Thompson; thence southerly along the east line of said Thompson land a distance of 120 feet to a point at the southeast corner of said Thompson lands; thence westerly along the southerly line of Thompson land a distance of 80 feet to the southeast corner of City Lot 52323; thence southerly to a point in the center line of Cornelia Avenue, prolongated easterly, thence easterly along the porlongation of said Cornelia Avenue a distance of 400 feet to a point; thence northerly and parallel to the easterly line of said Thompson lands a distance of 145 feet to the place of beginning, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways, restrictions and reservation of record. Further described as being located between Gray Avenue and Liberty Road.

Tax Parcel 53-212-0-438.000

Situated in the City of Youngstown, County of Mahoning, State of Ohio: And known as being Youngstown City Lot Number 52328 according to the latest enumerations of lots in said City, in Gray Homestead Plat, a subdivision of a part of Coitsville Township Great Lot No. 6, as shown by the recorded plat of said subdivision in Volume 21, Page 59, Mahoning County Records of Plats.

Tax Parcel 53-212-0-439.000

Situated in the City of Youngstown, County of Mahoning, State of Ohio: And known as being Youngstown City Lot Number 52329 according to the latest enumerations of lots in said City, in Gray Homestead Plat, a subdivision of a part of Coitsville Township Great Lot No. 6, as shown by the recorded plat of said subdivision in Volume 21, Page 59, Mahoning County Records of Plats.

The prayer of the Complaint is for an order transferring fee simple title to the properties to Plaintiff, free and clear of all subordinate liens. Alternatively, the prayer of the Complaint is for an order directing that the properties be sold at public auction and that the proceeds therefrom be used to satisfy Plaintiff's liens. Plaintiff further prays for such other relief as the Court may deem just, equitable, and necessary, that any and all persons claiming an interest in the properties be required to answer and set up their interest or be forever barred from asserting the same, that Plantiff's liens be found to be good and valid first liens on the properties, and that the equity of redemption of the properties be foreclosed.

The above-named Defendant is required to answer Plaintiff's Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days from the last date of publication of this notice, which notice shall be made once per week for three consecutive weeks, answer day being the 28th day of February, 2012. If said Defendant fails to timely respond, the Court may enter a default judgment against them for the relief requested in the Complaint.

BY:  ALDEN CHEVLEN,

Attorney for YFJ Limited Liability Company.

Jan 17,24,31, 2012   12-00031