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COMMON PLEAS COURT
of MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO
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LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE COURT OF
COMMON PLEAS,
MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO
20 West Boardman Street
Youngstown, Ohio 44503
Case No. 12CV 2978
MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO,
PLAINTIFF,
VS.
ERNEST DAWSON, AKA EARNEST DAWSON, ET AL.,
DEFENDANTS.
Defendants, Ernest Dawson, aka Earnest Dawson, whose residence is unknown and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained that the names and places of residences of Defendants, Ernest Dawson, aka Earnest Dawson; Jane Doe, Unknown Spouse, if any, of Ernest Dawson aka Earnest Dawson; The Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Executors, Administrators, Legal Representatives and Surviving Spouse, if any, of Ernest Dawson aka Earnest Dawson, deceased; The Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Executors, Administrators, Legal Representatives and Surviving Spouse, if any, of Larry Gayles, deceased; The Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Executors, Administrators, Legal Representatives, and Surviving Spouse, if any, of Donnie Gayles, deceased; The Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Executors, Administrators, Legal Representatives and Surviving Spouse, if any, of Renee Gayles, aka Renee Muldrow, deceased; The Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Assignees, Executors, Administrators, Legal Representatives, and Surviving Spouse, if any, of Clory Gayles, Surviving Spouse of Rivers W. Gayles, Sr.; Bernice Green, John Doe, Unknown Spouse, if any, of Bernice Green; and the Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Assignees, Executors, Administrators, Legal Representatives and Surviving Spouse, if any, of Bernice Green are unknown and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained and upon whom service of summons cannot be had in the State of Ohio will take notice that on the 24th day of September, 2012, the Plaintiff, Daniel R. Yemma, Treasurer, Mahoning County, Ohio, filed a Foreclosure Complaint in the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to Transfer and Vest Title in the Mahoning County Reutilization Corporation, the same being Case No. 12CV 2978 in said Court. The real estate which is the subject of the within action more fully described in the Foreclosure Complaint and known as:
PERMANENT PARCEL NO.: 53-080-0-098.000
PROPERTY LOCATION: 1055 Alameda, YCL 36191.
and
PERMANENT PARCEL NO.: 53-222-0-168.000
PROPERTY LOCATION: Orrin, YCL 47278 SEC E
and
PERMANENT PARCEL NO.: 53-222-0-170.000
PROPERTY LOCATION: Orrin, YCL 47278
and
PERMANENT PARCEL NO.: 53-222-0-517.000
PROPERTY LOCATION: Vincent, YCL 47330
and
PERMANENT PARCEL NO.: 53-222-0-516.000
PROPERTY LOCATION: Vincent, YCL 47329
and
PERMANENT PARCEL NO.: 53-222-0-514.000
PROPERTY LOCATION: Vincent, YCL 47327
and
PERMANENT PARCEL NO.: 53-222-0-515.000
PROPERTY LOCATION: Vincent, YCL 47328
Plaintiff prays that the Defendants named above be required to answer and set forth their interest in said premises or be forever barred from asserting the same, that all taxes, assessments, penalties and interest due and unpaid, together with costs be found to be a good and valid first lien on such premises, that the alternative equity of redemption period set forth in O.R.C. 323.78 be foreclosed, and that the title to the subject premises be transferred to and title vested in the Mahoning County Land Reutilization Corporation without necessity of appraisal, public auction or sheriff sale.
The persons first above mentioned will take further notice that they have been made party Defendants in said Complaint and that they are required to answer on or before the 21st day of February, 2013.
PAUL J. GAINS,
Mahoning County Prosecutor
BY: THOMAS N. MICHAELS
Assistant Prosecutor,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Jan 10,17,24, 2013 13-00005
