IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HANCOCK COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI AMERICAN PRIDE PROPERTIES, LLC PLAINTIFF VERSUS CAUSE NO.

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF

HANCOCK COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

AMERICAN PRIDE PROPERTIES, LLC

PLAINTIFF

VERSUS

CAUSE NO. 23CH1:20-cv-23 MA

JAMES BROWN; ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS

OF JAMES BROWN; HANCOCK BANK; HANCOCK COUNTY,

MISSISSIPPI; JOEL SMITH, IN HIS

CAPACITY AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR HANCOCK COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; AND ALL OTHER

PERSONS, FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS

HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR

EQUITABLE INTEREST IN THE WITHIN DESCRIBED LAND LOCATED IN

HANCOCK COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI,

WHICH WAS SOLD FOR HANCOCK COUNTY, MISSISSIPPPI TAXES ON

AUGUST 31, 2017

VIZ: 1 BLK 53 FAVRES ADD TO TOWN OF PEARLINGTON 

SEC 19 TWP 09 RANGE 16W

PARCEL #: 185F-2-19-127.000

DISTRICT:2459 CITY:0 SCHOOL:2

PPIN#: 000018596

DEFENDANTS                                      

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

TO: JAMES BROWN; ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS

OF JAMES BROWN; HANCOCK BANK; HANCOCK COUNTY,

MISSISSIPPI; JOEL SMITH, IN HIS

CAPACITY AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR HANCOCK COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; AND ALL OTHER

PERSONS, FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS

HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR

EQUITABLE INTEREST IN THE WITHIN DESCRIBED LAND LOCATED IN

HANCOCK COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI,

WHICH WAS SOLD FOR HANCOCK COUNTY, MISSISSIPPPI TAXES ON

AUGUST 31, 2017

VIZ: 1 BLK 53 FAVRES ADD TO TOWN OF PEARLINGTON 

SEC 19 TWP 09 RANGE 16W

PARCEL #: 185F -2-19-127.000

DISTRICT:2459 CITY:0 SCHOOL:2

PPIN#: 000018596     

NOTICE

This is a suit by AMERICAN PRIDE

PROPERTIES, LLC, to quiet and confirm title in themselves to that certain property legally described as:

DESCRIPTION OF LAND: 1 BLK 53

FAVRES ADD TO TOWN OF

PEARLINGTON

SEC 19 TWP 09 RANGE 16W

PARCEL #: 185F-2-19-127.000

DISTRICT:2459 CITY:0 SCHOOL:2

PPIN#: 000018596

Plaintiff, AMERICAN PRIDE PROPERTIES, LLC obtained its interest in the subject

property by virtue of a Quitclaim Deed and Assignmentgranted by MS TL LLC RAI, MS TL, LLC dated 12/4/2019 and recorded on 12/23/2019 in Book 2019 at Page 15306 in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Hancock County, Mississippi.  MS TL, LLC being the highest and best bidder at the tax sale dated 08/31/17 for the 2016 Hancock County ad valorem taxes which were not redeemed, was granted a Chancery Clerk's Conveyance for said property on 11/18/19 which was

recorded on 11/18/19 in Book 2019 at Page 14045 in the Office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk. 

If you have a legal or equitable claim or

interest in this property, you are required to mail or hand-deliver a copy of your response to the Complaint to Quiet and Confirm Title and For Other Relief to the attorney for

Plaintiffs, Negrotto & Associates, PLLC, c/o Lewie G. "Skip" Negrotto, IV, the attorney for Plaintiffs, whose post office address is 133 Davis Avenue, Ste. L, Pass Christian, MS  39571.  YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED WITHIN THIRTY DAYS FROM THE 22ND DAY OF JANUARY 2020, WHICH IS THE DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR

DELIVERED, A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE

COMPLAINT.

You must also file the original of your

Response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward.  The address of the Clerk of this Court is 152 Main Street, Suite A, Bay St. Louis, MS 39520

Timothy A. Kellar, Chancery Clerk

Hancock County, Mississippi

DATED: 1/21/2020

BY: Cassie Tribble      

DEPUTY CLERK

Publish Three (3) times: 01/22/20, 01/29/20, 02/05/20