IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF WOOD COUNTY,
WEST VIRGINIA
ROBERT H. WEAVER and
AMANDA C. WEAVER,
Plaintiffs,
- CIVIL ACTION NO. 17-C-254
LEVI E. RABER, MATTIE E. RABER,
HARRY WILLIAM SMITH,
WALTER CLINTON SMITH,
EARL HENRY SMITH, SOPHIA
CORNELIA ROGERS, VIOLET AUDRY
CUMBERLEDGE, DOROTHY MAY
BROTHERS, RUTH C. MACHNOV,
MARY E. FISHER, JOHN C. SMITH,
NORMAN REISINGER, THURMAN FISHER,
BETTY SMITH, JACQUELINE ROGERS,
CHARLES STICKLE, ALBERT C. SMITH,
VIRGINIA RUBLE, REGINA REISINGER,
CHARLIE L. BROTHERS, CARL R.
CUMBERLEDGE, KATHLEEN K.
CUMBERLEDGE, HARRY MACHNOV,
WILDA F. SMITH, GEORGE F. FISHER, SR.,
ORVILLE DENZIL ROGERS, EVA BALOGH,
HELEN STICKLE, LARRY STICKLE, EVELYN
SMITH, FURL F. RUBLE, MICHAEL
CUMBERLEDGE, MARK CUMBERLEDGE,
REBEKAH HESSON, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS
AND ASSIGNS OF H.C. SMITH and the
remaining unknown heirs, devisees, successors,
and/or assigns of any of the above and all other
unknown persons or defendants, who own or claim
to own an interest in and to the oil and gas within and
underlying that certain tract or parcel of real estate
situate in Walker District, Wood County, West
Virginia, said to contain 77 and 100/160 acres,
more or less,
Defendants.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
To: The above named Defendants, their unknown heirs, devisees, successors and/or assigns, if any.
The object of the above entitled action is for declaratory judgment recognizing, and to quiet title in and to, Plaintiffs’ interests in the oil, gas and minerals underlying that certain tract of land containing 77 and 100/160 acres, more or less, located in Walker District, Wood County, West Virginia, and certain other rights and interests related to that property, including but not limited to oil and gas lease rights, as were conveyed unto the Plaintiffs by Deed dated December 31, 1997 and of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Wood County, West Virginia in Deed Book 977, at Page 62.
It appearing by affidavit filed in this action that the whereabouts of some or all of the above named Defendants, and their unknown heirs, devisees, successors or assigns, if any, are unknown and/or that such individuals or entities are nonresidents of the State of West Virginia; that there are or may be persons other than those named above who are interested in such oil, gas and minerals and other rights and interests at issue, whose names are unknown to Plaintiffs, and who are made parties to the Complaint filed in this action by the general description of unknown defendants, and the Plaintiffs having made diligent but futile efforts to locate some or all of said Defendants; it is accordingly ORDERED that each of them do appear and serve upon William Crichton VI, Lawyer, whose address is 325 9th Street, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 26101, an answer or other defense to the Complaint filed in this action on or before the 1st day of September, 2017, otherwise judgment by default will be taken against them at any time thereafter.
A copy of said Complaint can be obtained from the undersigned Clerk at her office located in the Wood County Courthouse in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia.
Entered by the said Clerk this 19th day of July, 2017.
Teste: /s/ Carole Jones
Clerk of said Court
By: T. Williams
Deputy
Jul 24, 31, Aug 7