SUMMONS – SERVICE 

BY PUBLICATION

STATE OF INDIANA )

) SS:

COUNTY OF WELLS )

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF

WELLS COUNTY

BLUFFTON, INDIANA

FIFTH THIRD BANK, )

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION )

PLAINTIFF )

vs )

RICKEY D. WATSON A/K/A RICK )

D. WATSON, DECEASED; APRIL )

A. WATSON, PERSONAL )

REPRESENTATIVE OF THE )

ESTATE OF RICKEY D. )

WATSON A/K/A RICK D. )

WATSON, DECEASED; COLTON )

R. WATSON; MADISON P. )

WATSON; UNKNOWN HEIRS )

AND/OR DEVISEES OF RICKEY )

D. WATSON A/K/A RICK D. )

WATSON, DECEASED; ESTATE )

OF RICKEY D. WATSON A/K/A )

RICK D. WATSON, DECEASED )

DEFENDANTS )

CAUSE NO:

90C01-2307-MF-000015

NOTICE OF SUIT

To the defendants above named, and any other person who may be concerned.

You are notified that you have been sued in the Court above named.

The nature of the suit against you is the foreclosure of a mortgage upon the property legally described as follows:

Part of Lots Numbered Two Hundred Sixty-nine (269), Two Hundred Seventy (270), and Two Hundred Seventy-one (271) as known and designated on the recorded plat of Oak Park Addition to the City of Bluffton, in the Office of the Recorder of Wells County, Indiana, described as follows:

Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Lot Number 269; thence East 90.50 feet along the North line of said Lots 269, 270, and 271; thence South 89.50 feet parallel with the West line of said Lot Number 271; thence West 90.75 feet parallel with the North line of said Lots 269, 270, and 271 to West line of said Lot Number 269; thence North 89.50 feet along said West line to the Place of Beginning.

Commonly known as:

726 West Silver Street

Bluffton, IN 46714

This summons by publication is specifically directed to the following defendant(s) whose whereabouts are unknown.

Madison P. Watson 

Unknown Heirs and/or Devisees of Rickey D. Watson A/K/A Rick D. Watson, Deceased

In addition to the above-named defendants being served by this summons, there may be other defendants who have an interest in this lawsuit.

An answer or other appropriate response in writing to the Complaint must be filed either by you or your attorney with the Clerk of the Court for Wells County at:

Clerk of Wells County

Courthouse,

102 West Market Street 

Bluffton, IN 46714

on or before the 9th day of October, 2023, (the same being thirty (30) days after the Third Notice of Suit), and if you fail to do so a judgment may be entered against you for what the plaintiff has demanded.

Codilis Law, LLC

Electronically Signed by:

Robert S. Kruszynski

15488-45

ATTEST:

Clerk, Wells Circuit Court

Attorney for Plaintiff

Codilis Law, LLC

8050 Cleveland Place

Merrillville, IN 46410

(219) 736-5579

15-23-00869

NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector.

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