SUMMONS – SERVICE 

BY PUBLICATION

STATE OF INDIANA )

COUNTY OF WELLS )

) SS: 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF 

WELLS COUNTY 

BLUFFTON, INDIANA 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. )

PLAINTIFF )

vs )

CORNELIUS BLANTON, JR.; )

COLLEEN D. BLANTON A/K/A )

COLLEEN D. SMITH; THE )

SECRETARY OF HOUSING )

AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; )

SNOW & SAUERTEIG, LLP; )

NEW WORLD COLLECTIONS, )

INC. )

DEFENDANTS )

CAUSE NO: 

90C01-2311-MF-000026

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:

Property located in the State of Indiana, County of Wells, Lot Numbered 26 as known and designated on the recorded plat of Wiley’s second addition to the city of Bluffton.

Commonly known as:

621 South Williams Street

Bluffton, IN 46714

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

Cornelius Blanton, Jr.

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 29th day of April, 2024, (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:

/s/ Brian Berger

19753-45

ATTEST:

Clerk, Wells Circuit Court

Attorney for Plaintiff

Codilis Law, LLC

8050 Cleveland Place

Merrillville, IN 46410

(219) 736-5579 

15-23-01577 

NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector.

nb 3/16, 3/23, 3/30

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