Public Notice
CITATION BY PUBLICATION
The State of Texas
TO: MARK L. WRIGHT AND WIFE, ADELIA WRIGHT, OR THEIR UNKNOWN HEIRS, Defendants in the cause described in this citation.
You are hereby commanded to appear by filing a written answer to the Petitioner’s Petition at or before ten o’clock A.M. on the Monday after the expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance of this Citation, same being: July 28, 2025, at or before ten o’clock A.M. before the Honorable District Court of Upshur County, Texas at the Courthouse of said County.
You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the Clerk who issued this Citation by ten o’clock A.M. on the Monday above specified, a Default Judgement may be taken against you.
Said Petition was filed in said Court on the 9th day of June, 2025, in this Cause No. 25-230-DCCV-00160, on the docket of said Court and styled,
SABINE EAST TEXAS BASIN, LLC
vs.
MARK L. WRIGHT AND WIFE, ADELIA WRIGHT OR THEIR UNKNOWN HEIRS
A brief statement of the nature of this suit is as follows, to-wit:
This suit is a petition for appointment of a Receiver to execute an oil, gas, and mineral lease(s) covering Defendants’ unleased undivided mineral interests. The mineral interests owned by the Defendants are in and under the following tracts of land:
TRACT 7A:
11.0 acres, more or less, being the same land described in that certain Warranty Deed with Vendor’s Lien dated January 19, 1988, from Foy C. Smith and wife, Marvel Jane Smith, to Scott Robertson and Pamela Robertson, recorded in Volume 2, Page 623, of the Official Records of Upshur County, Texas.
TRACT 7B:
9.0 acres, more or less, being the same land described in that certain Warranty Deed dated January 11, 1990, from Foy C. Smith and wife, Marvel Jane Smith, to Scott Dean Robertson and wife, Pamela Kay Anderson, recorded in Volume 55, Page 452 of the Official Records of Upshur County, Texas
TRACT 8:
58.505 acres, more or less, being the same land described in that certain Warranty Deed dated November 10, 1992, from Foy Charles Smith and wife, Marvel Jane Smith, to James Clinton Lum and wife, Jackie Plemons Lum, recorded in Volume 220, Page 431, of the Official Records of Upshur County, Texas.
TRACT 9:
12.0 acres, more or less, being the same land described as two tracts in that certain Warranty Deed dated April 11, 1975, from Foy C. Smith and wife, Marvel Jane Smith, to Glenn A. Voirin and wife, Jean Voirin, recorded in Volume 368, Page 142, of the Deed Records of Upshur County, Texas
TRACT 10:
6.00 acres of land, more or less, being a part of approximately 99.005 acres of land, more or less located in the J.B.B. Davenport Survey, A-1, Upshur County, Texas, and being all of the residue a called 85 acre tract described as “Tract I” in that certain Warranty Deed with Vendor’s Lien dated June 19, 1967, from E.O. Wooley and wife, Henrietta Wooley, to Foy C. Smith and wife, Marvel Jane Smith, recorded in Volume 311, Page 20, of the Deed Records of Upshur County, Texas: SAVE & EXCEPT 58.505 acres, more or less, being the same land described in that certain Warranty Deed dated November 10, 1992, from Foy Charles Smith and wife, Marvel Jane Smith, to James Clinton Lum and wife, Jackie Plemons Lum, recorded in Volume 220, Page 431, of the Official Records of Upshur County, Texas, ALSO SAVE & EXCEPT 12.0 acres, more or less, being the same land described as two tracts in that certain Warranty Deed dated April 11, 1975, from Foy C. Smith and wife, Marvel Jane Smith, to Glenn A. Voirin and wife, Jean Voirin, recorded in Volume 368, Page 142, of the Deed Records of Upshur County, Texas; ALSO SAVE & EXCEPT 2.0 acres, more or less, being the same land described in that certain Warranty Deed dated December 6, 1984, from Foy C. Smith and wife, Marvel Jane Smith to Scott Dean Robertson and wife, Pamela Kay Robertson, recorded in Volume 462, Page 32, of the Deed Records of Upshur County, Texas; ALSO SAVE & EXCEPT 0.5 acres, more or less, being the same land described in that certain Warranty Deed dated September 4, 1976, from Foy C. Smith and wife, Marvel Jane Smith, to Pritchett Water Supply Corporation, recorded in Volume 378, Page 804, of the Deed Records of Upshur County, Texas; ALSO SAVE & EXCEPT 11.0 acres, more or less, being the same and described in that certain Warranty Deed with Vendor’s Lien dated January 19, 1988, from Foy C. Smith and wife, Marvel Jane Smith, to Scott Robertson and Pamela Robertson, recorded in Volume 2, Page 623, of the Official Records of Upshur County, Texas; ALSO SAVE AND EXCEPT 9.0 acres, more or less, being the same land described in that certain Warranty Deed dated January 11, 1990, from Foy C. Smith and wife, Marvel Jane Smith, to Scott Dean Robertson and wife, Pamela Kay Anderson, recorded in Volume 55, Page 452 of the Official Records of Upshur County, Texas;
LEAVING HEREIN 6.00 acres of land, more or less.
TRACT 11:
2.0 acres, more or less, being the same land described in that certain Warranty Deed dated December 6, 1984, from Foy C. Smith and wife, Marvel Jane Smith, to Scott Dean Robertson and wife, Pamela Kay Robertson, recorded in Volume 462, Page 32 of the Deed Records of Upshur County, Texas.
TRACT 12:
0.5 acres, more or less, being the same land described in that certain Warranty Deed dated September 4, 1976, from Foy C. Smith and wife, Marvel Jane Smith, to Pritchett Water Supply Corporation, recorded in Volume 378, Page 804, of the Deed Records of Upshur County, Texas
If this Citation is not served within ninety (90) days after the date of issuance, it shall be returned unserved.
The officer executing this process shall promptly execute the same according to the law, and make due return as the law directs.
Issued and given under my hand and seal of Court, at Office in Upshur County, Texas, this the 9th day of June, 2025.
Attest: DISTRICT CLERK,
UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS
B.P. Deputy
Petitioner’s Attorney:
Thomas F. Dougherty
Law Offices of Tom Dougherty, PLLC
1025 Pruitt Pl., Suite 6
Tyler, Texas 75703
Texas Bar No: 24087441
tom@dougherty-law.com
(903) 530-6724