Public Notice
CITATION BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF UPSHUR §
In the name and by the authority of the State of Texas
Notice is hereby given as follows:
To UNKNOWN HEIRS OF RICHARD TAYLOR AND THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF BETTY TAYLOR, and all other persons, including adverse claimants, owning or having or claiming any legal or equitable interest in or lien upon the following described property delinquent to Plaintiff herein, for taxes, to-wit:
ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE DAVID FERGUSON SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 158, UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING A PART OF AN 83 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED IN RELEASE OF LIEN RECORDED IN VOL. 158, PAGE 328, DEED RECORDS, UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS IN EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED TO TAX LIEN TRANSFER CONTRACT FROM THOMAS CASE AND CANDICE CASE TO PANACEA FUND I, LLC RECORDED UNDER DOCUMENT #202405919 IN THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS
Which said property is delinquent to Plaintiff for taxes in the following amounts: $31,182.68, exclusive of interest, penalties, and costs, and there is included in this suit in addition to the taxes all said interest, penalties, and costs thereon, allowed by law up to and including the day of judgment herein.
You are hereby notified that suit has been brought by Panacea Fund I, LLC, as Plaintiff, against Thomas Case, Candice Case, Amanda Vermeulen, Richard Taylor aka Adam Taylor aka Richard Adam Taylor, Unknown Heirs of Richard Taylor, The Unknown Heirs of Betty Taylor and Upshur County, Upshur County Emergency Services District #1 and Union Grove Independent School District, by First Amended Petition filed on October 12, 2026, in a suit styled Panacea Fund I, LLC vs Thomas Case, ET AL for collection of taxes on said property and that said suit is now pending in the District Court of Upshur County, Texas, 115th Judicial District, and the file number is 25-230-DCCV-00214, that the names of all taxing units which assess and collect taxes on the property hereinabove described are parties to this suit.
Plaintiff and all other taxing units who may set up their tax claims herein seek recovery of delinquent ad valorem taxes on the property hereinabove described, and in addition to the taxes all interest, penalties, and costs allowed by law thereon up to and including the day of judgment herein, and the establishment and foreclosure of liens, if any, securing the payment of same, as provided by law.
All parties to this suit, including plaintiff, defendants, and intervenors, shall take notice that claims not only for any taxes which were delinquent on said property at the time this suit was filed but all taxes becoming delinquent thereon at any time thereafter up to the day of judgment, including all interest, penalties, and costs allowed by law thereon, may, upon request therefore, be recovered herein without further citation or notice to any parties herein, and all said parties shall take notice of and plead and answer to all claims and pleadings now on file and which may hereafter be filed in said cause by all other parties herein, and all of those taxing units above named who may intervene herein and set up their respective tax claims against said property.
You are hereby commanded to appear and defend such suit on the first Monday after the expiration of forty-two days from and after the date of issuance hereof, the same being the 7th day of December, 2026 before the honorable District Court of Upshur County, Texas, to be held at the courthouse thereof, then and there to show cause why judgment shall not be rendered for such taxes, penalties, interest, and costs, and condemning said property and ordering foreclosure of the constitutional and statutory tax liens thereon for taxes due the plaintiff and the taxing units parties hereto, and those who may intervene herein, together with all interest, penalties, and costs allowed by law up to and including the day of judgment herein, and all costs of this suit.
Issued and given under my hand and seal of said court in the City of Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas, on October 19, 2026.
HARRISON & DUNCAN PLLC 8700 Crownhill Blvd, Suite 505 San Antonio, TX 78209
Melissa Chevalier
Clerk of the District Court
Upshur County, Texas,
115th Judicial District
By: B.W., DEPUTY