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IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT FOR THE CITY OF FITZGERALD, GEORGIA The City of Fitzgerald Plaintiff, vs. Willie Latimore, Rolande Latimore & R. Wayne Downing Defendant(s). File No. N2016-10-11 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION TO: WILLIE LATIMORE, ROLANDE LATIMORE & R. WAYNE DOWNING, defendants, and all other persons owning or in possession of or claiming any interest in or right, title, claim or demand against the hereinafter described Property, and all lienors, tenants and lessees thereof, and all other persons having an interest in or a claim to the Property: Notice is hereby given that a complaint in rem was filed by the City of Fitzgerald (the “City”) against WILLIE LATIMORE, ROLANDE LATIMORE & R. WAYNE DOWNING, Defendants, on the 31st day of October, 2016, in the Municipal Court of the City of Fitzgerald, Georgia. Said complaint is available for inspection and copying in the office of Gary Ussery, Clerk of the Municipal Court for the City of Fitzgerald, 255 Appomattox Road, Fitzgerald, GA 31750, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. In said suit the City seeks relief (consisting of the abatement of certain alleged nuisances) against certain real property that is more particularly described as follows: All of Lot No. 8, as shown on plat of survey of Tolleson Lumber Co., Inc., dated July 28, 1971, prepared by James E. Echols, Georgia Registered Land Surveyor. Said tract of land is in the City of Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia, and fronts 80 feet on South Sheridan Street Extension and runs back in a westerly direction an even depth of 100 feet, and is in Land Lot No. 301 in the Fourth Land District of Ben Hill County, Georgia. Said plat of survey was recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Ben Hill County, Georgia, in Plat Book 5, page 131, and was subsequently recorded in Plat Slide No. 177, in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Ben Hill County, Georgia, and is now recorded in Plat Slide 504 in said Clerk's Office. The abatement of nuisances may include the repair, alteration or demolition of dwellings, buildings, and other structures, and the imposition of a lien against the said property for the cost of repair, alteration, and/or demolition, including all court costs, appraisal fees, administrative costs incurred by the City in connection with this suit and all other costs necessarily associated with the abatement action, including restoration to grade of the real property after demolition. The address, if any, of said property is 911 S. Sheridan St., Fitzgerald, GA 31750. The official tax map reference for said property is 13 6 1 8. You are hereby summoned and required to appear at a hearing to be held by this Court with respect to the foregoing complaint at the Ben Hill County Probate Court, 111 S. Sheridan St., Fitzgerald, GA 31750, on the 8th day of December, 2016, at 10 o'clock, a.m., to show cause, if any there may be, why the relief prayed for in the above mentioned complaint should not be granted. You are further summoned and required to file with the Clerk of said Court and serve upon the Plaintiff's attorney, Kyle C. Cook, Jay, Sherrell, Smith, Braddy & Cook, P.C., P.O. Box 308, 101 East Pine Street, Fitzgerald, GA 31750, an answer to the foregoing complaint. Such answer must be filed prior at or prior to the commencement of said hearing. If you fail to do so, judgment may be taken against said property and you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This 21st day of November, 2016. Gary Ussery, Clerk of Municipal Court (11/30,12/7)

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