SUMMONS
STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF ONONDAGA _____ MIDFIRST BANK, Plaintiff, vs. Any unknown heirs to the Estate of COLLEEN Q. JACKSON A/K/A COLLEEN JACKSON, next of kin, devisees, legatees, distributees, grantees, assignees, creditors, lienors, trustees, executors, administrators or successors in interest, as well as the respective heirs at law, next of kin, devisees, legatees, distributees, grantees, assignees, creditors, lienors, trustees, executors, administrators or successors in interest, of the aforesaid classes of persons, if they or any of them be dead, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff; CHIVON L. JACKSON; NATAJAH S. BELL MARTIN; KYRESHIA Q. JACKSON; ROBERT J. STONE, as duly appointed Commissioner of Social Services of Onondaga County; SYNCHRONY BANK; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION & FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA O/B/O INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; and “JOHN DOE” and “MARY DOE,” (Said names being fictitious, it being the intention of plaintiff to designate any and all occupants, tenants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises being foreclosed herein.) Defendants. _____ Filed: 09/02/2025 Index No.: 009463/2025 SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 247 Matson Avenue West a/k/a 247 West Matson Avenue Syracuse, (City of Syracuse (formerly Town of Onondaga)) NY 13205 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on Plaintiff's attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is for the foreclosure of: Mortgage bearing the date of September 20, 1991, executed by Colleen Q. Jackson to Affordable Mortgagee Corp. to secure the sum of $49,600.00, and interest, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Onondaga County on September 20, 1991 in Book: 6005 Page: 47. That Affordable Mortgagee Corp. duly assigned said Note and Mortgage to Countywide Funding Corporation by Assignment dated September 20, 1991 and recorded on October 15, 1991 in the Office of the Clerk of Onondaga County in Book: 6029 Page: 286. That Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. dba: America's Wholesale Lender formerly known as: Countrywide Funding Corporation duly assigned said Note and Mortgage to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. by Assignment dated October 14, 1998 and recorded on November 19, 1998 in the Office of the Clerk of Onondaga County in Book: 9856 Page: 284. That Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. duly assigned said Note and Mortgage to Aurora Loan Services Inc. by Assignment dated April 22, 2004 and recorded on May 4, 2004 in the Office of the Clerk of Onondaga County in Instrument No.: 4251804 Book: 13946 Page: 0367. Loan Modification bearing the date of September 30, 2004, executed by Colleen Q. Jackson to Aurora Loan Services, Inc. to secure the sum of $50,015.79, with interest, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Onondaga County on October 20, 2004 in Instrument No.: 6993004 Book: 14172 Page: 0527. That Aurora Loan Services Inc. duly assigned said Note and Mortgage to MidFirst Bank, A Federally Chartered Savings Association by Assignment dated September 26, 2014 and recorded on October 21, 2014 in the Office of the Clerk of Onondaga County in Book: 17604 Page: 0793 Instrument No.: 35302. Loan Modification bearing the date of November 20, 2014, executed by Colleen Q. Jackson to MidFirst Bank, a federally chartered savings association to secure the sum of $32,458.23, with interest, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Onondaga County on January 27, 2015 in Book: 17669 Page: 0465 Instrument No.: 2540. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the Mortgaged Premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. Plaintiff designates Onondaga County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the County in which the Mortgaged Premises is situated. Section: 072. Block: 01 Lot: 03.0 DATED: August 29, 2025 Rochester, New York NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the Mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your Mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DAVIDSON FINK LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 400 Meridian Centre Blvd., Ste. 200 Rochester, New York 14618 Tel: (585) 760-8218 WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. SCHEDULE A LEGAL DESCRIPTION ALL that tract or parcel of land, situate in the City of Syracuse (formerly Town of Onondaga), County of Onondaga, and State of New York, on Lot No. One Hundred Eight (108) of the Onondaga Reservation and known and distinguished as Lot No. Sixty-Five (65) in Block “B” of the Van Heusen and Matson Tract as same is laid down and designated on a map of said tract made by Arthur V. Meeker, C.E. and filed with the Clerk of the Onondaga County, July 13, 1885, said lot being about forty (40) feet on Matson Avenue and One Hundred thirty-five (135) feet deep.
