NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
OHIO CIVIL RULE 4.4(A)
Legal Notice to state as follows:
To the Defendants: Unknown Heirs, Legatees and Devisees, if any, of Ben Browning, Jr. and Kathryn M. Smith, whose address are unknown:
In the Fairfield County Clerk of Courts
Hall of Justice- 2nd Floor
224 E. Main Street
Lancaster, Ohio 43130
Fairfield County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas
Plaintiff:
The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York as Successor Trustee for
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Case No. 2026 CV 00393 Trustee for Novastar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2006-3 Novastar Home Equity Loan Judge: David A. Trimmer
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-3
Defendants:
Unknown Heirs, Legatees and Devisees, if any, of Ben Browning, Jr., et al.
Case No. 2026 CV 00393
Judge: David A. Trimmer
Plaintiff has brought this action naming Unknown Heirs, Legatees and Devisees, if any, of Ben Browning, Jr. and Kathryn M. Smith as a Defendant in the above-named court by filing its Complaint on April 7, 2026.
The object of the Complaint is to foreclose the mortgage against Defendants. The prayer is that Plaintiff be found to have a good and valid first lien on the within-described premises, in the amount as set forth in the Complaint, and accrued interest and penalties, if any; that each of the Defendants be required to answer setting up their interest, if any, in said premises, or be forever barred from asserting same; that unless the amount found due the Plaintiff be paid within a reasonable time to be named by the Court, the equity of redemption of said Defendants shall be foreclosed, and an Order of Sale issued to the Plaintiff for it to be directed to sell said premises as upon execution, and for such other relief as Plaintiff may be entitled.
All the following described real estate:
Situated in the County of Fairfield, in the City of Lancaster, and in the State of Ohio:
Situate in the City of Lancaster, County of Fairfield, State of Ohio, and being Lot Number 308 of THE COLE MARTIN TOWSON ADDITION to the City of
Lancaster, Ohio, as set forth on the recorded plat on the Plat Book of the office of the County Recorder.
The improvements thereon being known as 811 Grant Avenue, Lancaster, Ohio - 43130.
Parcel ID: 0531170900.
You are required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight days after the last publication of this notice, which will be published once each week for three successive weeks, and the last publication will be made on May 31, 2026.
In case of your failure to answer or otherwise respond as permitted by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure within the time stated, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.
David J. Demers, Esq. (0055423)
Cooke Demers, LLC
260 Market Street, Suite F
New Albany, Ohio 43054
614-939-0930 (phone)
614-939-0987 (fax)
Attorney for Plaintiff
May 17, 24, 31 2026
LWOO0519362
