This case involves a title dispute over land ownership in Upshur County.

CAUSE NO. 26-230-DCCV-00052MYRA LEA LAMBERT,	  		  §	IN THE 115th JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXASPLAINTIFF						VS.	  		THE HEIRS OF MILDRED BISHOP,	  		DECEASED, KENNETH R. FIELDEN,JERRY J. FIELDEN, AND BETTY J. MILLER, JESSIE VERNON BAILEY,		  §		 TODD WAYNE NEWTON, BENNITA MERRELL, RICHARD ALLEN BISHOP, BECKY EDWARDS, TIMOTHY BISHOP, AND THE HEIRS OF STACY BISHOP CASS, DECEASED, AND HER TWO CHILDREN, CHARLES JACOB 	  §(JAKE) OWENS AND AMANDA DAWN OWENS REED, AND OF THOSE DECEASED THEIRKNOWN BUT UNLOCATABLE HEIRS, THEIR UNKNOWN HEIRS AND UNKNOWNSUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, DEFENDANTS	  §		CITATION BY PUBLICATIONTO:  THE HEIRS OF MILDRED BISHOP (DECEASED), KENNETH R. FIELDEN, JERRY J. FIELDEN, AND BETTY J. MILLER, AND JESSIE VERNON BAILEY, TODD WAYNE NEWTON, BENNITA MERRELL, RICHARD ALLEN BISHOP, BECKY EDWARDS, TIMOTHY BISHOP, AND STACY BISHOP CASS (DECEASED), AND HER TWO CHILDREN, CHARLES JACOB (JAKE) OWENS AND AMANDA DAWN OWENS REED, AND AS TO EACH OF THESE WHO ARE DECEASED, THEIR KNOWN BUT UNLOCATABLE HEIRS, THEIR UNKNOWN HEIRS AND THEIR UNKNOWN SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST:NOTICE TO DEFENDANT:	“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 10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of 42 days after the date when this citation was issued, a default judgement may be taken against you.”You are hereby commanded to appear by filing a written answer to the Plaintiff's Original Petition at or before 10:00 o'clock A.M. on the Monday next after the expiration of 42 days after the date of issuance of this citation the same being Monday, April 6, 2026, before the Honorable 115th District Court of Upshur County, at the Courthouse at said County's Justice Center in Gilmer, Texas. Said Plaintiff's Original Petition was filed in said Court on the 17th day of February, 2026 in the above entitled cause.A brief statement of the nature of this suit is as follows, to wit: This case concerns various possible undivided interests created more than 60 years ago and Plaintiff seeks judgement to clean the title defects and claim full title of the surface estate of the hereinbelow land or real property by adverse possession of the five years, ten years, and twenty-five years limitations statutes plus by or under the doctrine of equitable partition and other grounds.The land that is the subject of this suit are two (2) tracts described as follows:TRACT ONE:BEING a 5.820 acres tract of land situated in the Wm. King Survey, Abstract No. 265, Upshur County, Texas, and being part of a called 5.15 acres tract of land described as “First Tract” and that tract of land described as “Sec. Tr.” in a deed to Marion O. Green, Jr. as described in Volume 462, Page 949, Deed Records of said county, said tract being part of an original called 40 acres tract of land described in Volume 57, Page 197, Deed Records, said 5.820 acres tract of and being more particularly described as follows:BEGINNING at a 3/4 inch iron pipe found at the Northwest corner of said “First Tract” same being the Southwest corner of a called 5.15 acres tract of land described in Volume 302, Page 335, Official Records, said corner being in the East line of a called 289.205 acres tract of land described in Volume 447, Page 249, Deed Records, a 1/2 inch iron rod found (Jan. 1991) at the Northwest corner of said 40 acres tract bears NORTH a distance of 398.33 feet;THENCE S 89deg 57min 09sec E (deed EAST) along the North line of said “First Tract”, same being the South line of said 5.15 acres tract described in Volume 302, Page 335, a distance of 965.24 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set for a corner in the West right-of-way line of Farm Road No. 2263 (FM 2263), a 1/2 inch iron rod set for the Northeast corner of said “First Tract” bears S89deg57min09secE a distance 722.77 feet;THENCE S 06deg 38min 14sec W along said right-of-way line a distance of 268.71 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set for a corner in the South line of said “Sec. Tr.” in Volume 462, Page 949, a 3/4 inch iron pipe found (non-record) bears N26deg16min47secE a distance of 15.79 feet;THENCE N 89deg 57min 12sec W (deed WEST) along said South line and along the North line of a called 4.44 acres tract of land described in Volume 218, Page 87, Official Records, and partially along an old crooked fence a distance of 934.28 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set for the Southwest corner of said “Sec. Tr.”, same being the Northwest corner of said 4.44 acres tract, same being in the West line of said 40 acres tract of land described in Volume 57, Page 197, an old cross tie fence corner at the Southwest corner of said 40 acres tract bears S00deg45min20secW a distance of 403.02 feet, a 3/4 inch iron pipe found bears S00deg01min17secW a distance of 8.00 feet;THENCE N 00deg 01min 17sec E (total deeds NORTH 266.94 feet) along the West line of said Green “Sec. Tr.” and said “First Tract” and along the East line of previously mentioned 289.205 acres tract described in Volume 447, Page 249 and generally along a fence a distance of 266.94 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 5.820 acres of land.TRACT TWO:BEING a 1.925 acres tract of land situated in the Wm. King Survey, Abstract No. 265, Upshur County, Texas, and being part of a called 5.15 acres tract of land described as “First Tract” in a deed to Marion O. Green, Jr. and recorded in Volume 462, Page 949, Deed Records of said county, said tract being part of an original called 40 acres tract of land described in Volume 57, Page 197, Deed Records, said 1.925 acres tract of and being more particularly described as follows:BEGINNING at a 3/4 inch iron pipe found at the Northeast corner of a called 8.185 acres tract of land described in Volume 225, Page 718, Official Records, same being the Southeast corner of said 5.15 acres tract, said corner being in a West line of a called 356.591 acres tract of land described in Volume 200, Page 758, Official Records;THENCE N 89deg 57min 11sec W along the South line of said 5.15 acres tract, same being a North line of another called 5.15 acres tract of land described as “Sec. Tr.” In Volume 462, Page 949, a distance of 635.55 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set for a corner in the East right-of-way line of Farm Road No. 2263 (FM 2263), a 3/4 inch iron pipe called to be the Northwest corner of said 8.185 acres tract bears S07deg45min51secW a distance of 15.17 feet;THENCE N 06deg 38min 14sec E along said right-of-way line a distance of 134.20 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set for a corner in the North line of said 5.15 acres tract described as “First Tract” in Volume 462, Page 949, same being the South line of another called 5.15 acres tract of land described in Volume 302, Page 335, Official Records, a 3/4 inch iron pipe found bears N06deg21min32secE a distance of 24.36 feet;THENCE S 89deg 57min 09sec E (deed EAST) along said line a distance of 622.48 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set for the Northeast corner of said Green 5.15 acres tract of land described as “First Tract” in Volume 462, Page 949, same being the Southeast corner of said 5.15 acres tract of land described in Volume 302, Page 335, said corner being in the West line of previously mentioned 356.591 acres tract as described in Volume 200, Page 758, a 1/2 inch iron pipe found (Jan. 1991) at a fence corner at the Northeast corner 40 acres tract bears N01deg03min01secE a distance of 524.05 feet;THENCE S 01deg 03min 01 sec W (deed S01degW 133.33 feet) along the East line of said Green tract and along said West line and generally along a fence a distance of 133.33 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 1.925 acres of land.Issued and given under my hand and seal of said 115th Judicial District Court of Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas this 18th day of February, 2026.													Melissa Chevalier District Clerk of the 115thJudicial District Court of Upshur County, TexasBy: BP, Clerk							Attorney for Plaintiff:Dwight A. BrannonP.O. Box 670Gilmer, Texas 75644903-843-2523