Lawsuit for collection of delinquent property taxes in San Antonio.

CITATION BY PUBLICATION    SUIT NO. 2015TA104220        STATE OF TEXAS X    COUNTY OF BEXAR X      In the name and by the authority of the State of Texas, notice is hereby given as follows to:    DEFENDANTS    DORIS JEFFERSON FKA DORIS V. SCATES AND JAS E. JEFFERSON    if living, and if any or all of the above named Defendant(s) be dead, the unknown heirs of each or all of the said named persons who may be dead; and the unknown heirs of the unknown heirs of the above named persons; and the unknown owner or owners of the described property; and the executors, administrators, guardians, legal representatives, legatees, devisees of the above named persons, and who own of or claim some interest in the described property and any and all other persons, including adverse claimants, owning or having any legal or equitable interest in or lien upon the following described property.    PROPERTY    New City Block 8996 Block 15 Lots 26 And 27 In The City Of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, As Shown In Volume 02373, Page 0440 Of The Deed And Plat Records Of Bexar County, Texas    Which property is delinquent to Plaintiff(s) for taxes in the amount of $523.66, 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.    You have been sued. You may employ an attorney.  You are hereby commanded to appear and defend such suit on the first Monday after the expiration of forty-two (42) days from and after the date of issuance hereof.  If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation, a judgment may be taken against you.  In addition to filing a written answer with the clerk, you may be required to make initial disclosures to the other parties of this suit.  These disclosures generally must be made no later than 30 days after you file your answer with the clerk.  Find out more at TexasLawHelp.org.    You are hereby notified that suit has been brought by BEXAR COUNTY, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO and EDGEWOOD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT as Plaintiff(s), against the above named person(s) as Defendant(s), by Original Petition filed on the 10th day of December, 2015, in a certain suit styled BEXAR COUNTY, ET AL vs. MANUEL M. SCATES, ET AL, which includes the following defendants:  Manuel M. Scates, Doris Jefferson FKA Doris V. Scates and Jas E. Jefferson, for collection of the taxes on the property and that the suit is now pending in the District Court of Bexar County, Texas, 150th Judicial District, and the file number of said suit is NO. 2015TA104220, that the names of all taxing units which assess and collect taxes on the property above described, not made parties to this suit, are: NONE    Plaintiff(s) and all other taxing units who may set up their tax claims herein seek recovery of delinquent ad valorem taxes on the property above described, and in addition to the taxes all interest, penalties, and costs allowed by law thereon up to and including the day of judgment, post judgment interest at the maximum rate allowed by law; and the establishment and foreclosure of liens, if any, securing the payment of same, as provided by law.    All parties to this suit shall take notice that claims not only for any taxes which were delinquent on the property at the time this suit was filed but all taxes becoming delinquent at any time thereafter up to the day of judgment, including all interest, penalties, and costs allowed by law, may, upon request, be recovered without further citation or notice to any parties, and all parties shall take notice of and plead and answer to all claims and pleadings now on file and which may hereafter be filed in this cause by all other parties, and all of those taxing units above named who may intervene and set up their respective tax claims against the property.    You are hereby commanded to appear and defend such suit on the first Monday after the expiration of forty-two (42) days from and after the date of issuance hereof, the same being the 6th day of April, 2026, before the honorable District Court of Bexar 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(s) and the taxing unit 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, and all costs of this suit.    Issued and given under my hand and seal of said court in the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, this the 29th day of January, 2026.    GLORIA A. MARTINEZ  Clerk of the District Court  Bexar County, Texas  150th Judicial District    By: Jode Sanchez  Deputy