IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF WETZEL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
HARRISON COUNTY
COAL RESOURCES, INC.,
Petitioner/Plaintiff,
v. Civil Action No.24-C-26 Judge Jeffrey D. Cramer
MITCHELL M. ICE; NORMAN VERNON MEREDITH
JR.;
NORVELL GENE MEREDITH; MARY LOU
MEREDITH-MYLES; CINDA LEE MCCLENDON;
JUDITH A. AHMAD f/k/a JUDITH A. RUMMEL; BRYAN C. PONDER f/k/a BRYAN C. ICE; COREY
ROESSLER; LEE PATRICK ICE; LISA LYNN ICE
CRESPO; LORY JAMES ICE; JAMES LEE CU
MINGS II; LISA LYNN BURDICK f/k/a LISA LYNN
WALEN; GEORGE MILANOVIC; JANICE
DONKERSLOOT ICE; ROBERT W. ICE; GLENIS I. MILLER f/k/a GLENIS FLESHMAN f/k/a GLENIS
BARKER; LINDA LOU WILSON f/k/a LINDA SKIMORE; LESTER F. TRESIZE; CARMINE TRESIZE; GINGER
CARPENTER; CONNIE SALEH a/k/a CONSTANCE
ANN SALEH; PAMELA OURS; HOWARD DUANE
GUMP; RUBY MAE MILLER; VIOLET MARLENE
EVANS
f/k/a VIOLET MARLENE GUMP;
HEIRS OF HELEN MARIE ICE; HEIRS OF JACK
LAWRENCE
ICE; HEIRS OF CONNIE ARBOGAST; and HEIRS OF
MIKE GUMP.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
This action seeks partition of certain coal interests
within and underlying a certain tract of land consisting of approximately 0.1875 gross acres, more or less, located in Grant District, Wetzel County, West Virginia (the
“Subject Coal”) pursuant to West Virginia Code Section 37-4- 1 et seq. The surface estate overlying the Subject Coal is identified by the Wetzel County Assessor’s
Office as Tax Map 30, Parcels 15.1, 39.1, and 39.2.
It appearing by affidavit filed in this action that Plaintiff Harrison County Coal Resources, Inc (“HCCR”) has
exercised due diligence to ascertain the residences or
whereabouts of the Heirs of Helen Marie Ice, the Heirs
of Jack Lawrence Ice, the Heirs of Connie Arbogast, and the Heirs of Mike Gump and therefore desires to serve said Defendants by publication pursuant to West Virginia Rule of Civil Procedure 4(e)(1)(C) and 4(e)(1)(E) as there may be persons, other than those named in the Complaint as defendants, with interests in the Subject Coal of this action, whose names are
unknown to HCCR and who are made defendants by
the general description of unknown defendants.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that the Heirs of
Helen Marie Ice, the Heirs of Jack Lawrence Ice, the
Heirs of Connie
Arbogast, and the Heirs of Mike Gump and any and all
parties who claim interests in the Subject Coal must
appear and serve upon Plaintiff Harrison County Coal Resources, Inc.’s counsel, Roger S. Christenson II,
Stephenee R. Gandee, and Timothy M. McKeen of the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, whose
address is 400 White Oaks Boulevard, Bridgeport, West
Virginia 26330, an Answer or other defense to the
Complaint filed in this action by July 19, 2024, which is not fewer than thirty days after the date of the first
publication of this notice, otherwise judgment by default will be rendered against him or her at any
time thereafter.
A copy of the Complaint can be obtained from the
Circuit Clerk’s office in the Wetzel County Courthouse located at 200 Main Street, New Martinsville, West
Virginia 26155.
Entered by the Clerk of the Court this 7th day of June, 2024.
ENTER:
Lori Wetzel McCoy
Circuit Clerk of Wetzel County
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