IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HANCOCK COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
BRENDA HARDER
PLAINTIFF
VERSUS
NO.26-CV-200
HERBERT J. MOORE, HANCOCK COUNTY,
MISSISSIPPI; LYNN FITCH, ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; CROSBY PARKER,
DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR HANCOCK COUNTY,
MISSISSIPPI; AND ANY AND ALL PERSONS OR
PARTIES HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL
OR EQUITABLE INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY
SOLD ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 31, 2011 FOR
DELINQUENT 2010 AD VALOREM TAXES ON PARCEL
NO. 139A-40-037.000 LOCATED IN 40-8-14,
AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS
LOT 1, BLK 310 SHORELINE PARK, UNIT 3,
ADDITION 1, HANCOCK COUNTY, MS
DEFENDANTS
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF HANCOCK
TO HERBERT J. MOORE, AND, IF DECEASED, HIS KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW, LEGATEES, DEVISEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, EACH OF WHOM IS AN ADULT NON-RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, NONE OF WHOM ARE KNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFF AND EACH OF WHOM WAS NOT FOUND WITHIN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI BY PLAINTIFF AFTER DILIGENT SEARCH AND INQUIRY PERSONALLY MADE BY THE PLAINTIFF AND WHOSE NAMES, PRESENT PLACE OF RESIDENCE, POST OFFICE ADDRESS, AND STREET ADDRESS ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFF AFTER DILIGENT SEARCH AND INQUIRY TO ASCERTAIN THE SAME.
TO: ANY AND ALL PERSONS OR PARTIES, REAL OR CORPORATE, HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY SOLD ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 31, 2011 FOR DELINQUENT 2010 AD VALOREM TAXES ON PARCEL NO. 139A-0-40-.037.000 LOCATED IN 40-8-14 AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 1, BLK 310 SHORELINE PARK, UNIT 3, ADDITION 1, HANCOCK COUNTY, MS
You have been made a defendant in the suit filed in this Court by Brenda Harder seeking to quiet and confirm their tax title, pursuant to Section 11-17-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated, against all persons claiming to hold the land by title existing at the time of the sale for taxes. Defendants other than you are: Hancock County, Mississippi, the Attorney General for the State of Mississippi; and the District Attorney for Hancock County, Mississippi.
You are required to mail or hand-deliver a written response to the Complaint filed against you in this action to the Attorney for the Plaintiff, Nicole W. Sullivan of the firm of Sullivan Law Firm, PLLC, whose mailing address is 101 Rouselle Place, Suite B, Ocean Springs, MS 39564.
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE 6TH DAY OF MAY, 2026, WHICH IS THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR DELIVERED, A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE COMPLAINT.
You must also file the original of your Response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward.
ISSUED under my hand and the seal of said Court, this the 17th day of April, 2026.
TIFFANY LEE COWMAN, CLERK
CHANCERY COURT OF HANCOCK COUNTY
152 MAIN STREET, SUITE A
BAY ST. LOUIS, MS 39520
BY: CASSIE T, D.C.
Nicole W. Sullivan
Sullivan Law Firm, PLLC
101 Rouselle Place, Suite B
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
Telephone: 228-334-5122