IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY,
MISSISSIPPI
JOHN MICHAEL PATRICK and
RITA ECHOLS PATRICK PLAINTIFF
VS. ANY AND ALL PERSONS OR ENTITIES HAVING OR CLAIMING A LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTEREST
IN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LANDS DEFENDANT
CAUSE NO.: 2026-035
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: Any and all persons or entities having or claiming a
legal or equitable interest in the following described
lands, whose addresses are unknown after diligent inquiry.
You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed in this Court by JOHN MICHAEL PATRICK AND RITA ECHOLS PATRICK, Plaintiffs, seeking to quiet and confirm title to the following described property. There are no other Defendants named in this action.
Legal description of 193.75 acres, more or less, lying East of Mississippi State Highway No. 483, more or less, in the East 1/2 of Section 28 and in the NE 1/4 of Section 33, all in Township 8 North, Range 6 East, Scott County MS, more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
The following description is based on the Mississippi State Plane Coordinate System, East Zone, NAD 83, Grid Values, U.S. Survey feet, using a scale factor of 1.000028715639 and a grid to geodetic azimuth angle of (-) 00 degrees 27 minutes 25.26 seconds developed at a set 60D nail whose coordinates are (N=1094221.52, E=722074.72).
Commence and begin at a found concrete monument whose coordinates are (N=1096104.71, E=723687.22) marking the Northeast corner of the Northeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 28, Township 8 North, Range 6 East, Scott County, MS, and thence run South 00 degrees 10 minutes 24 seconds West along the East line of said Section 28 for 2681.73 feet to a found concrete monument whose coordinates are (N=1093422.99, E=723679.10) marking the corner common to Sections 27, 28, 33, and 34, Township 8 North, Range 6 East, Scott County, MS; thence run South 00 degrees 24 minutes 28 seconds West along the East line of Section 33 for 661.80 feet to a found concrete monument; thence run South 00 degrees 49 minutes 42 seconds East for 665.70 feet to a found iron rod at fence corner; thence leaving the East line of Section 33, run North 89 degrees 27 minutes 51 seconds West along a fence line for 912.57 feet to a found iron rod; thence run South 00 degrees 37 minutes 26 seconds West for 100.36 feet to a found iron pipe; thence run North 89 degrees 46 minutes 59 seconds West for 422.61 feet to a found iron rod; thence run North 00 degrees 37 minutes 48 seconds East for 104.58 feet to a found iron rod; thence run North 89 degrees 34 minutes 39 seconds West for 474.62 feet to a found iron rod on the East right of way line of MS State Highway No. 483; thence run North 19 degrees 44 minutes 29 seconds West along the East right of way line of said MS State Highway No. 483 for 137.71 feet to a found iron rod; thence leaving said East right of way line, run South 89 degrees 34 minutes 39 seconds East for 521.24 feet to a set iron rod; thence run North 00 degrees 30 minutes 06 seconds East for 1195.74 feet to a found iron pipe; thence run North 88 degrees 31 minutes 16 seconds West for 969.86 feet to a found iron rod on the East right of way line of MS State Highway No. 483; thence run North 19 degrees 43 minutes 41 seconds West along said East right of way line for 418.29 feet to a found concrete right of way marker; thence leaving said East right of way line, run North 70 degrees 26 minutes 36 seconds East for 255.26 feet to a found iron rod; thence run South 89 degrees 30 minutes 16 seconds East for 861.14 feet to a found t post; thence run North 00 degrees 29 minutes 52 seconds East for 859.72 feet to a found t post; thence run North 89 degrees 30 minutes 16 seconds West for 1364.85 feet to a found iron rod on the East right of way line of MS State Hwy No. 483; thence run along said East right of way line along a curve to the right, said curve having a radius of 2816.02 feet, a curve length of 417.73 feet, a chord bearing of North 07 degrees 20 minutes 56 seconds West, a chord length of 417.35 feet, and a central angle of 8 degrees 29 minutes 58 seconds to a found concrete right of way marker; thence run North 03 degrees 05 minutes 05 seconds West along said East right of way line for 354.32 feet to a set iron rod; thence leaving said East right of way line, run South 89 degrees 04 minutes 32 seconds East for 276.67 feet to a set iron rod; thence run North 00 degrees 55 minutes 28 seconds East for 150.00 feet to a set iron rod; thence run South 89 degrees 04 minutes 32 seconds East for 87.11 feet to a point; thence run North 06 degrees 14 minutes 39 seconds East for 430.25 feet to a set iron rod; thence run North 89 degrees 04 minutes 32 seconds West for 85.00 feet to a set iron rod; thence run North 89 degrees 04 minutes 32 seconds West for 253.27 feet to a set iron rod on the East right of way line of MS State Hwy. No. 483; thence run along the East right of way line of said MS State Hwy. No. 483 the following calls:
Run North 18 degrees 45 minutes 30 seconds East for 467.54 feet to a found concrete right of way marker; thence run South 71 degrees 17 minutes 22 seconds East for 50.09 feet to a found concrete right of way marker; thence run North 18 degrees 44 minutes 46 seconds East for 174.98 feet to a found concrete right of way marker; thence run South 71 degrees 13 minutes 19 seconds East for 69.88 feet to a found concrete right of way marker; thence run North 18 degrees 47 minutes 03 seconds East for 77.70 feet to a found concrete right of way marker; thence run North 18 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds East for 215.97 feet to the centerline of a creek; thence leaving the East right of way line of said MS State Hwy. No. 483, run along the centerline of said creek the following calls:
Run South 53 degrees 51 minutes 47 seconds East for 73.13 feet to a point; thence run South 73 degrees 59 minutes 21 seconds East for 68.12 feet to a point; thence run South 79 degrees 23 minutes 31 seconds East for 65.90 feet to a point; thence run North 65 degrees 14 minutes 05 seconds East for 94.81 feet to a point; thence run North 66 degrees 13 minutes 39 seconds East for 75.34 feet to a point; thence run North 85 degrees 03 minutes 47 seconds East for 158.35 feet to a point; thence run South 81 degrees 17 minutes 48 seconds East for 59.18 feet to a point; thence run South 20 degrees 33 minutes 52 seconds East for 29.94 feet to a point; thence run South 10 degrees 02 minutes 47 seconds West for 75.92 feet to a point; thence run South 23 degrees 45 minutes 19 seconds West for 77.76 feet to a point; thence run South 01 degrees 21 minutes 52 seconds West for 26.17 feet to a point; thence run South 18 degrees 02 minutes 31 seconds East for 28.17 feet to a point; thence run South 66 degrees 18 minutes 25 seconds East for 139.51 feet to a point; thence run South 50 degrees 17 minutes 48 seconds East for 43.95 feet to a point; thence run South 30 degrees 32 minutes 34 seconds East for 38.80 feet to a point; thence run South 20 degrees 46 minutes 16 seconds East for 56.86 feet to a point; thence run South 06 degrees 02 minutes 48 seconds East for 53.24 feet to a point; thence run South 10 degrees 08 minutes 23 seconds West for 74.27 feet to a point; thence run South 01 degrees 17 minutes 16 seconds West for 55.45 feet to a point; thence run South 03 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds East for 76.78 feet to a point; thence run South 09 degrees 52 minutes 13 seconds East for 43.63 feet to a point; thence run South 65 degrees 09 minutes 59 seconds East for 30.39 feet to a point; thence run North 69 degrees 50 minutes 39 seconds East for 24.39 feet too a point; thence run North 47 degrees 16 minutes 03 seconds East for 55.99 feet to a point; thence run North 16 degrees 57 minutes 23 seconds East for 68.38 feet to a point; thence run North 23 degrees 24 minutes 14 seconds East for 95.70 feet to a point; thence run North 39 degrees 53 minutes 53 seconds East for 97.48 feet to a point on the East line of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 28; thence leaving said centerline of ditch, run thence South 00 degrees 08 minutes 02 seconds West passing a set iron rod on the top bank of ditch along the East line of said quarter section for 433.57 feet to a set iron rod at the Southeast corner of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of said Section 28; thence run South 89 degrees 04 minutes 32 seconds East along the North line of the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of said Section 28 for 1326.39 feet back to the POINT OF BEGINNING of the parcel herein described.
You are required to mail or hand deliver a written response to the Complaint filed against you in this cause to Milton C. McCardle, Attorney for Plaintiff, whose post office address is P.O. Box 844, Hazlehurst, MS 39083 and whose street address is 272 W. Gallatin Street, Hazlehurst, MS 39083.
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER FEBRUARY 4, 2026, WHICH IS THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR DELIVERED, A JUDGEMENT BY DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER 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 seal of said Court, this 28th day of January, 2026.
TOM MILES,
Chancery Clerk of Scott County, Mississippi
SEAL
By /s/ Diane Derrick, D.C.
Publish: February 4, February 11, and February 18, 2026
