26-02330P

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF MINERAL INTERESTS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA
CIVIL DIVISION
Case No.: 2026CA000629CAAXES
HANDCARTROADWESLEYCHAPEL LLC,
a Florida limited liability company
Plaintiff, v.
A.E. BURGIN; ROY H. LAIRD; C.J. DAVIDSON; W.J. WEAVER; ALDEN COFFEY; DR. J.F. MCVEIGH; MEREKEN LAND AND PRODUCTION COMPANY, a Texas corporation, also known as MEREKEN LAND & PRODUCTION COMPANY, a Texas corporation, formerly known as CARTER FOUNDATION PRODUCTION COMPANY; JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., successor to THE FORT WORTH NATIONAL BANK, TRUSTEE UNDER THE WILLS OF ALDEN COFFEY AND MAUD COFFEY; SINGIN’ HILLS MINERALS, LTD., a Texas limited partnership; RICHARD COFFEY, SR. and wife, GLYNDA COFFEY; ALDEN COFFEY III and SHERRY COFFEY; LYNDA YOUNG; VERABANK, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE U/W OF ANNIE LAIRD FBO THE ROY H. LAIRD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AS AGENT FOR SINGIN’ HILLS MINERALS, LTD. UNDER AGREEMENT DATED 5/14/2008; and all unknown persons, if alive and if dead, or not known to be dead or alive, their respective unknown spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees, assignees, lienors, creditors, trustees or other persons claiming by, through, under or against the above Defendants,
Defendants.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the Summary Final Judgment of Partition of Mineral Interests entered on September 9, 2026, in the cause pending in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, in and for Pasco County, Florida, Civil Action Number 2026CA000629CAAXES, the undersigned Clerk will sell the subsurface oil, gas, hydrocarbon and other mineral rights, including royalties (collectively, the “Mineral Interests”) on the Property situated in Pasco County, Florida, described as:
SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF,

EXHIBIT A
Legal Description
The Land referred to herein below is situated in the County of Pasco, State of Florida, and is described as follows:
For a Point of Reference commence at the Northwest corner of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 31, Township 25 South, Range 21 East, Pasco County, Florida; Thence S. 00°17’49” W., along the West boundary of said Southeast 1/4, a distance of 945.51 feet to a point lying 1708.00 feet North of the Southwest corner of said Southeast 1/4; Thence S. 89°55’59” E., parallel with the South boundary of said Southeast 1/4, a distance of 33.39 feet to the Easterly maintained right-of-way line of Handcart Road for a POINT OF BEGINNING; Thence continue S. 89°55’59” E., a distance of 1313.38 feet; Thence N. 00°11’42” E., a distance of 665.00 feet; Thence N. 89°55’59” W., a distance of 1312.82 feet to said Easterly right-of-way line; Thence S. 00°14’34” W., along said line, 665.00 feet to the Point of Beginning.
TOGETHER WITH and also SUBJECT TO an easement for ingress - egress and utilities. Said easement being 70.00 feet in width and lying 35.00 feet on each side of the following described line: For a Point of Reference commence at the Northwest corner of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 31, Township 25 South, Range 21 East, Pasco County, Florida; Thence S. 00°17’49” W., along the West boundary of said Southeast 1/4, a distance of 945.51 feet to a point lying 1708.00 feet North of the Southwest corner of said Southeast 1/4; Thence S. 89°55’59” E., parallel with the South boundary of said Southeast 1/4, a distance of 1346.77 feet; Thence N. 00°11’42” E., a distance of 595.00 feet for a POINT OF BEGINNING; Thence continue N. 00°11’42” E., a distance of 1365.00 feet; Thence S. 89°55’59” E., a distance of 287.39 feet; Thence N. 00°11’35” E., a distance of 979.45 feet to the Southerly maintained right-of-way line of Fairview Heights Road also being the Point of Terminus of said easement.
(collectively, the “Property”).
at public sale, to the highest and best bidder for cash on OCTOBER 15, 2026 at 11:00 a.m., in the following location: in person, at a live sale conducted by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Pasco County, at the South entrance of the Pasco County Courthouse, 38053 Live Oak Avenue, Dade City, Florida 33523-3894.
NOTICE: ANY PERSON, OTHER THAN THE OWNER(S) OF THE MINERAL RIGHTS ON THE PROPERTY AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PENDENS, CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN OR TO ANY SURPLUS FUNDS RESULTING FROM THE SALE CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, IF ANY, MUST FILE A CLAIM WITH THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN SIXTY (60) DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE SALE.
If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the Office of the Court Administrator, 7530 Little Road, Port Richey, FL 34654, (727) 847-8135, at least seven days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than seven days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.
/s/ Leonard H. Johnson
Leonard H. Johnson, Esquire /
FNB 319961
Sheada Madani, Esquire / FBN 10567
JOHNSON POPE BOKOR RUPPEL
& BURNS LLP
400 North Ashley Drive, Suite 3100
Tampa, Florida 33602
Telephone: (813) 225-2500
Primary: [email protected]
Secondary: [email protected]
Attorneys for Plaintiff
www.jpfirm.com
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