IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF GRANT COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
CINDY SUE SMITH, as Trustee of the CINDY SMITH LIVING TRUST dated February 4, 2026,
CHAD E. SMITH and CASEY L. SMITH,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
The heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns of CHARLES EDWARD SMITH, deceased; and the unknown successors of CHARLES EDWARD SMITH, deceased.
Defendants.
CASE No. CV-2026- 11
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO:
The Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Trustees and Assigns of CHARLES EDWARD SMITH, deceased; and The Unknown Successors of CHARLES EDWARD SMITH, deceased.
GREETINGS:
You and each of you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the District Court of Grant County, Oklahoma, in the above styled and numbered cause, by the above named plaintiffs, in which action plaintiffs have prayed for judgment against you, and each of you, determining that the plaintiffs are the owners of and in possession of the following described real estate, to-wit:
Northwest Quarter of Section 13, Township 28 North, Range 6 W.I.M., Grant County, Oklahoma,
which was owned by Charles Edward Smith, the same person as Charles E. Smith, deceased, at the time of his death; that the plaintiffs own such real estate in undivided fractional interests as follows: Cindy Sue Smith, as Trustee of the Cindy Smith Living Trust dated February 4, 2026 – 1/2, Chad E. Smith- 114th, and Casey L. Smith- I/4th, and they own such undivided fractional interests as tenants in common; for further judgment determining the death of Charles Edward Smith, deceased, on March 6, 2021, and that Cindy Sue Smith, his surviving spouse, and Chad E. Smith and Casey L. Smith, his sons, are the sole and only heirs at law of said Charles Edward Smith, deceased, and that
Cindy Sue Smith conveyed her interest in said real estate to Cindy Sue Smith, as Trustee of the Cindy Smith Living Trust dated February 4, 2026; for further judgment determining that you, the said defendants, and each of you, have no right, title, lien, estate, encumbrance, claim, assessment, or interest, either in law or in equity, in and to the hereinabove described real estate of plaintiffs, and cancelling and removing your purported claims as clouds upon the title of plaintiffs thereto, and quieting and confinning the title of plaintiffs in and to the hereinabove described real estate; and for further judgment forever barring and enjoining you, the defendants, and each of you, from ever asserting or claiming any right, title, lien, estate, encumbrance, claim, assessment, or interest in and to the said hereinabove described real estate of plaintiffs; and that plaintiffs have such other and further relief as may be just and proper under these circumstances in law and equity.
You, and each of you, must answer the Petition of the plaintiffs herein on or before the 31st day of August, 2026, or said Petition will be taken as true and judgment will be rendered against you, and each of you, as prayed for in said Petition, and as set forth in this notice.
Dated this 9th day of July, 2026.
ADRIENE HEMBREE,
Court Clerk Grant County,
Oklahoma
SEAL
Harvey Bush OBA No. 1364
Bramlett & Bush
P.O. Box 68
Medford, OK 73759
(580) 395-2329
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
