IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO Case No.:   2025 CVC-E 000357 Judge: Corey E. Spitler Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC Plaintiff vs. Thomas E. Smoot, et al., Defendants Legal Notice Defendant(s), Thomas E. Smoot And Unknown Spouse of Thomas E. Smoot, whose last known address is 13029 Dover Rd, Apple Creek, OH 44606, Christy Keeling And Unknown Spouse of Christy Keeling, whose last known address is 3755 E. Dulciana Ave., Mesa, AZ 85206 And The Unknown Heirs and/or Legatees of Unknown Heirs and/or Legatees of Thomas E. Smoot, whose Identities and Address(es) are Unknown, will take notice that on April 17, 2026, The Huntington National Bank, filed its Answer & Crossclaim in Case Number 2025 CVC-E 000357, Wayne County, Ohio, alleging that the defendant(s), Thomas E. Smoot, Unknown Spouse of Thomas E. Smoot, Christy Keeling, Unknown Spouse of Christy Keeling And The Unknown Heirs and/or Legatees of Unknown Heirs and/or Legatees of Thomas E. Smoot, have or claim to have an interest in the real estate described below: Premises commonly known as: 13029 Dover Rd., Apple Creek, OH 44606 Parcel No.: 39-00590.000  The Defendant, The Huntington National Bank, further alleges that by reason of default in the payment of the promissory note, according to its tenor, the conditions of a concurrent mortgage deed given to secure the payment of said note and conveying the premises described, have been broken and the same has become absolute. Defendant, The Huntington National Bank, demands that the defendants named above be required to answer and set up their interest in said real estate or be forever barred from asserting the same, for foreclosure of said mortgage, the marshaling of any liens, and the sale of said real estate, and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of Defendant, The Huntington National Bank's claim in the proper order of its priority and for such other and further relief as is just and equitable. The defendants named above are required to answer on or before the 26 day of June, 2026: Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC S// Bradley P Toman Sassano, Deighton, Delaney, Higgins & Mommsen Co., L.P.A. Bradley P. Toman (0042720) William L. Costello (0040631) Attorneys for Defendant: The Huntington National Bank 4834 Richmond Rd, Suite 201 Cleveland, OH 44128 216-360-7200 Phone 216-360-7210 Facsimile #12323052 5/15/26 5/22/26 5/29/26