RULE 81 ALIAS SUMMONS - JAMES MCLAURIN
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF NEWTON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF JAMIE LATREAL MCLAURIN CAUSE NO: 24-W-153
MICHELLE LOFTON-GAINES PETITIONER
ALIAS RULE 81 SUMMONS
TO: James McLaurin
Forrest County, Hattiesburg, Mississippi (Last Known Residence)
You have been made a respondent in the suit filed in this Court on October 9, 2025, by Petitioner MICHELLE LOFTON GAINES seeking a determination of heirs at law of JAMIE LATREAL MCLAURIN, deceased. Respondents or defendants other than you in this action are unknown.
You are hereby summoned and commanded to appear before the Chancery Court in Newton County, 92 W. Broad Street, Decatur, Mississippi 39327, in the Chancery Courtroom of the Honorable Robert M. Logan, Jr., on June 5, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. to defend said suit and show cause why the relief sought and prayed for in the amended petition for the determination of heirs at law should not be granted, and in the case of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment will be entered against you for the money and other things demanded in the petition.
You are not required to file an answer or other pleading but may do so if you so desire.
Issued under by hand and the seal of this Court, this the 20th day of April, 2026.
BY:
/s CHRISSIE CHANEY BUFFINGTON
Chancery Clerk, Newton County, Mississippi
Prepared by:
Victoria M. Chamberlain (MSB# 103639)
Mendelson Law Firm
P.O. Box 17235
Memphis, TN 38187
(901) 763-2500
CP8 ID 184
April 24, May 1, 8 2026
LMSS0504426