IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS MONTGOMERY COUNTY,

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO Tax Ease OH V, LLC Plaintiff vs. Stella E. Ellington, et al., Defendants Case No.: 2026 CV 00061 Judge: Elizabeth A. Ellis Legal Notice Defendant(s), Stella E Ellington And John Doe, Real Name Unknown, the Unknown Spouse, if any, of Stella E Ellington, whose last known address is 4416 Genesee Ave, Dayton, OH 45406 And John Doe and/or Jane Doe, Real Name Unknown, the Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Executors, and Assigns of Stella E Ellington, whose Identities and Address(es) are Unknown, will take notice that on January 6, 2026, Tax Ease OH V, LLC, filed its Complaint in Case Number 2026 CV 00061, Montgomery County, Ohio, alleging that the defendant(s), Stella E Ellington, whose last known address is 4416 Genesee Ave, Dayton, OH 45406, John Doe, Real Name Unknown, the Unknown Spouse, if any, of Stella E Ellington, whose last known address is 4416 Genesee Ave, Dayton, OH 45406, John Doe and/or Jane Doe, Real Name Unknown, the Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Executors, and Assigns of Stella E Ellington, whose last known address is Address(es) Unknown, Unknown, OH 10000, have or claim to have an interest in the real estate described below: Situate in the City of Dayton, County of Montgomery, State of Ohio and being Lot Numbered Seventy Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Nine (70,159) of the consecutive numbers of lots on the revised plat of the City of Dayton, Ohio. Premises commonly known as: 4416 Genesee Ave, Dayton, OH 45406 Parcel No.: R72 15901 0051 The Plaintiff 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. The Plaintiff 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 plaintiff'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 the complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publication of this legal notice on February 20, 2026. Answer date: March 20, 2026 Tax Ease OH V, LLC /s/ William L. Costello By: William L. Costello (0040631) James L. Sassano (0062253) Maureen Delaney (0083507) Attorneys for Plaintiff Sassano, Deighton, Delaney, Higgins & Mommsen Co., L.P.A. 4834 Richmond Rd, Suite 201 Cleveland, OH 44128 216-360-7200 Phone 216-360-7210_Facsimile montgomerymail@carlisle-law.com 2-6, 2-13, 2-20/2026