307 N DALLAS AVE

ORIG TOWN LANCASTER BLK 35 LT 5 ACS 0.8987

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE
STATE OF TEXAS § -=="~i0E~ij-~i~io2
§ KNOW ALL MEN BY ;nwcm,.uyromr::r0-· .
COUNTY OF DALLAS __ § : ciiiriv[t~
-i V DALJ~s~ggQHT;y_ - WHEREAS, by that one certain Deed of Trust effective April l~:y;"fflla-af°d{tjffdlla~
Instrument No. 202300099605, Official Public Records, Dallas County, Texas (the "Deed of .
Trust"), Excellent Custom Homes, LLC, as Grantor ("Grantor"), conveyed to Darrell G. Adams,
Trustee ("Trustee") for the benefit of PlainsCapital Bank ("Beneficiary"), the real property situated
in Daj.las County, Texas, as more particularly described on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and
incorporated herein for all purposes (the "Property"), to secure· the payment of that one certain
Promissory Note dated April 14,-2023, in the original principal amount of $161,250.00 executed
by Grantor and made payable to the order of Beneficiary (the "Note"); and
WHEREAS, the Note and Deed of Trust were modified by that one certain Modification
of Note/Change in Terms Agreement datedApril 14, 2024, and by that one certain Modification
of Note and Deed of Trust and Extension of Lien dated April 14, 2024,_recorded as Instrument
No. 202400121817, Official Public Records, Dallas County, Texas, and by that one certain
Modification of Note/Change in Terms Agreement dated July 14, 2024, and by that one certain
Modification of Note and Deed of Trust and Extension of Lien dated July 14, 2024, recorded as
Instrument No. 202400260809, Official Public Records, Dallas County, Texas; and
WHEREAS, Beneficiary is the current owner and holder of the Note and the current
beneficiary under the Deed of Trust; and
WHEREAS, default occurred under the terms of the Note and the Deed of Trust; and
WHEREAS, all required notices have been given in accordance with the Note, the Deed
of Trust and applicable law; and
WHEREAS, the indebtedness evidenced by the Note and secured by the Deed of Trust is
now wholly due and payable; and
WHEREAS, the outstanding balance due under the Note and the Deed of Trust has not
been paid; and •
WHEREAS, Darrell G. Adams, Trustee in the aforesaid Deed of Trust, was removed as
Trustee, and the undersigned or Lee F. Christie or Michael L. Atchley or Jeremy L. Harmon or
Jon M. Kelly or Dan A. White or Jacob W. Varley were appointed as Substitute Trustee in the
place and stead of the said Darrell G. Adams, said removal· and appointment being in the manner
authorized by the Deed of Trust; and
WHEREAS, Beneficiary, the current owner and holder of said indebtedness and th~
current lender and beneficiary under the Deed of Trust, has requested the undersigned or Lee F.
Christie or Michael L. Atchley or Jeremy L. Harmon or Jon M. Kelly or Dan A. White or Jacob
W.Varley, as acting Substitute Trustee, to sell the Property to satisfy the indebtedness. NOW, THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, the 6th day of
January, 2026, between the hours of 10:00 A.M. arid 4:00 P.M., the undersigned or Lee F. Christie
or Michael L Atchley or Jeremy L. Harmon or Jon M. Kelly or Dan A. White or Jacob W. Varley,
will sell the Property at the George Allen Courts Building, 600 Commerce Street, Dallas, Texas
75202, on the north side of the building facing Commerce Street below the overhang or in the area
designated by the Dallas County Commissioners Court, ifdifferent, to the highest bidder for cash,
subject to the right of Beneficiary to have its bid credited to the Note up to the amount of the
unpaid debt secured by the Deed of Trust at the time of sale. Said sale will begin no earlier than
1:00 P.M. and no later than three hours after that time.
ASSERT AND PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED
FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, IF YOU ARE OR YOUR SPOUSE IS SERVING ON
ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY, INCLUDING ACTIVEMILITARY DUTY AS A MEMBER
OF THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD OR THE NATIONAL GUARD OF ANOTHER
STATE OR AS A MEMBER OF A RESERVE COMPONENT OF THE ARMED FORCES
OF THE UNITED STATES, PLEASE SEND WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE ACTIVE­ DUTY MILITARY SERVICE TO THE SENDER OF THIS NOTICE IMMEDIATELY.
The Sender of this notice and his contact information is as follows:
Matthew T. Taplett
Pope, Hardwicke, Christie, Schell, Kelly & Taplett, L.L.P.
500 W. 7th Street, Suite 600
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
817 /332-3245
WITNESS MY HAND this 15th day of December, 2025.
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE:
Matthew T. Taplett
STATE OF TEXAS §
§
COUNTY OF TARRANT §
This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 15th day of December 2025, by Matthew T.
Taplett, Substitute Trustee, who acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and
consideration therein expressed, and in the capacity therein stated.
Ami I< Stateson
Notary Public
STATE OF TEXAS
NOTARY iD #4644013
My Comm. Exp. October 7, 2027 - ~ -Notary Public for the State of Texas NAME, ADDRESS
AND TELEPHONE NUMBER
OF MORTGAGEE:
PlainsCapital Bank
c/o Paul Nauschutz, Senior V.P.
325 N. Saint Paul St., Suite 800
. Dallas, TX ,75201
(214) 525-4650 NAME, ADDRESS
AND TELEPHONE NUMBER
• OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE:
Matthew T. Taplett
Lee F. Christie
Michael L. Atchley
Jeremy L. Harmon
Jon M. Kelly .
Dan A. White
Jacob W. Varley
Pope, Hardwicke, Christie, Schell,
Kelly & Taplett, L.L.P.
500 W. 7th Street, Suite 600
Fort Worth, TX 76102
(817) 332-3245 \ EXHIBIT"A"
BEING Lot 5 in Block 3~· ofthe,Original°Town ofL~c8:5ter, Dail~ Coi.mty,_-Texal!, according.to the Map or J>lat
ihereofrecorded in Volume 250;Page 2, Deed Records, Dallas County, Texas, and being the same property conveyed
to Jeanine:Marie Becker:by Joe P. Bryant in,Deed·recorded In Volume 9603~, Page 18641 Deed Records,Dallas
Count)', Texas, arid.being more particularly described as follows:
BEO~G at a 5i8.inc4 iron·rod founci for comer on the:west iine·or'N. Dallas Avenue (45' R.O.W.), said point
being the northeast comer of.said Becker tract and the southeast comer ofa tract conyeyed·to I. S. Brock and wife,
Rose ·Lee Brock, by TN. "Lee and Mittie Lee in Deed recorded in Volume 2228, Page 126, Dee~ ,R~co1'<is, Dallas
• County, Texas;
THENCE an ·assumed bearing of South, along the V{est line ~fN. Dallas Avenue, a distance of 84;53 feet io a 5/8 inch
.(ron rod set for co~er, ·said p~it:it ~eing t~e southeast com~i' of sa~d Becker tract and·the northeast ~orner of a tract
conveyed to John'Whisnand by.Mary Dell Whisnand Green and Lelnt_1d Green in Deed recorded in Volume 3579,
-Pag~ 641, Deed Records, Dallas County,Texas;
THENCE South 89 degrees 56 minutes'JJ'seconds West, along the north line of said Whisnand trac~, leaving the west
line ofN. D~llas A:venqe, a dis~ance ·of 445,00 feet to a 5/8 inch iron ro.d set for comer. in a creek "(Hall's Branch), said
point b_eing on the east line ofa tr~ct conveyed:tQ Yancy Dudley Sweatman, Jr., and wife, Effie B. Sweatman,' in.the
• soutliwest comer of said Becker tract;
THENCE.North 23 degrees 41 minutes 12 seconds.West, along the centerline of said creek, a distance of92.I0 feet
• to a 5/8 inch iron rod set for comer, said point being the northwest comer of said Becker tract an9 the southwest comer
of said Brock tract; • f.
·THENCE North 89 degrees 55 minutes 29 seconds East, along the north i~e·ofsald Brock tract, a distance of482.00
feetto the POINT OF BEGINNING,-and containing 39,145.-3114 square feet or 0 .. 8987 acre of Ian~, more or less. •