Ville Platte Gazette
March 8, 2026
Sheriff’s Sale
THE EVANGELINE BANK
& TRUST COMPANY
VS.
CARPET WORLD OF VILLE PLATTE, INC AND JAMES MERRILL PITRE
CIVIL DOCKET NO. 82202
EVANGELINE PARISH, LOUISIANA
NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue of a WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE issued out of the Honorable Thirteenth Judicial District Court in and for the Parish of Evangeline, in the above entitled and numbered cause, under date of OCTOBER 20, 2025, I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and will sell for cash, at public auction to the last and highest bidder, without appraisement at the principal front door of the Courthouse of the Parish of Evangeline at Ville Platte, Louisiana, on: MARCH 11, 2026 at Ten O’clock (10:00) a.m. the following described property to wit:
ITEM NO. 1
THOSE (2) CERTAIN LOTS OR PARCELS OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATED IN THE TOWN OF VILLE PLATTE, EVANGELINE PARISH, LOUISIANA, BEING LOT ONE (1) AND TWO (2) OF BLOCK NO. THIRTY-TWO (32) IN YOUNG’S ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF VILLE PLATTE, BEING IN SECTION 50, T-4-S, R-2-E, LA. MER., SAID LOT ONE (1) HAVING A FRONT ON MAIN STREET OF FORTY-TWO (42) FEET BY A DEPTH OF ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE (143) FEET; SAID LOT TWO (2) HAVING A FRONT ON MAIN STREET OF FIFTY (50) FEET BY A DEPTH OF ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE (143) FEET; SAID LOTS BEING BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: NORTH BY MAIN STREET; SOUTH BY LOT 10 OF SAID BLOCK OR J.A. DEMORUELLE; EAST BY YOUNG ST., AND WEST BY LOT NO. 3 OF SAID BLOCK OF CLEMENT DEMORUELLE.
BEING THE SAME PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY BETTY WAYNE BRUNET MCCAULEY BY THE JUDGMENT OF POSSESSION ISSUED IN THE SUCCESSION OF ADAM J. BRUNET AND ELTA PHILLIPS, PROBATE DOCKET NO.
3006 OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE PARISH OF EVANGELINE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, DATED JANUARY 14, 1960 AND RECORDED JANUARY 14, 1960 IN CONVEYANCE BOOK B-154, PAGE 585 OF THE CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF EVANGELINE PARISH, LOUISIANA.
(HEREINAFTER THE “PROPERTY”). THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY BEARS THE MUNICIPAL ADDRESS OF 602 WEST MAIN STREET, VILLE PLATTE, LA 70586.
To pay and satisfy a WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE in the full sum of
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND 62/100 ($120,955.62), JOINTLY AND SOLIDARITY, REPRESENTING ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTEEN DOLLARS AND 39/100 ($116,616.39) IN PRINCIPAL AND FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FOUR DOLLARS AND 23/100 ($4,104.23) IN ACCRUED INTEREST, TOGETHER WITH INTEREST THEREON AT THE RATE OF 10.750% PER ANNUM AND A PER DIEM RATE OF $34.82295, FROM SEPTEMBER 24, 2025, UNTIL PAID, LATE CHARGES AND OTHER CHARGES/FEES IN THE AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS AND 00/100 ($235.00) PLUS TWENTY- FIVE (25%) PERCENT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE AS ATTORNEY’S FEES AND FOR ALL COSTS OF THESE PROCEEDINGS;AND ALL COST INCLUDING SHERIFF’S COST, COMMISSIONS, AND CHARGES ETC.
TERMS OF SALE: CASH WITHOUT APPRAISEMENT
CHARLES R. GUILLORY, SHERIFF
BY: /S/ KATIE THIBODEAUX
KATIE THIBODEAUX, CIVIL DEPUTY
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Cost is $232.00