Summons & Notice of Filing, Lis Pendens, Notice of Order Appointing Guardian Ad Litem Nisi

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF SPARTANBURG
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
C/A No.: 2026-CP-46-02936 
(Filed 10-14-26)
Road/Route SC Rte. 9 (Boiling Springs Rd.) and Sloan Garden Rd. Ext
Project ID No. P041278
Tract 4
South Carolina Department of Transportation, Condemnor,
vs.
Grover Walters, Landowner(s),
and    
John Doe and Mary Roe, representing all unknown persons, having or claiming to have any right, title or interest in or to, or lien on the lands described herein, including all unknown heirs of William Benjamin Blalock, a/k/a W.B. Blalock, Bertie Blalock, Nancy Blalock, Roland Leopard, Claude Blalock, and Peggy Morrison, Unknown Claimant(s).
Summons and Notice of Filing
 TO: THE LANDOWNER(S) AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANT(S) ABOVE NAMED:
 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED, advised, and notified that pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedures Act, Section 28-2-10, et seq., the within Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, has been filed with the Clerk of Court for Richland County.  The purpose of this lawsuit is to enable the Condemnor, the South Carolina Department of Transportation, to acquire certain real property for its public purposes, as is more fully stated in the attached Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment.  Responsive pleadings to the Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment are not necessary.
Lis Pendens
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Condemnor above named pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedures Act, Section 28-2-10, et seq., of the South Carolina Code of Laws, 1976, as amended, has brought an action against the Condemnee(s) above named to acquire the real property described herein for public purposes, to-wit:
 All that parcel or strip of land, in fee simple, with improvements thereon, if any, containing 1,538 square feet (0.04 of an acre) and being described as follows: beginning at the present 40 foot right of way line of SC Route 9 (Boiling Springs Rd.) on the right, at approximate survey station 152+82, and right of approximate survey station 12+64 of Road L-8400 (Sloane Garden Road Reloc.), thence in a northeasterly direction along the new transitional right of way line and property line to within 81.58 feet at approximate survey station 14+56.15 of Road L-8400 (Sloane Garden Road Reloc.), as shown on plans for this project.  
 Also, all that parcel or strip of land to establish a temporary right of way, containing 1,238 square feet (0.028 of an acre) of land and being described as follows: Within 90 feet of the survey centerline of L-8400 (Sloan Garden Road Reloc.), on the right, between approximate survey stations 14+56.15 and 15+53.29, as shown on the plans for this project. Temporary right of way herein condemned shall revert to the condemnee upon completion and acceptance of the project. The remainder of this condemnation shall remain in full force.
Tax Map Number 2-51-00-120.05
 The property sought herein is to be acquired for public purposes, more particularly for the construction of a section of SC Route 9 (Boiling Springs Road) and Sloane Garden Road Extension Intersection Improvements.
Notice of Order Appointing Guardian Ad Litem Nisi
 TO: THE CONDEMNEE(S) OR CLAIMANT(S) HEREIN, NAMES AND ADDRESSES UNKNOWN, INCLUDING ANY THEREOF WHO MAY BE MINORS OR UNDER OTHER LEGAL DISABILITY, IF ANY, WHETHER RESIDENTS OR NON-RESIDENTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO THE NATURAL, GENERAL, TESTAMENTARY GUARDIAN OR COMMITTEE, OR OTHERWISE AND TO THE PERSON WITH WHOM THEY MAY RESIDE, IF ANY THERE BE:
 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the order appointing Kelley Y. Woody, as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as John Doe and Mary Roe, Condemnee(s) herein, names and addresses unknown, including any thereof who may be minors or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Spartanburg County.
 YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said minors or persons under other legal disability, if any, or someone on their behalf or on behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the Condemnor will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian ad Litem Nisi absolute.
KINARD LAW GROUP         
Murry Kinard Esquire,
808 S. Lake Drive
Lexington, South Carolina 29072
Phone: (803) 359-1003
Attorney for Condemnor (SCDOT)
10-22, 29, 11-5, 12