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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Real Property

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

NORTHERN DIVISION 

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF IZARD ) 

COUNTY, ) 

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Plaintiff, ) 

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V. ) Case No. 1: 15-cv-5 BD 

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EVERGREEN PROCESSING, LLC, t/k/a ) 

B & H RESOURCES, LLC; NORTHSTAR ) 

FARMS, LLC; JOHN P. I-IARDY; CELTIC) 

BANI<; and HELEN BARTMESS, ) 

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Defendants. ) 

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CELTIC BANK, 

Plaintiff ' 

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HAYNESVILLE SHAL,E RENTAL, LLC; ) 

EVERGREEN PROCESSING, LLC, ) 

Defendants, 

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF IZARD 

COUNTY; HELEN BARTMESS, 

INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS EXECUTRIX 

OF THE ESTA TE OF GEORGE 

BARTMESS, DECEASED, 

Additional Defendants. 

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JUDGMENT AND 

DECREE OF FORECLOSURE 

AGAINST NORTlISTAR FARMS, LLC 

On this date the above-styled matter comes on for consideration by 

the Court and Plaintiff is present by its attorney, Robert D. Stroud; Defendant 

Northstar Farms, LLC, appears not, and the Comi being well and sufficiently 

advised in the law and the facts, finds: 

1. This Court has jurisdiction of the parties to and subject matter 

of this action. 

2. On September 26, 2016, an Order was entered granting First 

National Bank of Izard County's motion for partial summary judgment against 

Northstar finding there are no genuine issues of material fact and that Plaintiff 

is entitled to judgment as a matter oflaw. 

3. On or about August 7, 2009, Defendant Northstar Farms, LLC, 

executed and delivered to Plaintiff its promissory note and security agreement 

in the original principal amount of $320,230.65, payable with interest at the rate 

of 6.500% per annum, on demand, but if no demand is made on February 7, 

2010, when the entire unpaid principal and interest would be due and payable. 

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4. As security for the payment of the promissory note, Defendant 

Northstar Farms, LLC, executed and delivered to Plaintiff its mortgage on the 

following described real property situated in Izard County, Arkansas: 

All that part of the Southeast Quarter Northwest 

Quarter lying South of State Highway 56 in Section 

10, Township 17 North, Range 10 West of the 5th 

P.M. of Izard County. 

AH that part of the Southwest Quarter Northeast 

Quarter lying South of State Highway 56 in Section 

10, Township 17 North, Range 10 West of the 5th 

P.M. of Izard County. 

Part of the Southeast Quarter Southwest Quarter 

lying East of an existing fence and part of the West 

Half of the Southeast Quarter lying East of an 

existing fence described as follows: Beginning at 

the Southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter 

Southeast Quarter; thence North 86 degrees 26 

minutes 51 seconds West, 1075.96 feet to a point; 

thence North 37 degrees 39 minutes 07 seconds 

West, 833.75 feet to a point; thence North 49 

degrees 10 minutes 10 seconds West, 1572.02 feet to 

a point; thence North 41 degrees 43 minutes 32 

seconds West, 1263. 7 4 feet in Section 10, Township 

17 North, Range 10 West of the 5th P.M. of Izard 

County. 

Part of the Southeast Quarter Northeast Quarter 

lying South of State Highway 56 in Section 10, 

Township 17 North, Range 10 West of the 5th P.M. 

of Izard County. 

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All the Northeast Quarter Southeast Quarter in 

Section 10, Township 17 North, Range 10 West of 

the 5th P.M. of Izard County. 

AU the Southeast Quarter Southeast Quarter in 

Section 10, Township 17 North, Range 10 West of 

the 5th P.M. Izard County. 

The North Half Northeast Quarter Northeast 

Quarter of Section 15, Township 17 North, Range 

10 West of the 5th P.M. of Izard County. 

said mortgage having been recorded in Book 32 at Page 553 of the Izard County 

records. 

5. From time to time, Plaintiff and Defendant Northstar Farms, 

LLC, entered into Loan Extension Agreements concerning the promissory note. 

6. From time to time, Plaintiff and Defendant Northstar Farms, 

LLC, also entered into Modifications of Mortgage concerning the promissory 

note. 

7. Defendant Northstar Farms, LLC, has failed and refused to 

make payments in accordance with the terms of the promissory note, and is 

wholly in default. Plaintiff is entitled to in rem judgment from and against 

Northstar Farms, LLC, in the amount of $358,604.93, plus interest accruing 

daily after September 27, 2016, of $64.04 per day, plus its costs and an 

attorney's fee of $35,860.00. 

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7. Although Defendants Celtic Bank and Helen Bartmess claim an 

interest in other property mortgaged to First National Bank of Izard County, no 

other party claims any interest in the following described property owned by 

Nmihstar Farms, LLC, covered by the M01igage given to secure the Promissory 

Note: 

All that part of the Southeast Quarter Northwest 

Quarter lying South of State Highway 56 in Section 

10, Township 17 North, Range 10 West of the 5th 

P.M. of Izard County. 

All that part of the Southwest Quarter Northeast 

Quarter lying South of State Highway 56 in Section 

10, Township 17 North, Range 10 West of the 5th 

P.M. of Izard County. 

Part of the Southeast Quarter Southwest Quarter 

lying East of an existing fence and part of the West 

Half of the Southeast Quarter lying East of an 

existing fence described as follows: Beginning at 

the Southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter 

Southeast Quarter; thence North 86 degrees 26 

minutes 51 seconds West, 1075.96 feet to a point; 

thence North 37 degrees 39 minutes 07 seconds 

West, 833.75 feet to a point; thence North 49 

degrees 10 minutes 10 seconds West, 1572.02 feet to 

a point; thence North 41 degrees 43 minutes 32 

seconds West, 1263.74 feet in Section 10, Township 

17 North, Range 10 West of the 5th P.M. of Izard 

County. 

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Part of the Southeast Quarter Northeast Quarter 

lying South of State Highway 56 in Section 10, 

Township 17 North, Range 10 West of the 5th P.M. 

of Izard County. 

All the Northeast Quarter Southeast Quarter in 

Section 10, Township 17 North, Range 10 West of 

the 5th P.M. of Izard County. 

All the Southeast Quarter Southeast Quarter in 

Section 10, Township 17 North, Range 10 West of 

the 5th P.M. Izard County. 

The North Half Northeast Quarter Northeast 

Quarter of Section 15, Township 17 North, Range 

10 West of the 5th P.M. of Izard County. 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY CONSIDERED, ORDERED 

and ADJUDGED Plaintiff have judgment from and against N01ihstar Farms, 

LLC, in the amount of $358,604.93, plus interest accruing daily after September 

27, 2016, at the rate of$64.04 per day, and for its costs, plus an attorney's fee in 

the amount of $35,860.00; that Plaintiff's lien be declared to be a first, valid and 

paramount lien on the real property described herein; that if said judgment be 

not paid within a reasonable time, that the real property described herein be sold 

at public auction at the front door of the Izard County Courthouse, Melbourne, 

Arkansas, after publication of the notice of sale in a newspaper having a 

general circulation in Izard County, Arkansas, once weekly for four consecutive 

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weeks; U. S. Marshall Clifton Massanell is directed to make said sale; that the 

proceeds of the sale shall be first applied to the cost of this action, including a 

reasonable Marshall's fee, next applied toward the satisfaction of the judgment 

of First National Bank of Izard County, and the balance, if any, held pursuant to 

fmiher orders of this Comi; that the equities of Defendants in such real property 

should be, and are hereby, forever foreclosed and barred. 

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BETH DEERE, Magistrate Judge 

DATE: ~~1-, :J0f4 I 

APPROVED AS TO FORM: 

Isl James E. Smith, Jr. 

BLAIR ARNOLD/JAMES E. SMITH, JR., 

Attorneys for Helen Bartmess 

Isl Robe1i J. Gibson 

ROBERT J. GIBSON, Attorney for 

Celtic Bank 

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