IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
EASTERN DIVISION
TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE COMPANY,
L.L.C.,
Plaintiff,
v.
CASE NO. 2:26-cv-00124-DPJ-ASH
4.691 ACRES IN CLARKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; MAYER TIMBER, LLC; and UNKNOWN OWNERS,
Defendants.
NOTICE
To: Unknown Owners
You are hereby notified that a complaint in condemnation has heretofore been filed in the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, at the United States Courthouse in Hattiesburg, Mississippi for the taking of a perpetual easement and temporary construction easement, as fully described in the Complaint, for use in the pre-construction, construction, operation, and maintenance of a natural gas pipeline on the following described property in which you have or claim an interest:
That certain tract or parcel of land containing 284.583335 acres, more or less, located in Clarke County, Mississippi and being the same land described in a Special Warranty Deed dated August 31, 2023, and recorded on September 5, 2023, in Book 312 at Page 806 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Clarke County, Mississippi.
The authority for the taking is U.S.C. Title 15, §717f(h), the Natural Gas Act.
You are further notified that, if you desire to present any objection or defense to the taking of your property described herein, you are required to serve your answer on the United States District Court Clerk for the Southern District of Mississippi at Eastern Division and the plaintiff’s attorney at the address herein designated within twenty-one days after service of this notice upon you.
Your answer shall identify the property in which you claim to have an interest, state the nature and extent of the interest you claim, and state all of your objections and defenses to the taking of your property. All defenses and objections not presented in the answer are waived. If you fail to answer the complaint, this constitutes consent to the taking and to the Court’s authority to proceed to hear the action and fix compensation.
If you have no objection or defense to the taking of the property, you may serve on the plaintiff’s attorney a notice of appearance designating the property in which you claim to be interested. Thereafter, you will receive notice of all proceedings affecting the property. At the trial of the issue of just compensation, whether or not you have previously appeared or answered, you may present evidence as to the amount of the compensation to be paid for your property, and you may share in the distribution of the award.
Rule 71.1(d)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires that an address be provided within the district in which this action is brought where the Plaintiff’s attorney may be served. Such address is Jason Fortenberry, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, One Jackson Place, 188 E. Capital Street, Jackson, MS 39201.
By:
s/ Jason E. Fortenberry
Jason E. Fortenberry
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
One Jackson Place
188 E. Capital Street
Jackson, MS 39201
Telephone: (601) 948-8000
jfortenberry@bradley.com
Attorney for Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
903/910/917
