IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
NORTHERN DIVISION
TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE COMPANY, L.L.C.,
Plaintiff,
v.
13.68 ACRES IN HOLMES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; ROBERT E. HUTTON, SR., AS EXECUTOR OF ESTATE OF LOUISE ELLIOTT HUTTON; SAMUEL DONNELL GWIN HUTTON, JR.; and UNKNOWN OWNERS,
Defendants.
CASE NO. 3:26-cv-00644-DPJ-ASH
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 Jackson, 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 528.99 acres, more or less, located in the County of Holmes, State of Mississippi and being the same land described in a Warranty Deed dated November 8, 2011, and recorded on November 14, 2011, in Book 2011 at Page 2613 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Holmes County, State of 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 Northern 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.
910/917/924
