IN THE SPECIAL COURT OF EMINENT DOMAIN
CLARKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATON COMMISSION
PLAINTIFF
VERSUS
CIVIL ACTION NO. 25-45B
KRISTY IVEY, F/K/A KRISTY THOMAS, ET AL
DEFENDANTS
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW, DEVISEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, AND ANY OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES OF INTEREST HAVING A CLAIM, LEGAL OR EQUITABLE, IN AND TO THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN BY AND THROUGH THE ESTATE OF HELEN NUTT PRIESTER, DECEASED
You have been made a Defendant in the Complaint to Condemn filed in the Special Court of Eminent Domain, Clarke County, Mississippi, by the Mississippi Transportation Commission, Plaintiff, seeking condemnation of real property in which you may have an interest described as follows:
E½ of the E½ of the NE¼ of the SE¼, Section 14, Township 4 North, Range 14 East, Clarke County, Mississippi, less and except that part North of Kidd Branch and less and except right-of-way.
You are summoned to appear and defend against the Complaint to Condemn at 9:00 a.m., on the 3rd day of November, 2025, at the Circuit Courtroom in Clarke County, located in Quitman, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment may be entered for the things demanded in the Complaint.
You are hereby further given notice that the Complaint filed in this cause requests the Court to grant the right of immediate title and possession upon the appointment of an appraiser pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated §11-27-83, as amended, that upon completion of service of process on all defendants, an order will be presented to the Court to appoint a disinterested, knowledgeable person qualified to make an appraisal of the property described in the Complaint. Upon filing of the appraisal by the court-appointed appraiser, each Defendant will be provided notice that the appraisal report has been filed and that upon completion of five (5) days notice thereof to Defendants, Plaintiff will present an Order to the Court vesting and confirming immediate title and possession of the property as prayed for in the Complaint, unless for other cause shown or for uncertainty concerning the immediate public need for such property pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated §11-27-83, the judge determines that such passing of title, and right of entry, should be denied.
You are hereby further given notice that not less than ten (10) days prior to the date for the hearing, you are required to file a Statement of Values pursuant to §11-27-7 of Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated, which shall be treated as pleadings in this action. The date of the filing of the Complaint was the 28th day of March, 2025, and the name and address of the attorney for the Plaintiff is Christopher M. Howdeshell, of Pittman Howdeshell, PLLC, Post Office Drawer 17138, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39404-7138.
Other than the Statement of Values, you are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you may do so if you desire.
ISSUED UNDER MY HAND and the Seal of said Court on this, the 8th day of April, 2025.
SALLY DOGGETT WEDGEWORTH,
CIRCUIT COURT CLERK OF CLARKE
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
{SEAL}
BY: /s/Sally Doggett Wedgeworth, Clerk
Prepared by:
/s/Christopher M. Howdeshell
MSB #10688
Pittman Howdeshell, PLLC
Post Office Drawer 17138
Hattiesburg, MS 39404-7138
Telephone: (601) 264-3314
Facsimile: (601) 261-3411
0424/0501/0508
