IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI CASE NO. 2013-SA-01122 TALLULAH A ...

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI

CASE NO. 2013-SA-01122

TALLULAH A. REDDING, SHARON L. ANDERSON and ARTHUR WAYNE ANDERSON, JR.

APPELLANTS

v.

MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

APPELLEE

BRIEF OF APPELLEE

On Appeal From the Special Court of Eminent Domain of DeSoto County, Mississippi

(ORAL ARGUMENT NOT REQUESTED)

JIM HOOD Attorney General of the State of Mississippi

RICHARD G. NOBLE (MB# 3868) CROSTHWAIT, TERNEY & NOBLE, PLLC Post Office Box 29 Indianola, MS 38751-0029 662/887-3412 662/887-6661 Fax E-mail: ctn@

HOLLAMAN M. RANEY (MB# 4628) HOLLAMAN M. RANEY, P.C. P. O. Box 1480 Oxford, MS 38655 662/236-4001 662/236-4939 Fax E-mail: raneylaw@

SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE, MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI

CASE NO. 2013-SA-01122

TALLULAH A. REDDING, SHARON L. ANDERSON and ARTHUR WAYNE ANDERSON, JR.

APPELLANTS

v.

MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

APPELLEE

CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PERSONS

The undersigned counsels of record for the Appellee, Mississippi Transportation

Commission, certify that the following listed persons have an interest in the outcome of this

case. These representations are made in order that the justices of the Supreme Court may

evaluate possible disqualifications or recusal.

Tallulah A. Redding Sharon L. Anderson Arthur Wayne Anderson, Jr.

Appellants

Mississippi Transportation Commission

Appellee

Richard G. Noble, Esq. Crosthwait, Terney & Noble, PLLC

Attorney for Appellee

Hollaman M. Raney, Esq. Hollaman M. Raney, P.C.

Attorney for Appellee

Paul R. Scott, Esq. Robert E. Quimby, Esq. Smith, Phillips, Mitchell, Scott & Nowak, LLP

Attorneys for Appellants

Honorable Allen B. Couch, Jr.

Judge, Special Court of Eminent Domain

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This the 4th day of February, A.D., 2014. Respectfully submitted, BY:/s/ Richard G. Noble RICHARD G. NOBLE (MB# 3868) Attorney for Appellee

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PERSONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

TABLE OF CONTENTS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

TABLE OF AUTHORITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

STATEMENT OF THE ISSUE.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

STATEMENT OF THE CASE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

ARGUMENT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

I. MISSISSIPPI STATUTES AND RULES OF EVIDENCE GOVERN THE ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

II. MORLEY AND 320.0 ACRES OF LAND CASES ARE FACTUALLY AND LEGALLY DISTINGUISHABLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

III. NO BASIS TO DISTURB JURY'S VERDICT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

CONCLUSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES CASES: Bear Creek Water Association, Inc. v. Town of Madison, 416 So.2d 399

(Miss. 1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Branaman v. Long Beach Water Management District, 730 So.2d 1146

(Miss. 1999). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,17 Carl Ronnie Daricek Living Trust v. Hancock County Ex Rel Board of Supervisors,

34 So.3d 587, 597, 598 (Miss. 2010). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,11 Carlton v. Mississippi Transportation Commission, 749 So.2d 170

(Miss. App. 1999). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Crocker v. Mississippi State Highway Commission, 534 So.2d 549 (Miss. 1988) . . . . . 23 Dantzler v. Miss. State Highway Commission, 199 So. 367 (Miss. 1941). . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Dawkins v. Redd Pest Control Co., Inc, 607 So.2d 1232, 1235 (Miss. 1992).. . . . . . . . . 22 Fleming v. Floyd, 969 So.2d 868, 878 (Miss. 2007). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Gautier v. Mississippi Transportation Commission, 839 So.2d 588

(Miss. App. 2003). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Howell v. State Highway Commission of Mississippi, 573 So.2d 754 (Miss. 1990). . . . 13 Jackson v. Griffin 390 So.2d 287 (Miss. 1980). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Melchoirs v. Melchoirs, 607 So.2d 1237 (Miss. 1992). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Miss. State Highway Commission v. Robertson, 350 So.2d 1348 (Miss. 1977). . . . . . . . 12 Mississippi Transportation Commission v. Highland Development, LLC,

836 So.2d 731 (Miss. 2002). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Mississippi Transportation Commission v. McLemore, 863 So.2d 31

(Miss. 2003). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,21,22 Mississippi Transportation Commission v. Bridgeforth, 790 So.2d 430 (Miss. 1998). . . 13

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