PRESTAGE FARMS, INC. v. NORMAN

No. 2000-IA-01307-SCT.

813 So.2d 732 (2002)

PRESTAGE FARMS, INC., A Non-Resident Corporation; James E. Blissard, d/b/a J & J Blissard Farm; Bobby Brooks, d/b/a Bobby Brooks Swine; Richard Moore, d/b/a Richard Moore Swine Farm; Jerry Milner d/b/a Jerry Milner Swine; Gone Hogwild, Inc., A Mississippi Corporation; Pig Palace, Inc., A Mississippi Corporation; and Pigs to Hogs, Inc., A Mississippi Corporation, v. Jim NORMAN and Barbara Norman; Larry Bennett and Peggy Bennett; Chester Brassfield and Robbie Brassfield; Johnny Buford; W.C. Carnathan and Mable Carnathan; Gwen Chrestman; Ruby Chrestman; Amanda Cockrell; Joe Colbert and Patricia Colbert; Warren Colbert and Stacy Colbert; Senora Cousin and Olivia Cousin; Charles Funderburk and Carolyn Funderburk; Kenneth Hardin and Gloria Hardin; William E. Hill and Pam Hill; L.C. Holoman; Burrell Hooper; Tony Hooper and Regina Hooper; James Ivy; Bryan K. Jernigan; Ann L. Lucius; David Lucius; Billy King and Peggy Sue King; Tena McCarty; John A. McClendon, Jr. and Pamela McClendon; Barry Martin; Terry L. Martin; Thomas O. Martin and Ruth Martin; Wayne Earl Munlin and Dovie Munlin; Lenastra Murry; George R. Norman and Charlotte A. Norman; George Orr; Laura G. Parker; Jamison Peden and Laura Peden; Lucius Prewett and Margaret Prewett; Loy V. Reeves and Lavanda Reeves; Bobby G. Smith and Betty Jean Smith; Luther W. Terry; Ruthie J. Thomas; Hilda C. Thompson; Terry Tunnell and Angie Tunnell; Joyce B. Vance; Burell Whitt and Hazel Whitt; Danny Whitt; Jewel F. Harrison and Edith Harrison; and Jimmy L. Kirkwood and Gertrude L. Kirkwood.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ernest Wade, Jr., Trudy D. Fisher, Gaye Nell Lott Currie, Jackson, attorneys for appellants.

William H. Liston, Jr., Danny E. Cupit, Jackson, attorneys for appellees.

EN BANC.


DIAZ, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. The plaintiffs filed their joint complaint and request for a bill of peace in the Chancery Court of Montgomery County, Mississippi, on January 4, 2000, against Prestage Farms, Inc. (Prestage), and seven of its contract hog growers (the defendant farmers) alleging (1) the creation, establishment, and maintenance of public nuisances consisting of nine large commercial hog confinement facilities...

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