George Emrich v. Taylor Adams

CourtCourt of Appeals of Tennessee
DecidedMarch 26, 2013
DocketE2012-00725-COA-R3-CV
StatusPublished

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Opinion

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE January 23, 2013 Session

GEORGE EMRICH, ET AL. v. TAYLOR ADAMS, ET AL.

Appeal from the Chancery Court for Loudon County No. 11562 Frank V. Williams, III,

No. E2012-00725-COA-R3-CV-FILED-MARCH 26, 2013

In this post-trial dispute George Emrich and Mary Emrich (“Plaintiffs”) appeal the Trial Court’s order on Taylor Adams, Wanda Adams, and Adams Roofing Company, LLC’s (“Defendants”) emergency motion for relief from order and Plaintiffs’ motion for sanctions, among other things. We find no error in the Trial Court’s March 9, 2012 order, and we affirm.

Tenn. R. App. P. 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgment of the Chancery Court Affirmed Case Remanded

D. M ICHAEL S WINEY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which C HARLES D. S USANO, J R., P.J., and J OHN W. M CC LARTY, J., joined.

Terry G. Vann, Lenoir City, Tennessee, for the appellants, George Emrich and Mary Emrich.

Robert G. Hinton, Lenoir City, Tennessee, for the appellees, Taylor Adams, Wanda Adams, and Adams Roofing Company, LLC.

OPINION

Background

The underlying suit in this appeal concerned a roadway. Plaintiffs sued Defendants and Loudon County Fence, LLC. After a trial the Trial Court entered its Final Judgment on January 25, 2011 finding and holding, inter alia, that settlement had been reached between Plaintiffs and Loudon County Fence, LLC; and that Defendants stipulated that the fence and gates encroached upon the State of Tennessee right-of-way, that the State had ordered said encroachments be removed, and that Defendants had agreed to remove said encroachments. Defendants filed a notice of appeal of the January 25, 2011 order. On May 27, 2011 this Court entered an order dismissing the appeal pursuant to Tenn. R. App. P. 15(a).

In June of 2011, Plaintiffs filed a motion seeking to compel Defendants to comply with the January 25, 2011 order. After a hearing the Trial Court entered an order on June 13, 2011 finding and holding, inter alia:

1. THAT on December 21, 2010, Plaintiffs were ruled to be the true and lawful owners, in fee, of the parcel of real property as described in Deed Book 335, Page 315 in the Register of Deeds for Loudon County, Tennessee; and that, as such, Plaintiffs are entitled to independent and uninterrupted possession, use, and enjoyment thereof. Located according to survey of Luther D. Hayes, Drawing B-1164, on the record of this cause as an exhibit at trial.

2. THAT Judgment in this cause became final on February 23, 2011.

3. THAT Plaintiffs’ [sic] served notice on Defendants’ [sic] Adams to vacate subject property, to remove all encroachments thereon, and to return/restore said property to its original condition and topography; and that to date - which is over 5 ½ months since the ruling of this Court and 3 ½ months since said ruling became final - Defendants’ [sic] have failed to do so.

It is, therefore, ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED as follows:

1. THAT Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel Compliance and for Permanent Injunction are granted against Defendants Taylor Adams, Wanda Adams, and Adams Roofing Company, LLC (hereinafter referenced as “Defendants Adams”).

2. THAT Defendants Adams are ordered to comply with the original ruling of this Court; and that, therefore, Defendants Adams are ordered to vacate subject property, to remove all encroachments thereon, and to return/restore said property to its original condition and topography by no later than the 15th day of July, 2011.

3. THAT Defendants Adams are permanently enjoined from future encroachments and any/all interference with Plaintiffs’ usage and enjoyment of subject property.

4. THAT Defendants Adams’ failure to comply with this Order shall result

-2- in said Defendants being found in contempt and being fined the sum of $100.00 per day for each and every day Defendants remain in violation of said Order, for which execution may issue if necessary; that Plaintiffs are then, upon notice to this Court and to Defendants Adams, authorized to obtain the services of a contractor to perform all necessary work of restoring subject property to its original condition and topography with the full costs thereof being taxed to Defendants Adams, for which execution may issue if necessary; that said contractor shall have the right to entry upon Defendants Adams’ parcel if necessary to complete said vacation and restoration; and that Plaintiffs will not be held liable for damage and/or replacement of any encroachments so removed. THAT the Defendants are enjoined from interfering/hindering contractor if such action becomes necessary.

On July 15, 2011 at 4:05 p.m. Defendants filed an Emergency Motion for Relief from Order alleging that Defendant Taylor Adams had suffered health problems requiring hospitalization and surgery and that problems had arisen which required “the need for the parties to apparently negotiate and/or agree as to the suitable useage and/or realignment of the roadway and fence, and how to deal with the Plaintiffs’ survey staking …,” and requesting that the court extend the time for compliance an additional thirty days. Also on July 15, 2011, five minutes after Defendants filed their emergency motion for relief, Plaintiffs filed notice that they were going to obtain the services of a contractor in accordance with the Trial Court’s June 13, 2011 order.

On July 18, 2011 Plaintiffs filed a motion for sanctions against Defendants alleging, in part, that Defendants were in contempt and that Defendants’ emergency motion for relief was unfounded and only “serve[d] to elude and evade justice in this cause.”

On December 19, 2011 Plaintiffs filed a document titled “Memorandum of Law: ‘Doctrine of Clean Hands’” On December 20, 2011 Defendants filed an Emergency Motion for Continuance asking the Trial Court to continue the hearing set for Wednesday, December 21, 2011 on Plaintiffs’ motion for sanctions and alleging, in part:

1. On Monday afternoon, December 19, 2011, at approximately 12:30 p.m., counsel for Adams received a 26 page “Response to Motion for Relief from Order” (as filed by Adams on July 15, 2011), which included various allegations, spurious and frivolous claims, apparently new causes of action, and a legal brief regarding previous matters which were litigated in December, 2011. Counsel for Adams has reason to believe that these motions and pleadings were filed in violation of Rule 11, Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure, since the facsimile bears the address “Kings Inn,” and he intends,

-3- after a through investigation, to move for sanctions against Mary Emrich. At this time, counsel has had a few minutes only to review these allegations and cannot respond accordingly. Further, counsel is unable to ascertain the legal impetus of these motions other than for the sole purpose to harass Adams, and now counsel, by the continued filing of frivolous motions, the making of anonymous mailings to Adams, and the filing of complaints with the Board of Professional Responsibility against counsel.

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3. Subsequent to the filing of the Emergency Motin [sic] for Relief from Order on July 15, 2011, counsel for Defendant has reason to believe that Mary Emrich filed and recorded miscellaneous pleadings without her attorney’s signature, and the Loudon County Register of Deeds Office, all in violation of Rule 11, and she should be sanctioned. Further, she continues to file pleadings without reviewing same with her attorney, and she has apparently acquired some type of rubber stamp bearing her attorney’s name. Counsel for Defendant has further discovered that Mary Emrich was a former employee of her attorney, and therefore had access to a signature facsimile.

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