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Home My WebLink About97-05452 \ " , ", I' , , I' II r "~I Ii , 'i , \J" '" ' , ~ ~ (:J '" ~ ~ ~ , , , .. I ""5 \ 1 ~ ~ " ~ , I, I' , ' 1 ! " , , , 1 ,11" ( 1 " " I (I , ' , " 1 " " '<t' ',i' " " i,'; I' " , , ", " " " .\ , .1 ,,' v. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA NO. 97- ";/';,,1 (:,'d T;,... JULES E. BIERACH, d.b.a. BRIDGE STREET TEXACO, plaintiff JOHN CLOUSE alkla JOHN CLOOSE, Defendant CIVIL ACTION LAW PETITION 'OR OWNERSHIP 0' MOTOR VEHICLE PURSUANT TO SECTION 1114(8) AND 1116(b) 0' THE VEHICLE COOl AND NOW, this . II..{,' ~) day of October, 1991, comes the Petitioner, JULES E. BIERACH, d.b.a. BRIDGE S'l'REET TEXACO, by and through his attorneys, Stone Lafaver and Stone, and avers the followingl 1. Petitioner is Jules E. Bierach, d.b.a. Bridge Street Texaco, with a principal place of business at Bridge and Carol Streets, New Cumberland, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 11070. 2. Defendant is John Clouse, a/k/a John Cloose, with a last known address of 201 4th Street, New Cumberland, cumberland County, Pennsyl- vania, 17010 and who also received mail c/o Mr. Percy Van Etten, Ivey Lane Building #2, Apartment #19, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17104, and at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, 1111 East End Boulevard, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, 18111. 3. On or about February 19,1991, defendant brought his 1987 Oldsmobile "Firen2a" (Registration number BGH-0865) into petitioner'S service station for repairs. -1- 4. Repairs were completed on the vehicle in a timely manner, with a cost of $1,010.13. A copy of the invoice is attached hereto, made a part hereof and marked Exhibit "A". 5. On or about March 15, 1997, petitioner advised the defendant via certified mail that the repairs had been completed and the bill was now overdue. A copy of said correspondence is attached hereto, made a part hereof and marked Exhibit "B". 6. Petitioner has made numerous and repeated unsuccessful contacts throulJh certified letters demanding that the defendant re-claim his vehicle and pay the repair bill. A copy of said letters are attached hereto, made a part hereof and marked Exhibit "C". 1. The petitioner has incurred the costs of the repair in the amount of $1010.13, as well as, additional expenses and storage costs in the amount of $8.00 per day, equalling $640.00, making the total loss to petitioner over $1640.00. WHBREFORE, it is respectful.ly requested that this Court award right, title and ownership of the said vehicle after the appropriate fees and taxes are paid, and further that the interest of any other person in said vehicle is thereby extinguished. Respectfully submitted, STONE LAFAVER/&~:~~~..// By Elh B. Su lOe Court *60251' " 4-14 Bridge Street, ~.9; Box E New Cumberland, P~( (11010 Telephone (111) 7B~-1435 Attorneys for the Petitioner -2- p "II/'\\"III:IIII\'lil ,....:IN I)l!)it v. '). WI" Jr'OHiU VIti' Nil J" '~j.1WlnJl" . V IV'I "IN"IS aNol.~" .~ '1-1.\ ~ . . f/J >-I Z 0 ~ > ~ II i Ii ~ ~ n ~ - e ~ f/J <l >-I .. 0 Cl Z I>l ~~ ,~ \J\ '-.I IV VJ ~ .' ' , , ').; w V'\ -t:: '^' ~ ~,~ ~ ~ ~ \,.J q <") \ \ '\-:" '\ . "- ~~~ l if '1--, . , , . " ~ (') 1.0 (') f:: -.J 'oj .. R 'i' 'l:~ t '1 ....lJ r~',: I -~ "r~ I ,',I .. '..' (.) ,I'';' " . :~':> " , ~ ~1'} .,;.:! :_:1 I . Jc-> -'"rll , r;- (..) ~ , .. 'i~ " ,:C) "j, ~'l ", '1:) ..... COI\1:\IONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA llEI'ARTMENT OF TRANSPORTA'I'ION ""HI't: OF nUH lOt .'HI It 11111 F... III.\HII'1. III IIIII~I()' 1101 '01' rll t'RO'''' SIR...-, r.- .\RII tl.()OR lI"IRRIS"lIH;, Pt:"S\l.1 I'll 1:1"4.2~1^ Hlln:, m 7) 7H7.2H.\0 nu:F,"" 1717170~-11l2 O.wnbu 12. 1997 BARBARA A. OARKES Asslluanr COlJf15ttl Motor VlthlC/1I 5ffC/Ion Elizabcth B. Stonc. Esquir~ Stonc. LaFavcr & Stonc 414 Bridge Str~ct Post Ollice Box E New Cumb~rland. Pcnnsylvania 17070 Rc: Jules E. Bierach, d.b,a. Bridge Strect Texaco v. John Clouse a/kla John Cloose No. 91-5452 - Civil Action D~ar Ms, Stone: Your OClOber 21, 1991, correspond~ncc addressed to Philip Zulli, Assistant Counsel In-Charge, Motor Vehicle Section. has b~cn referred to me lllr review and rcsponsc. It is my understanding in this case that you rcprescnt plaintiff Julcs E. Biernch. d.b,a, Bridge Strcet Texaco, in an action in which owncrshlp of a motor vchiclc is trying to bc cstablishcd, Specilically, Jules E. Bicrach. d,b.a, Bridgc Strcct Tcxaw. perfonncd a scrvice lln a 1987 Oldsmobilc Fircnza which John Clousc. a/kJa John Cloose, the present title holder of that vchiclc, brought to Bridge Street Texaco for rcpairs. ;\otably, it is our undcrstanding that Jules E. Bicrach, d.b.a. Bridgc Strc~t Texaco. has posscssion of the motor vchide in qucstion, but docs not have thc title to this motllr vehiclc. Rathcr. thc titlc to th~ vehicle is bc:lievcd to be in Ihc pllsscssion of Jllhn Clouse, A rencw of the Pcnnsylvania V chicle Codc clearly dcnotes that owncrship Ill' a motor vchiclc is sometimes dctennincd on othcr than voluntary grounds, 75 Pa.C.S. ~~ 1114(a). 1116(b), Howevcr. III order lor a mOlllr vchiclc to b~ titlcd III a ncw l)\\'ner l'n an involuntary lJasis. thc Depanment must be convinced that the pcrson IIpplying tllr thc title is the propcr owner and entitled to the issuance of that title. Whilc thc pllsscssion Oflhc motnr vchicle's title is prima jade cvidcnce of ownership, 15 Pa.C.S. ~ II06(c). this is a prcsumption that may be rebutted by other evidence, Whcn a person is nOI in possession ofthc motor vehiclc's titlc. othcr evidence is needed to prove ownership. Thc Department has bccn assigned the ministerial function of rcviewing applications for titles and issuing those titles to the proper owners, 75 l'a.C.S. ~6104; however, the Department does nOl b~'Come involvcd in a legal disputc n:garding who is the proper owncr of a motor vehicle. That decision is better Icll to the judicial forums in this Commonwealth and other jurisdictions. The PennDOT People. . . We Are Making A Difference! . .@1:t.U J..1. Mtb JULES E, BIERACH, d,b.8. BRIDGE STREET TEXACO, PLAINTIFF V. JOHN CLOUSE 8lk/a JOHN CLOOSE, DEFENDANT 97.5452 CIVIL TERM IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA r\'l..oor-: 0... ,s qt..v I '- L rl eL~2f)~.,.,)t I'.> sn""~. '2'>'Y l~ "-Ju)a....~ .~t- r c.-I-k-"'f-kP SLI'- J\ ,-<-, '01\ "1'-<, J-J..~.....~t "'=Ne.. -c.ll-ft),w-O...'O . '\)....,.-a,,~~ C)..so, rOH'A~(.. \ 'r C. t..-. "''> '"'-...,..0..... ill '" ~ c - w -.- '" - ;f . if ) ~ ~~ ~-\> oj'O ; ~ ~ it i ;)..1/01'16 ~ Uf'. ~ ~ < '" ~ m/ft ~ a. 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