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Attorney for Plaintiff
P.o. Box 95
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
James E. Ellison, Esquire
Attorney for Defendant
Rhoads & Sinon, LLP
P.O. Box 1146
Harrisburg, PA 17101
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CLIMATE CONTROL II, INC.,
Plaintiff
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERI.AND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
9B - 1404 MLD
SMITH LAND & IMPROVEMENT
CORPORATION,
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
Defendant
ACTION ON MECHANICS LIEN
JOINT MOTION FOR DISBURSEMENT OF LIEN PROCEEDS
plaintiff, Climate Control II, Inc., by and through counsel
of Andrew C. Sheely, Esquire, and Defendant, Smith Land &
Improvement Corporation, by and through James E. Ellison, Esquire,
of Rhoads and Sinon, LLP, hereby file this Joint Motion for
disbursement of liens proceeds and respectfully states as follows:
1. Plaintiff, Climate Control II, Inc. And Defendant, Smith
Land & Improvement Corporation, have resolved various disputes
raised in the above-captioned matter.
2. Climate Control II, Inc. and Smith Land & Improvement
Corporation agree that all funds deposited with the Prothonotary
of Cumberland County pursuant to Order of Court dated March 20,
199B, including the accumulated interest thereon, after deduction
of all poundage and other charges required by the Prothonotary,
shall be paid to plaintiff, Climate Control, II, Inc., through its
attorney, Andrew C. Sheely, Esquire
3. Counsel for Plaintiff shall mark this matter settled and
discontinued, with prejudice, within ten (10) days after the
payments have been made and distributed by the Prothonotary to
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MUTUAL RELEASE AND WAIVER OF LIENS AND CLAIMS BY AND
BETWEEN CLIMATE CONTROL II, INC. AND
SMITH LAND & IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
THIS IS A MUTUAL RELEASE AGREEMENT and is made this L
day of February, 1999, by and between, CLIMATE CONTROL II, INC.
and SMITH LAND & IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION, and the Parties
hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby confirm and agree as
follows:
BACKGROUND
WHEREAS, CLIMATE CONTROL II, INC., a subcontractor,
entered into a contract with R. E. GRANT CO., I NC., a general
contractor, for owner, SMITH LAND & IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION,
on or about July 14, 1997 to provide materials and provide labor
necessary for construction associated with heating and air
condition ventilation systems (HVAC), gas distribution and p~p~ng
systems, duct work and components upon all that certain real
estate with improvements thereon located at the West Shore Plaza,
Borough of Lemoyne, Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Tax Parcel
Number 12-21-0269-034, as more particularly described in
Cumberland County Deed Book 15, VOl."P", page 518, hereinafter
referred to as the "Premises"; and
WHEREAS, the Premises is owned by SMITH LAND &
IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION; and
WHEREAS, CLIMATE CONTROL II, INC. furnished materials and
services with respect to the Premises for the benefit of SMITH
LAND & IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION; and
WHEREAS, CLIMATE CONTROL II, INC., served a preliminary
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notice and formal notice of intention to file a Mechanics' Lien
Claim upon SMITH LAND & IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION, for the sum
of $7,262.50, with lawful interest, for amounts allegedly due
CI.IMATE CONTROL II, INC.; and
WHEREAS, CLIMATE CONTROL I I, INC. filed a mechanics' lien
claim against SMITH LAND & IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION on or
about March 13, 1998, docketed to 9B - 1404 MLD in the Court of
Common Pleas of Cumberland County, pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, an amount of $7,262.50 (hereinafter referred to as
"Deposit") was deposited on behalf of SMITH LAND & IMPROVEMENT
CORPORATION with the prothonotary's Office of Cumberland County
so as to discharge the lien as it attached to the Premises; and
WHEREAS, CLIMATE CONTROL I I, INC., a subcontractor, filed
a Complaint upon its mechanics' lien claim against SMITH LAND &
IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION, Owner, on or about August 4, 1998; and
WHEREAS, SMITH LAND AND IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION filed
preliminary objections to CLIMATE CONTROL I I, INC.' S Complaint
upon its Mechanic's lien claim on or about August 25, 1998; and
WHEREAS, an approximate amount of $7,513.34 presently exists
in the escrow at the Cumberland County courthouse, an amount which
represents $250.84 of accumulated interest; and
WHEREAS, CLIMATE CONTROL II INC. and SMITH LAND &
IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION desire to mutually resolve all disputes
arising out of, or in connection with the above-docketed matter,
the amount deposited with the prothonotary and the Premises, or
with the appurtenances thereto, by reason of the materials
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CLIMATE CONTROL II, INC. and SMITH LAND & IMPROVEMENT
CORPORATION, acknowledge and agree that the mutual releases
contained herein are specifically contingent upon CLIMATE
CONTROL II, INC,'S discontinuing the civil (MLD)
Action with prejudice as set forth herein.
c. CLIMATE CONTROL, II, INC. and SMITH LAND &
IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION for themselves and any person or
entity claiming by, through, from or under either of them,
including their respective officers, shareholders, directors,
heirs, personal representatives and assigns, each hereby
release, and agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless
the other, and their respective officers, shareholders,
directors, heirs, personal representatives, agents and
assigns, for, against and from any and all actions, matters
of action, causes of action, suits, proceedings, debts,
agreements, obligations, claims, rights, rights of
contribution or indemnification, accounts, demands, damages,
losses, costs, charges, expenses, compensation and fees
(including attorneys' fees), and claims and liabilities of
any nature whatsoever whether at law or in equity, known and
unknown, foreseen and unforeseen or unforeseeable, direct or
indirect, arising from or in connection with the Premises,
the Deposit and the civil (MLD) Action which arose or accrued
or which arises or accrues at any time before, on or after
the date of this Agreement as a result or consequence or in
connection with any action or failure to act by either of
them whether intentional or negligent.
d. THIS REI.EASE is intended to be and should be
interpreted to be a release in the broadest and fullest
sense. It is further agreed and understood that the
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CLIMATE CONTROL, II, INC.,
Plaintiff
IN TI-IE COURT or COMMON PLEAS or
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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SMITH LAND &
IMPROVEMENT
CORPORATION,
Defendant
98-1404 MLD
IN RE: DEFENDANT'S PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS
TO PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT
BEFORE HOFFER. P.L and OLER. J.
ORDER OF COURT
AND NOW, this ~~/Jday of December, 1998, after careful consideration of
Defendant's Preliminary Objections to Plaintiffs Complaint, and the briefs and oral
arguments presented in the matter, and for the reasons stated in the accompanying opinion,
Defendant's Preliminary Objections to the Plaintiffs Complaint are DENIED.
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Mcchanics' Licn Law sccking thc unpuid portion ofthc contract pricc. On August 25, 1998,
Dcfendunt Smith Land tilcd the preliminary o~jections currently be/ore the courl. The
preliminary objections challcnge the propriety of a mechanics' lici' complaint in the absence
of an extant mcchanics' lien attaching the improved property.
DISCUSSION
A mechanics' lien claim is a creation of statute and as such is in derogation of the
common law.2 "A mechanics' lien is a claim created by law for the pUrpose ofsccuring a
priority of payment of the price or value of work performed and materials furnished in
erecting or repairing a building or other structure....") While the act is intended to protect
those who furnish labor and materials, the mechanics' lien does not addrcss the rights of
parties vis-a-vis each other.4
Under the Mechanics' Lien Law, a distinction is made between a "claim" and an
"action."5 A "claim" is defined as "a mechanics' lien claim which has been tiled."6 An
"action" is defined as "an action to obtain judgment upon a claim."7
2 See Delmont Mech. Sel'vs. v. Kenvel' CO/p., 450 Pa. Super. 666, 677 A.2d 1241
(1996).
) Standard Pennsylvania Practice 2d ~ 105: I (1997).
4 See Matternas v. Stehman, 434 Pa. Super. 255, 642 A,2d 1120 (1994).
5 See Pa. R.C.P. 1651.
6 Pa. R.C.P. 1651(a).
7 Pa. R.C.P. 1651(b).
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hriel'at 7. The critical error iathis argumel1l is the conlilsion ol'lhe lien on the property with
the elailll filed hy Ihe Plaintif'f: By deposiling adelfuate security with the court, the lie/l is
discharged, thereby eradicating a cloud on the tille to the suhjeet property, The c/aim,
however, lives on with substituted collateral. in this case, the /hnds deposited with the court
in the alllount of $7,262.59, As the claim, in contradistinction to the lien, has not been
extinguished, there is no procedural bar to the filing ol'the mechanics' lien complaint in this
mailer and, accordingly, Defendant's preliminary objections to the Complaint cannot be
sustained.
The following order will there/ore be entered:
DRDER OF COURT
AND NOW, this 23rd day of December, 1998, after careful consideration of
Defendant's Preliminary Objections to Plaintiff's Complaint, and the briefs and oral
arguments presented in the maller, and tor the reasons stated in the accompanying opinion,
Defendant's Preliminary Objections to the Plaintifl"s Complaint are DENIED.
BY T/-IE COURT,
sl J. Wesley Oler. Jr.
J. Wesley Oler, Jr., J.
Andrew C. Sheely, Esq.
/27 Market Street
Mechanicsburg, P A 17055
Allorney for Plaintiff
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CLIMATE CONTROL II, INC.,
PLAINTIFF
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
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98-1404 MLD
SMITH LAND & IMPROVEMENT
CORPORA TION,
MECHANICS' LIEN CLAIM
DEFENDANT
PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS
TO MECHANICS' LIEN COMPLAINT
AND NOW. Defendant, Smith Land & Improvement Corporation, by and through its
attorneys, Rhodes & Sinon, LLP and Calkins & Campbell, files the within Preliminary
Objections as follows:
I. These Preliminary Objections are brought pursuant to section 70 I of the
Mechanics' Lien Law of 1963, 49 P.S. ~ 170 I and Pa. R.C.P. No. 1028.
2. On or about March 13, 1998, Subcontractor, Climate Control II, Inc., filed a
Mechanics' Lien Claim docketed to No. 98-1404 MLD in the amount of $7,262.59. A true
and correct copy of the Mechanics' Lien Claim is attached hereto as Exhibit I.
3. On March 20, 1998, this Court ordered the discharge of the mechanics' lien
upon payment by the contractor, RE Grant Company, Inc., of$7,262.59 to the Court. A true
and correct copy of the March 20, 1998, Order is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.
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4. On or about March 20, 1998, RE Grant Company, Inc. paid $7,262.59 to the
Court, discharging the mechanics' lien against Smith Land & Improvement Corporation
docketed at No. 98-1404 MLD.
5. On August 4, 1998, Climate Control II, Inc. filed a Complaint against Smith
Land & Improvement Corporation based on the discharged mechanics' lien to docket No. 98-
1404 MLD. A true and correct copy of the Complaint is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.
6. On August 5, 1998, the Cumberland County Sheriff served the Complaint on
Smith Land & Improvement Corporation.
7. The Mechanics' Lien Complaint is an action in rem against the owner, Smith
Land & Improvement Corporation.
8. Climate Control II, Inc. can only invoke this Court's jurisdiction with a
Mechanics' Lien Complaint if a valid mechanics' lien exists.
9. The Mechanics' Lien Law of 1963 is to be strictly construed. Delmont
Mechanical Services, Inc. II. Kenllel' Corp., 450 Pa.Super. 666, 677 A.2d 1241 (1996).
10. Since the mechanics' lien filed atNo. 98-1404 has been discharged, this Court
is without jurisdiction to hear the Mechanics' Lien Complaint, and the Complaint must be
dismissed. Rosenberg II. Cuperslllilh, 240 Pa. 162,87 A. 570 (\913).
II. The averments in the Complaint against Smith Land & Improvement
Corporation indicate that Plaintiffs dispute is for payment of$7,262.50 from the contractor,
RE Grant Company, Inc., which is not a party to this action.
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Climate Control II, Ioc., Claimant, by and through Counlel ot
Andrew C. Sheely, Esquire, hereby tile. this Hechanio's Lien Claim for
the sum of Seven Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Two Dollars and Fifty cents
($7,262.50), together with interest from November 26, 1997, and costs,
againlt Smith Land' Improvement Corporation, Ownar, and against
improvementl, building, premises, property and the curtilage appurtenant
thereto at 240 West Shore Plaza (West Shora Plaza), fOr debt dUe to the
Claimant as a subcontraotor for labor and materials furnished by
Claimant ae a subcontractor for R.E. Grant Co. Inc., in the erection and
construction of the improvements at such premises, and make. the
followin9 averments of fact in support of its Claim:
1. The Claimant is Climate Control II, Inc., a Pennsylvania
Corporation doinq busines. at 4487 York Road, How Oxford, Pennsylvania.
2. The owner or reputed owner of the property at the time of'
furnishing material and labor il Smith Land , Improvement COrporation, a
Delaware Corporation with a business address of 2001 State Road, Camp
Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and a registered address of CT
Corporation System, 1635 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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3. The improvements and the property which are the Subject of the
in.tant claim are at a newly constructed CVS Pharmacy and oommercial
bu. in... Itore located the Weet Shore Plaza, described as Tax Parcel
Number 12-21-0269-034 and Deed Book 15 Volume "P- paqa 518, all as more
partioularly desoribed in the full legal description Which i. attached
hereto as Bxhibit MA- and incorporated in this paragraph as if set forth
at length. The Owner, Smith Land' Improvement Corporation is the
succelsor to west Shore Plaza, Inc.
4. Th. labor and lIIahriall for whioh the debt iB due were
furnished by the Claimant for the agreed upon sum of $41,225.00 pursuant
to a written COntract dated July 14, 1997, and additional change ordars
in the amount of $3,140.00, with R.E.Grant. Co. Inc., who contracted
directly with the OWner, Smith Land, Improvement Corporation, A copy
of the written oontract, and invoice for change orders, between the
Claimant and the Contractor, lire attached hereto as Exhibit "B".
5. The labor and materials furnished by Claimant under thil
contract consisted of heating IInd air condition ventilation SYBtems
(BVAe), gas distribution and piping systems, duct work, diffusers,
dampers, returns and componento to said property, existing structures,
buildingl and illlprovllIIII!Ints thereon.
6. At the request of the Contractor, the Claimant performed an
additional amount of Change Orderl in the amount of $3,140.00, which
amount iB Bet apart as fo11OWI:
a. Labor I 44 3/4 man hours for demolition and removal of
ductwork (stock area), installation of new
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ductwork, fire damper. (pharmacy area)
$1,119.06; and
b. Materials 15 .heet. ot 4 · 8 teet sheet metal $270.00; and
c. Labor Fabrication of sheet _tal requiring 12 hours
8 $300.00: and
d. Hateriall Fire Dampers 8 $80.94: and
e. Material. Ceiling Unit Lennox, gas line, connections, chimney
. $841. 00; and
t. Labor
Installation of Ceiling unit and related items
8 289.00.lI.nd
Reclaiming freon frOll\ BVAC unit' 240.00, all as
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more specifically set forth in the Application and Certificate for
Payment dated November 21, 1997, invoice dated July 15, 1997 and the fax
d&ted OCtober 27, 1997 attached hereto as Exhibit M8-.
6. Claimant has besn paid a total of $37,102.50 from contractor.
7. A remaining amount of $7,262.50 remains due and OWing for which
a claim is here made.
8. Claimant substantially completed his work on or about November
26, 1997, which is less than four (4) months before filing this claim.
9. Written formal notice of the claimant's intention to file this
claim was served on the Owner by certified mail and regular mail on or
about February 3, 1998 and February 5, 1998, at the regular place of
businels and registered address of the Owner, respectively, aB'indicated
by the return receipt cards attached the Formal Notice marked aB Exhibit
"e".
10. Written preliminary notice of the Claimant's intention to fila
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thia claim wa. ..rved on the owner by certified mail and regular mail on
or about January 5, 1998 and January 8, 19'8, at the regular place of
buline.1 and regiltered addre.. ot the owner, relpectively, as indicated
by the return receipt cardl attached the Preliminary Notice marked BS
Ixhibit MD-.
11. Copies of the Pormal Notice of Intent and Preliminary Notice
of Intent were al.o provided to the Contractor BI indicated by the
copie. of the return receipt cardl attached hereto a. Ixhibit NI_.
12. The Contractor, R.E. Grant, Co. Ino., by and through Rosemary
I. Grant, President, caused to be publicly filed a Waiver ot Lien
Agreement dated July 1, 1997,'siqned on Augult 1, 1997 and recorded on
January 5, 1998 in the office of the prothonotary of Cumberland County.
A oopy of the Waiver of Lien Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit
NPN.
13. The Waivar of Lien Agreement purportedly includes the
eignature of the 'OWner, smith Land' Improvement Corporation,
(incorrectly indicated as L.B. Smith Land & Improvoment Inc.) and the
signature of the contraotor, R.B. Grant co., Inc., by Rosemary B. Grant,
President.
14. The waivwr of Lien Agreement was filed well after the work
whioh is the subject of thil Claim was completed by Claimant and i.
therefore invalid.
15. No defense of a Waiver of Liens is available as a defense for 0
the Owner.
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CLIMATE CONTROL II, INC., .
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HOT I C II:
You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against
the claims set forth in the following pages, you must take action
within twenty (20) days after this complaint and notice are
served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney
and filing in writing with the court your defenses or objections
to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you
fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment may
be entered against you by the court without further notice for any
money claimed in the complaint or for any other claim or relief'
requested by the plaintiff. You may lose money or property or
other rights important to you.
YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF
YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR TELEPHONE
THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU CAN GET LEGAL
HELP.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
2 LIBERTY AVENUE
CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA
(717) 249..3166
1-800-990-9108
By /),~ (I., ~
ANDREW C. SHEELY, Esquire
P.O. Box 95
127 S. Market Street
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
(717) 697-7050
Pat 1.0. No. 62469
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Defendant
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
98 - 1404 MLD
: CIVIL ACTION - LAW
: ACTION ON MECHANICS LIEN
vs.
SMITH LAND & IMPROVEMENT
CORPORATION,
COMPLAIN~
Climate Control II, Inc., Plaintiff, by and through Andrew C.
Sheely, Esquire, hereby files this Complaint in the nature of an
action on a mechanic's lien claim and in support thereof respectfully
states as follows:
1. Plaintiff is Climate Control II, Inc., a Pennsylvania
domestic Corporation doing business at 4487 York Road, New Oxford,
Adams County, Pennsylvania.
2. Defendant Smith Land & Improvement Corporation is a Delaware
Corporation with a business address of 2001 State Road, Camp Hill,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with a registered address of CT
Corporation System, 1635 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
3. Defendant Smith Land & Improvement Corporation is the owner
of the area commonly referred to as the West Shore Plaza, more
specifically described as Tax Parcel Number 12-21-0269-034 and
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot of land situate in the
County of Cumberland and Commonweal th of
particularly bounded and described as follows, to
Borough of Lemoyne,
Pennsylvania, more
wit:
BEGINNING at a stake, said stake being on the south side of
Market Street and on the line of the Borough of Camp Hill; thence
along the south side of Market Street North seventy (70)degrees
twenty (20)minutes East a distance of seven hundred sixty-four and
three-tenths (764.3)feet to a pin at other lands of L.B. Smith, Inc.;
thence by the same South nineteen (19) degrees forty (40) minutes
East a distance of three hundred eighty-six and ninety-one one
hundredths (386.91) feet to a pin; thence by the same South
thirty-six (36) degrees forty-eight (48) minutes East a distance of
six hundred thirteen (613.00) feet to a pin on tile North side of the
Gettysburg Pike, Pennsylvania U.S. Route 15; thence by the same South
fifty-three (53) degrees seventeen (17) minutes West a distance of
one hundred forty-four and twenty-eight one-hundredths (144.28) feet
to a stake; thence by the same South fifty-eight (58) degrees
fourteen (14) minutes West a distance of four hundred seventy-seven
and thirteen one-hundredths (477.13) feet to a stake at the Camp Hill
Borough line; thence by the same North thirty-six (36) degrees
thirty-nine (39) minutes West a distance of eleven hundred sixty-five
and ninety-one one-hundredths (1165.91) feet to a stake at the place
of BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 16.09 acres.
BEING part of the same premises which L.B. Smith, Inc., by its Deed
dated February 11, 1954 and recorded March 9, 1954 in the Office of
the Recorder of Deeds for Cumberland County in Deed Book P, Vol. 15,
Page 518 granted and conveyed unto West Shore Plaza, Inc.
4. Defendant Smith Land & Improvement Corporation is the
successor corporation to the West Shore plaza, Inc.
5. On or about July 14, 1997, plaintiff, a subcontractor, and
R.E. Grant Co. Inc., a contractor, entered into an abbreviated form
of Agreement concerning certain work, materials and labor to be
porformed by Plaintiff at Defendant's Smith Land & Improvement's
construction site located at the West Shore Plaza in the Borough of
Lernoyne, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
6. The abbreviated 'from of Agreement provided that Plaintiff
would be paid an amount of $41,225.00 for furnishing and installing a
heating and air conditioning system in accordance with specific
plans, layouts and drawings submitted by Defendant Smith Land &
Improvement Corporation and its agents.
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7. A copy of the abbreviated form of Agreement is attached
hereto as Exhibit "A".
8. The abbreviated form of Agreement was prepared by the General
Contractor, R.E. Grant, Co., Inc. for the benefit of Defendant Smith
Land & Improvement Corporation.
9. After the execution of the July 14, 1997 abbreviated form of
Agreement, R.E. Grant Co. Inc. requested and Plaintiff performed
additional change orders for the benefit of Defendant Smith Land &
Improvement Corporation.
10. The amount of the change orders equals $3,140.00 and copies
of the invoices for change orders are attached hereto as Exhibit "B".
11. At the request of Contractor R.E. Grant Co. Inc., Plaintiff
performed an additional amount of Change Orders in the amount of
$3,140.00, which amount is set apart as follows:
a. Labor, consisting of 44 3/4 man hours for demolition and
removal of ductwork (stock area), installation of new
ductwork, fire dampers (pharmacy area) in an amount of
$1,119.06; and
b. Materials, consisting of 15 sheets of 4' * 8' feet sheet
metal in an amount of $270.00; and
c. Labor, consisting of fabrication of sheet metal requiring
12 hours in an amount of $300.00; and
d. Materials, consisting of fire dampers in amount of $80.94;
and
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e. Materials consisting of a Lennox ceiling Unit, gas line,
connections and chimney at an amount of $841.001 and
f. Labor consisting of installing ceiling unit and related
items in an amount of $289.001 and
g. Labor consisting of reclaiming freon from HVAC unit @
240.00.
12. To date, plaintiff has been paid a total of $37,102.50 from
R.E. Grant, Co., Inc.
13. An amount of $7,262.50 remains due and owing to Plaintiff.
COUNT II ACTION ON MECHANIC'S LIEN CLAIM
14. paragraphs 1 through and including 13 are incorporated
herein as if set forth at length.
15. plaintiff substantially completed all required and requested
work on or about November 26, 1997.
16. Within (4) months, plaintiff filed with the Office of the
prothonotary for the Court of Common pleas of Cumberland County a
claim of mechanic's lien on the above-described real property and.
improvements thereon. A copy of the claim is attached hereto as
Exhibit "C".
17. On or about March 18, 1998, Contractor R.E. Grant Co., Inc.
petitioned the Cour.t of Common pleas of Cumberland county,
Pennsylvania to discharge the Mechanic's lien claim filed and
docketed to No. 98 - 1404 MLD in the Court of Common Pleas of
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Cumberland County as it attached to property of Defendant Smith Land
& Improvement Corporation.
18. By Order of Court dated March 20, 1998, Judge J. Wesley
Oler, Jr., upon payment of $7,262.50 by R.E. Grant Co., Inc.,
discharged the mechanics lien claim as it attached to the property of
Defendant Smith Land & Improvement Corporation.
19. Plaintiff substantially completed all required work as
contemplated by the abbreviated form of Agreement prepared by R.E.
Grant Co. Inc. and change orders requested by R.E. Grant Co., Inc.,
all for the benefit of Defendant Smith Land & Improvement
Corporation.
20. Plaintiff completed all required work in a quality and
workmanlike manner as required by the abbreviated form of Agreement
prepared by R.E. Grant Co. Inc. and change orders requested by R.E.
Grant Co., Inc., all for the benefit of Defendant Smith Land &
Improvement Corporation.
21. R.E. Grant Co. Inc., contractor for Defendant Smith Land &
Improvement Corporation, failed to comply with the terms of
abbreviated form of Agreement dated July 14, 1997 and all change
orders requested thereunder.
22. Plaintiff has repeatedly demanded the amount of $7,262.50
from R.E. Grant Co. Inc. and Smith Land & Improvement Corporation.
23. Defendant Smith Land & Improvement Corporation and its agent
R.E. Grant Co. Inc. have continually refused to pay Plaintiff the
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amount of $7,262.50.
24. At all relevant times hereto, R.E. Grant Co., Inc. was
acting as agent and general contractor for Defendant Smith Land &
Improvement Corporation.
25. By reason of R.E. Grant Co. Inc's request for performance
of services and providing of goods from plaintiff for the benefit of
Defendant Smith Land & Improvement Corporation, Defendant Smith Land
& Improvement Corporation impliedly promised to pay the reasonable
and necessary charges for such services.
26. As a direct and proximate result of Defendant Smith Land &
Improvement Corporation's refusal to pay the reasonable value of
Plaintiff's services, supplies and equipment from which Defendant
benefitted, Defendant Smith Land & Improvement Corporation has been
unjustly enriched in the amount of in the amount of $7,262.50
WHEREFORE, plaintiff, Climate Control II, Inc., respectfully
requests that this Honorable Court enter judgement against Defendant
Smith Land & Improvement Corporation. in the amount of $7,262.50,
together with interest from November 2, 1997, costs of the suit and
for such other relief as may be just and equitable, all in an amount
which does not exceed compulsory
DATE: July~1 , 199R
arbitration.
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Andrew C. Sfi~~~cEsquire
Attorney for Plaintiff
Climate Control II, Inc.
127 S. Market Street
P.O. Box 95
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
(717) 697-7065
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VERIFICATION
I verify that the statements made in this Complaint are true
and correct. I understand that false statements herein are made
subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.e.s. Sectj,on 4904 relating to
unsworn falsification to authorities.
Date: JU1Y31, 1998
CLIMATE CONTROL II, INC.,
Pllintiff
vs.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
98 - 1404 MLD
SMITH LAND & IMPROVEMENT
CORPORATION,
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
ACTION ON MECHANICS LIEN
Defendant
COMPLAINT
Climate Control II, Inc., Plaintiff, by and through Andrew C.
Sheely, Esquire, hereby files this Complaint in the nature of an
action on a mechanic's lien claim and in support thereof respectfully
states as follows:
1. Plaintiff is Climate Control II, Inc., a Pennsylvania
domestic Corporation doing business at 4487 York Road, New Oxford,
Adams County, Pennsylvania.
2. Defendant Smith Land & Improvement Corporation is a Delaware
Corporation with a business address of 2001 State Road, Camp Hill,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with a registered address of CT
Corporation System, 1635 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
3. Defendant Smith Land & Improvement Corporation is the owner
of the area commonly referred to as the West Shore Plaza, more
specifically described as Tax Parcel Number 12-21-0269-034 and
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot of land situate in the
County of Cumberland and Commonwealth of
particularly bounded and described as follows, to
Borough of Lemoyne,
Pennsylvania, more
wit:
BEGINNING at a stake, said stake being on the south side of
Market Street and on the line of the Borough of Camp Hill; thence
along the south side of Market Street North seventy (70) degrees
twenty (20 )minutes East a distance of seven hundred sixty-four and
three-tenths (764.3)feet to a pin at other lands of L.B. Smith, Inc.;
thence by the same South nineteen (19) degrees forty (40) minutes
....
East a distance of three hundred eighty-six and ninety-one one
hundredths (386.91) feet to a pin; thence by the same South
thirty-six (36) degrees forty-eight (48) minutes East a distance of
six hundred thirteen (613.00) feet to a pin on tile North side of the
Gettysburg Pike, Pennsylvania U.S. Route 15; thence by the same South
fifty-three (53) degrees seventeen (17) minutes West a distance of
one hundred forty-four and twenty-eight one-hundredths (144.28) feet
to a stake; thence by the same South fifty-eight (58) degrees
fourteen (14) minutes West a distance of four hundred seventy-seven
and thirteen one-hundredths (477.13) feet to a stake at the Camp Hill
Borough line; thence by the same North thirty-six (36) degrees
thirty-nine (39) minutes West a distance of eleven hundred sixty-five
and ninety-one one-hundredths (1165.91) feet to a stake at the place
of BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 16.09 acres.
BEING part of the same premises which L.B. Smith, Inc., by its Deed
dated February 11, 1954 and recorded March 9, 1954 in the Office of
the Recorder of Deeds for Cumberland County in Deed Book P, Vol. 15,
Page 518 granted and conveyed unto West Shore Plaza, Inc.
4. Defendant Smith Land & Improvement Corporation is the
successor corporation to the West Shore Plaza, Inc.
5. On or about July 14, 1997, Plaintiff, a subcontractor, and
R.E. Grant Co. Inc., a contractor, entered into an abbreviated form
of Agreement concerning certain work, materials and labor to be
performed by Plaintiff at Defendant's Smith Land & Improvement's
construction site located at the West Shore Plaza in the Borough of
Lemoyne, Cumberland County, pennsylvania.
6. The abbreviated from of Agreement provided that Plaintiff
would be paid an amount of $41,225.00 for furnishing and installing a
heating and air conditioning system in accordance with specific
plans, layouts and drawings submitted by Defendant Smith Land &
Improvement Corporation and its agents.
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7. A copy of the abbreviated form of Agreement ia attached
hereto as Exhibit "A".
B. The abbreviated form of Agreement was prepared by the General
Contractor, R.E. Grant, Co., Inc. for the benefit of Defendant Smith
Land & Improvement Corporation.
9. After the execution of the July 14, 1997 abbreviated form of
Agreement, R.E. Grant Co. Inc. requested and Plaintiff performed
additional change orders for the benefit of Defendant Smith Land &
Improvement Corporation.
10. The amount of the change orders equals $3,140.00 and copies
of the invoices for change orders are attached hereto as Exhibit "B".
11. At the request of Contractor R.E. Grant Co. Inc., Plaintiff
performed an additional amount of Change Orders in the amount of
$3,140.00, which amount is set apart as follows:
a. Labor, consisting of 44 3/4 man hours for demolition and
removal of ductwork (stock area), installation of new
ductwork, fire dampers (pharmacy area) in an amount of
$1,119.06; and
b. Materials, consisting of 15 sheets of 4' * 8' feet sheet
metal in an amount of $270.00; and
c. Labor, consisting of fabrication of sheet metal requiring
12 hours in an amount of $300.00; and
d. Materials, consisting of fire dampers in amount of $80.94;
and
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e. Materials consisting of a Lennox Ceiling Unit, gas line,
connections and chimney at an amount of $841.00; and
f. Labor consisting of installing ceiling unit and related
items in an amount of $289.00; and
g. Labor consisting of reclaiming freon from HVAC unit @
240.00.
12. To date, Plaintiff has been paid a total of $37,102.50 from
R.E. Grant, Co., Inc.
13. An amount of $7,262.50 remains due and owing to Plaintiff.
COUNT I: ACTION ON MECHANIC'S LIEN CLAIM
14. Paragraphs 1 through and including 13 are incorporated
herein as if set forth at length.
15. Plaintiff substantially completed all required and requested
work on or about November 26, 1997.
16. Within (4) months, Plaintiff filed with the Office of the
Prothonotary for the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County a
claim of mechanic's lien on the above-described real property and
improvements thereon. A copy of the claim is attached hereto as
Exhibit "C".
17. On or about March 18, 1998, Contractor R.E. Grant Co., Inc.
petitioned the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania to discharge the Mechanic's lien claim filed and
docketed to No. 98 - 1404 MLD in the Court of Common Pleas of
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Cumberland County as it attached to property of Defendant smith Land
& Improvement corporation.
18. By Order of Court dated March 20, 1998, Judge J. Wesley
Oler, Jr., upon payment of $7,262.50 by R.E. Grant Co., Inc.,
discharged the mechanics lien claim as it attached to the property of
Defendant Smith Land & Improvement Corporation.
19. Plaintiff substantially completed all required work as
contemplated by the abbreviated form of Agreement prepared by R.E.
Grant Co. Inc. and change orders requested by R.E. Grant Co., Inc.,
all for the benefit of Defendant Smith Land & Improvement
corporation.
20. Plaintiff completed all required work in a quality and
workmanlike manner as required by the abbreviated form of Agreement
prepared by R.E. Grant Co. Inc. and change orders requested by R.E.
Grant Co., Inc., all for the benefit of Defendant Smith Land &
Improvement Corporation.
21. R.E. Grant Co. Inc., contractor for Defendant Smith Land &
Improvement Corporation, failed to comply with the terms of
abbreviated form of Agreement dated July 14, 1997 and all change
orders requested thereunder.
22. Plaintiff has repeatedly demanded the amount of $7,262.50
from R.E. Grant Co. Inc. and Smith Land & Improvement Corporation.
23. Defendant Smith Land & Improvement Corporation and its agent
R.E. Grant Co. Inc. have continually refused to pay Plaintiff the
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amount of $7,262.50.
24. At all relevant times hereto, R.E. Grant Co., Inc. was
acting as agent and general contractor for Defendant Smith Land &
Improvement Corporation.
25. By reason of R.E. Grant Co. Inc's request for performance
of services and providing of goods from Plaintiff for the benefit of
Defendant Smith Land & Improvement Corporation, Defendant Smith Land
& Improvement Corporation impliedly promised to pay the reasonable
and necessary charges for such services.
26. As a direct and proximate result of Defendant Smith Land &
Improvement Corporation's refusal to pay the reasonable value of
Plaintiff's services, supplies and equipment from which Defendant
benefitted, Defendant Smith Land & Improvement Corporation has been
unjustly enriched in the amount of in the amount of $7,262.50
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff, Climate Control II, Inc., respectfully
requests that this Honorable Court enter judgement against Defendant
Smith Land & Improvement Corporation. in the amount of $7,262.50,
together with interest from November 2, 1997, costs of the suit and
for such other relief as may be just and equitable, all in an amount
which does not exceed compulsory
DATE: July?1 , 1998
arbitration.
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Andrew C. sfieel;~-ESquire
Attorney for Plaintiff
Climate Control II, Inc.
127 S. Market Street
P.O. Box 95
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
(717) 697-7065
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CLIMATE CONTROL II, INC.,
Subcontractor
IN TOE COURT O~ COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIl\
: 98 - MLD NO. tf'i. ,I/or Ih i..0 7'"..-.
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SMITB LAND , IMPROVEHENT
CORPORATION, Owner or
reputed owner as successor to
WEST SHORE PLAZA, INC.
MECRANIC'S LIBN CLAIM
Climate Control II, Inc., Claimant, by and through Counsel of
Andrew C. Sheely, Esquire, hereby files this Mechanio's Lien Claim for
the sum of Seven Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Two Dollars and Fifty cents
($7,262.50), together with interest from November 26, 1997, and costs,
against Smith Land & Improvement Corporation, OWner, and against
improvementB, building, premises, property and the curtilage appurtenant
thereto at 240 West Shore Plaza (West Shore Plaza), for debt due to the
Claimant as a subcontraotor for labor and materials fUrnished by
Claimant as a subcontractor for R.E. Grant Co. Inc., in the erection and
construction of the improvements at such premises, and makes the
following averments of fact in support of its claim:
1. The Claimant is Climate Control II, Inc., a Pennsylvania
Corporation doing business at 4487 York Road, New Oxford, Pennsylvania.
2. The owner or reputed owner of the property at the time of
furnishing material and labor is Smith Land & Improvement Corporation, a
Delaware Corporation with a business address of 2001 State Road, Camp
Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and a registered address of CT
Corporation System, 1635 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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FAK NO, 7177318325
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3. The improv8lll8nte and the property which are the subject of the
instant claim are at a now1y constructed CVS Pharmacy And commercial
business store located the West Shoro Plaza, described as Tax Parcel
Nu:nber 12-21-0269-034 and Deed Book 15 Volwne "P" Page 51B, all as more
particularly described in the full legal description which is attached
hereto as Exhibit "An and incorporated in this paragraph as if set forth
at lengtb. The OWner, Smith Land & Improvement Corporation ie the
successor to West Shore Plaza, Inc.
4. The labor and materials for whicb the debt is due were
furnished by the Claimant for the agreed upon sum of $41,225.00 purSUAnt
to a written contract dated July 14, 1997, and additional change orders
in the amount of $3,140.00, with R.E.Grant. Co. Inc., who contracted
directly with the OWner, Smith Land & Improvement Corporation, A copy
of the written contract, and invoice for change orders, between the
Claimant and the Contractor, are attaChed hereto as Exhibit "B".
5. The labor and materials furnished by Claimant under this
contract oonsisted of heating and air condition ventilation systems
(HVAC), gas distribution and piping systems, duct work, diffusers,
dampers, returns and components to said property, existing structures,
buildings and improvementB thereon.
6. At the request of the Contractor, the Claimant performed an
additional amount of Change Orders in the amount of $3,140.00, which
amount is set apart as follows:
a. Labor,
44 3/4 man hours for demolition and rllmoval of
ductwork (stock area); installation of new
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ductwork, fire dampers (pharmacy area)
$1,119,06; and
b. Materials 15 sheets of 4 * B teet eheet metal $270.00; and
c. Labor Fabrication of sheet metal requiring 12 hours
@ $300.00; and
d. Materials Fire Dampers @ $90.94; and
e. Materials Ceiling Unit Lennox, gas line, connections, chimney
@ $841.00; and
f. Labor Installation of ceiling unit and related items
@ 2B9.00.and
g. Labor
ReClaiming freon from BVAC unit @ 240.00, all as
more specifically set forth in the Application and Certificate for
Payment dated November 21, 1997, invoice dated July 15, 1997 and the fax
dated october 27, 1997 attached hereto as Exhibit "B".
6. Claimant hae been paid a total of $37,102.50 from contractor.
7. A remaining amount of $7,262.50 remains due and owing for which
a claim is here made.
8. Claimant substantially completed his work on or about November
26, 1997, which is less than four (4) months before filing this claim.
9. Written formal notice of the claimant's intention to file this
claim was served on the OWner by certified mail and regular mail on or
about February 3, 1999 and February 5, 1998, at the regular place of
business and registered address of the OWner, respectively, as indicated
by the retu=n receipt cards attached the Formal Notice marked as Exhibit
HC".
10. Written preliminary notice of the Claimant's intention to file
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FAK NO, 7177318326
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this claim was served on the OWnor by certified mail and regular mail on
or aboue January 5, 1998 and January 0, 1998, at the regular place of
business and registered address of tho OWner, respectively, as indicated
by the return receipt cards attachea the Preliminary Notice marked as
Exhibit "D".
11. Copies of the Formal Notica of Intent and Proliminary Notice
of Intent were also provided to the Contractor ae indicated by the
copies of the return reoeipt cards attached hereto a$ Exhibit "E".
12. The Contractor, R.E. Grant, Co. Inc., by and through Rosemary
E. Grant, President, caused to be publicly filed e Waiver of Lien
Agreement dated July 1, 1997, signed on Augult 1, 1997 and recorded on
January 5, 199B in the office of the prothonotary of Cumberland County.
A copy of the Waiver of Lien Agre8m8nt is attached hereto as Exhibit
NFtr.
13. The waiver of Lien Agr98~ne purportedly inCludes the
eignature of the 'owner, Smith Land & Improvement Corporation,
(incorrectly indicated as L.B. Smith Land & Improvement Inc.) and the
signature of the Contractor, R.E. Grant Co., Inc., by Rosemary E. Grant,
President.
14. The waiver of Lien Agreement was filed well after the work
which is the subject of this Claim was completed by Claimant and i8
therefore invalid.
15. No defense of a Waiver of Liens is available as a defense for 0
the Owner.
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CLIMATE CONTROL II, INC.,
Subcontractor
vs.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
98 - /'IIJ'/MLD NO.
MECHANICS LIEN CLAIM
SMITH LAND & IMPROVEMENT
CORPORATION, OWner or
reputed owner as successor to
WEST SHORE PLAZA, INC.
MECHANIC'S LIEN CLAIM
Climate Control II, Inc., Claimant, by and through Counsel of
Andrew C. Sheely, Esquire, hereby files this Mechanic's Lien Claim for
the sum of Seven Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Two Dollars and Fifty cents
($7,262.50), together with interest from November 26, 1997, and costs,
against Smith Land & Improvement Corporation, Owner, and against
improvements, building, premises, property and the curtilage appurtenant
thereto at 240 West Shore Plaza (West Shore Plaza), for debt due to the
Claimant as a subcontractor for labor and materials furnished by
Claimant as a subcontractor for R.E. Grant Co. Inc., in the erection and
construction of the improvements at such premises, and makes the
following averments of fact in support of its claim:
1. The Claimant is Climate Control II, Inc., a Pennsylvania
Corporation doing business at 4487 York Road, New Oxford, Pennsylvania.
2. The owner or reputed owner of the property at the time of
furnishing material and labor is Smith Land & Improvement Corporation, a
Delaware Corporation with a business address of 2001 State Road, Camp
Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and a registered address of CT
Corporation System, 1635 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
3. The improvements and the property which are the subject of the
instant claim are at a newly constructed CVS Pharmacy and commercial
business store located the West Shore Plaza, described as Tax Parcel
Number 12-21-0269-034 and Deed Book 15 Volume "P" Page 518, all as more
particularly described in the full legal description which is attached
hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated in this paragraph as if set forth
at length. The OWner, Smith Land & Improvement Corporation is the
successor to West Shore Plaza, Inc.
4. The labor and materials for which the debt is due were
furnished by the Claimant for the agreed upon sum of $41,225.00 pursuant
to a written contract dated July 14, 1997, and additional change orders
in the amount of $3,140.00, with R.E.Grant. Co. Inc., who contracted
directly with the OWner, Smith Land & Improvement Corporation, A copy
of the written contract, and invoice for change orders, between the
Claimant and the Contractor, are attached hereto as Exhibit "B".
5. The labor and materials furnished by Claimant under this
contract consisted of heating and air condition ventilation systems
(HVAC), gas distribution and piping systems, duct work, diffusers,
dampers, returns and components to said property, existing structures,
buildings and improvements thereon.
6. At the request of the Contractor, the Claimant performed an
additional amount of Change Orders in the amount of $3,140.00, which
amount is set apart as follows:
a. Labor:
44 3/4 man hours for demolition and removal of
ductwork (stock area); installation of new
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ductwork, fire dampers (pharmacy area)
$1,119.06; and
b. Materials 15 sheets of 4 * 8 feet sheet metal $270.00; and
c. Labor Fabrication of sheet metal requiring 12 hours
@ $300.00; and
d. Materials Fire Dampers @ $80.94; and
e. Materials Ceiling Unit Lennox, gas line, connections, chimney
@ $841.00; and
f. Labor Installation of Ceiling unit and related items
@ 289.00.and
g. Labor
Reclaiming freon from HVAC unit @ 240.00, all as
more specifically set forth in the Application and Certificate for
Payment dated November 21, 1997, invoice dated July 15, 1997 and the fax
dated October 27, 1997 attached hereto as Exhibit "B".
6. Claimant has been paid a total of $37,102.50 from contractor.
7. A remaining amount of $7,262.50 remains due and owing for which
a claim is here made.
8. Claimant substantially completed his work on or about November
26, 1997, which is less than four (4) months before filing this claim.
9. Written formal notice of the claimant's intention to file this
claim was served on the OWner by certified mail and regular mail on or
about February 3, 1998 and February 5, 1998, at the regular place of
business and registered address of the OWner, respectively, as indicated
by the return receipt cards attached the Formal Notice marked as Exhibit
He".
10. Written preliminary notice of the Claimant's intention to file
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this claim was served on the OWner by certified mail and regular mail on
or about January 5, 1998 and January 8, 1998, at the regular place of
business and registered address of the OWner, respectively, as indicated
by the return receipt cards attached the preliminary Notice marked as
Exhibit "0".
11. copies of the Formal Notice of Intent and preliminary Notice
of Intent were also provided to the Contractor as indicated by the
copies of the return receipt cards attached hereto as Exhibit "E".
12. The Contractor, R.E. Grant, Co. Inc., by and through Rosemary
E. Grant, president, caused to be publicly filed a waiver of Lien
Agreement dated July 1, 1997, signed on August 1, 1997 and recorded on
January 5, 1998 in the office of the Prothonotary of Cumberland County.
A copy of the Waiver of Lien Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit
"F".
13. The Waiver of Lien Agreement purportedly includes the
signature of the OWner, Smith Land & Improvement Corporation,
(incorrectly indicated as L.B. Smith Land & Improvement Inc.) and the
signature of the Contractor, R.E. Grant Co., Inc., by Rosemary E. Grant,
President.
14. The Waiver of Lien Agreement was filed well after the work
which is the subject of this Claim was completed by Claimant and is
therefore invalid.
15. No defense of a Waiver of Liens is available as a defense for 0
the OWner.
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DATE OF COM~IF.XcnIEr-:T:
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CLIMATE CONTROL II, INC.,
Subcontractor
vs.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
97 MLD NO.
MECHANICS LIEN CLAIM
.
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SMITH LAND & IMPROVEMENT
CORPORATION,
OWner or reputed owner
vs.
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R.E. GRANT CO. INC.,
Contractor :
FORMAL NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE MECHANICS CLAIM AND LIEN
TO: SMITH LAND & IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
c/Q R.E. Jordon, C.E.O.
2001 State Road
Camp Hill, PA l7011
R.E. GRANT CO. INC.
c/o Rosemary E.Grant, C.E.O.
342 Walton Stree~
Lemoyne, PA 17043
SMITH LAND & IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
c/o CT Corpora~ion System
l635 Market Street
philadelphia, PA 19103
This Formal Notice is being sent to you in accordance with the
Mechanic's Lien Law of 1963, 49 P.S. 1501, et sea.. as amended. for the
purpose of providing you with Notice that Climate Control II, Inc., a
Claimant and subcontractor, intends to file a lien against the following
described property:
ALL THAT CERTAIN, lot of land situate in the Borough of
Lemoyne, County of Cumberland and Commonwealth of pennsylvania,
more particularly bounded and described as follows, to wit:
BEGINNING at a stake, said stake being on the south side of
Market Street and on the line of the Borough of Camp Hill; thence
along the south side of Market Street North seventy (70) degrees
twenty (20) minutes East a distance of seven hundred sixty-four and
three-tenths (764.3) feet to a pin at other lands of L.B. Smith,
Inc.; thence by the same South nineteen (19) degrees forty (40)
minutes East a distance of three hundred eighty-six and ninety-one
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one hundredths (386.91) feet to a pin; thence by the same South
thirty-six (36) degrees forty-eight (48) minutes East a distance of
six hundred thirteen (613.00) feet to a pin on the North side of
the Gettysburg Pike, Pennsylvania U.S. Route 15; thence by the same
South fifty-three (53) degrees seventeen (l7) minutes West a
distance of one hundred forty-four and twenty-eight one hundredths
(144.28) feet to a stake; thence by the same South fifty-eight (58)
degrees fourteen (14) minutes West a distance of four hundred
seventy-seven and thirteen one-hundredths (477.13) feet to a stake
at the Camp Hill Borough line; thence by the same North thirty-six
(36) degrees thirty-nine (39) minutes West a distance of eleven
hundred sixty-five and ninety-one one hundredths (1165.91) feet to
a stake at the place of BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 16.09 acres.
BEING part of the same premises which L.B. Smith, Inc., by its Deed
dated February 11, 1954 and recorded March 9, 1954 in the Office of
the Recorder of Deeds in and for Cumberland County in Deed Book P,
Vol. 15, Page 518 granted and conveyed unto West Shore Plaza, Inc.
Parcel Number 12-21-0269-034
Deed Book 15 Volume "P" Page 518
(1) The claim for which Climate Control II, Inc., Claimant, intends
to.file said lien is for the sum of $7.262.59, with lawful interest.
(2) The name and address of the contractor is R.E. Grant co., Inc.
with a registered business address of 342 Walton Street,Lemoyne, PA
17043, operated by Rosemary Grant, C.E.O of R.E. Grant, Co., Inc.
(3) The amount due Climate Control, II, Inc. Is $7,262.59.
(4) Climate Control II, Inc. contracted with R.E. Grant Co., on or
about July 14, 1997, and work pursuant thereto began shortly thereafter.
The contract between the two parties was for materials and labor
associated the with heating and air condition ventilation systems
(HVAC), gas distribution and piping systems, duct work and components to
said property, existing structures, buildings and improvements thereon.
(5) The Claimant substantially completed the work which was the
subject of the contract by NOvember 26, 1997, but several items remain
to be completed at the site including balancing of the duct forced air
system, system check and start-up. To date, Claimant remains ready to
complete the work, but Claimant has not been requested by the Contractor
to complete the remaining work at the construction site, with the
exception of demanding that certain documents be signed and completed.
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one hundredths (386.91) feet to a pin; thence by the same South
thirty-six (36) degrees forty-eight (48) minutes East a distance of
six hundred thirteen (613.00) feet to a pin on the North side of
the Gettysburg pike, pennsylvania U.S. Route 15; thence by the same
South fifty-three (53) degrees seventeen (17) minutes West a
distance of one hundred forty-four and twenty-eight one hundredths
(144.28) feet to a stake; thence by the same South fifty-eight (58)
degrees fourteen (14) minutes West a distance of four hundred
seventy-seven and thirteen one-hundredths (477.13) feet to a stake
at the Camp Hill BOrough line; thence by the same North thirty-six
(36) degrees thirty-nine (39) minutes West a distance of eleven
hundred sixty-five and ninety-one one hundredths (1165.91) feet to
a stake at the place of BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 16.09 acres.
BEING part of the same premises which L.B. Smith, Inc., by its Deed
dated February 11, 1954 and recorded March 9, 1954 in the Office of
the Recorder of Deeds in and for Cumberland County in Deed Book P,
vol. 15, Page 518 granted and conveyed unto West Shore Plaza, Inc.
Parcel Number 12-21-0269-034
Deed Book 15 Volume "P" Page 518
The claim for which Climate Control II, Inc. intends to file said
lien is for the sum of S7.262.59, with lawful interest.
The name and address of the contractor is R.E. Grant Co., Inc. with
a registered business address of 342 Walton Street,Lemoyne, PA 17043,
operated by Rosemary Grant, C.E.O of R.E. Grant, Co., Inc.
Unless the amount of S7.262.59 is paid as demanded, Climate Control
II, Inc. intends to file a lien against the above-described property for
materials and labor associated the with heating and air condition
ventilation systems (HVAC), gas distribution and piping systems and
components to said pror erty.~ existing structures, buildings and
improvements thereon.
DATE: January 5, 1998
Ifill-v C )l~k
Andrew C. Shee;y:- ~uire
Attorney for Climate Control II, Inc.
127 S. Market Street
P.O. Box 95
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
(717) 697-7065
PA ID NO. 62469
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CLIMATE CONTROL II, INC.,
subcontractor
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
: 97 MLD NO.
vs.
SUITH LAND & DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION,
OWner or reputed owner
vs.
: MECHANICS LIEN CLAIM
.
.
:
R.E. GRANT CO. INC.,
Contractor
PRELIMINARY NOTICE TO PILE MECHANICS CLAIM AND LIEN
TO: SMITH LAND & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
clo R.E. Jordan, C.E.O.
2001 Stat:e Road
Camp Hill, PA 170ll
R.E. GRANT CO. INC.
clo Rosemary Grant, C.E.O.
342 Walton Street:
Lemoyne, PA l7043
SMITH LAND & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
clo CT Corporat:ion Syst:em
1635 Market: Street:
Philadelphia, PA 19103
This Notice is being sent to you in accordance with the Mechanic's
Lien Law of 1963 for the purpose of prOViding you with Notice that
Climate Control II, Inc., a Subcontractor, intends to file a lien
against the fOllowing described property:
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot of land situate in the Borough of
Lemoyne, County of Cumberland and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
more particularly bounded and described as follows, to wit:
BEGINNING at a stake, said stake being on the south side of
Market Street and on the line of the Borough of Camp Hill; thence
along the south side of Market Street North seventy (70) degrees
twenty (20) minutes East a distance of seven hundred sixty-four and
three-tenths (764.3) feet to a pin at other lands of L.B. Smith,
Inc.; thence by the same South nineteen (19) degrees forty (40)
minutes East a distance of three hundred eighty-six and ninety-one
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one hundredths (386.91) feet to a pin; thence by the same South
thirty-six (36) degrees forty-eight (48) minutes East a distance of
six hundred thirteen (613.00) feet to a pin on the North side of
the Gettysburg Pike, pennsylvania U.S. Route 15; thence by the same
South fifty-three (53) degrees seventeen (17) minutes West a
distance of one hundred forty-four and twenty-eight one hundredths
(144.28) feet to a stake; thence by the same South fifty-eight (58)
degrees fourteen (14) minutes West a distance of four hundred
seventy-seven and thirteen one-hundredths (477.13) feet to a stake
at the Camp Hill Borough line; thence by the same North thirty-six
(36) degrees thirty-nine (39) minutes West a distance of eleven
hundred sixty-five and ninety-one one hundredths (1165.91) feet to
a stake at the place of BEGINNING.
CONTAINING l6.09 acres.
BEING part of the same premises which L.B. Smith, Inc., by its Deed
dated February 11, 1954 and recorded March 9, 1954 in the Office of
the Recorder of Deeds in and for Cumberland County in Deed Book P,
Vol. 15, Page 518 granted and conveyed unto West
Shore Plaza, Inc.
Parcel Number 12-21-0269-034
Deed Book 15 Volume "P" Page 518
The claim for which Climate Control II, Inc. intends to file said lien
is for the sum of $7.262.59, with lawful interest.
The name and address of the contractor is R.E. Grant Co., Inc. with a
registered business address of 342 Walton Street,Lemoyne, PA 17043,
operated by Rosemary Grant, C.E.O of R.E. Grant, Co., Inc.
Unless the amount of $7.262.59 is paid as demanded, Climate Control II,
Inc. intends to file a lien against the above-described property for
materials and labor associated the with heating and air condition
ventilation systems (HVAC), gas distribution and piping systems and
components to said property, existing structures, buildings and
improvements thereon.
DATE: January 2, 1998
/tr~ C. tJ..11 -'
Andrew C. Sh~~quire
Attorney for Climate Control II, Inc.
127 S. Market Street
P.O. Box 95
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
(717) 697-7065
PA ID NO. 62469
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL DIVISION
NO-LIEN AGREEMENT
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CONTRACTOR: RE Grant Co" Inc,
342 Walton SI.
Lemoyne, PA 17043
AND Of,I)AJe/L L,8, Smith Land & Improvement Company
2001 State Road
Camp Hill, PA 17001
Waiver of Lien Aareement
WHEREAS, the parties RE Grant Co" Inc, and L,8, Smith Land & Improvement
Company_hereto did on the 1'1 day of July, 1997 ,enter into an agreement
(hereinafter the "Contract"), therein and whereby said Contractor undertook and agreed
to furnish all materials, labor and equipment, etc" to complete the work of Constructing
the Tenant Fit Out mom P<::"ticularly described as follows:
Work to be in accordance with the Standard Form of Agreement between Owner
and Contractor dated July 1, 1997
Said parcel of ground is located 12th & Market Streets, Lemovne, Pennsvlvania,
NOW, THEREFORE, the Contractor for itself and any and all subcontractors, material
men and parties acting for, through or under the Contractor or for, through or under any
of them, does covenant and agree that it will not at any time suffer or permit any
mechanics' lien or any other lien, attachment or other encumbrance, under any laws,
regulations, or orders, Federal, State or local, or otherwise by any person or persons
whomsoever, to be put or remain on the building or premises, into or upon which any
work is done or labor or materials are furnished under this Contract, for such work,
labor or material, or by reason of any other claim or demand against the Contractor,
and the Contractor has not obtained absolute title; and the Contractor agrees, further,
that any mechanics' lien, material men's lien or any other lien, attachment or other
encumbrance or claim of a third party, however arising (whether through the
Contractor's, Tenant's, or Owner's or any other persons action or inaction, and
whether valid or invalid), until it is removed shall preclude any and all claim or demand
for any payment whatsoever under or by virtue of the Contract, and in the event that
same is not removed, the Tenant and Owner at its discretion may remove same at the
expense (including legal fees) of the Contractor, and without regard to the validity or
invalidity thereof,
The Contractor expressly agrees further, that no lien shall attach to the real estate,
building, structures, or any other improvement to the Owner either on behalf of the
Contractor herein or on behalf of any subcontractor, mechanic, journeyman, laborer,