HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-2932THE PROVIDENT BANK,
Plaintiff
THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY,
Defendant
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 03- ./c~3d_~
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
PRAECIPE TO FILE AND INDEX FOREIGN JUDGMENT
TO THE PROTHONOTARY:
Pm:suant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 4306,
please file and index the attached certified copies of the docket entries and pleadings which
evidence a judgment entered on July 29, 2002, in the total mount of $11,954,157.89, along with
attorneys' fees and expenses, in favor of Plaintiff, The Provident Bank, and against Defendant,
The General Casting Company, in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Ohio and
docketed at case no. 02CVH07-8335. Attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by
reference are certified copies of the pleadings filed in case no. 02CVH07-8335. Attached hereto
as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by reference is a certified copy of the docket for case no.
02-CVH07-8335.
A copy of the required Affidavit of Last Known Address of the Defendant is attached
hereto as Exhibit C.
Date: June 20, 2003
McNEES V)(ALLACE & NUR/CK LLC
Clayt)gn W. ~avidson, Esquire
Attcfmey I.D. No. 79139
P.O. Box 1166
100 Pine Street
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166
Phone: (717) 237-5496
Exhibit A
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO
THE PROVIDENT BANK
ONE EAST FOURTH STREET
CINCINNATI, OH 44044
Judgment Creditor
CASE NO. 02CVH07 8335
THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY
1080 CLEVELAND STREET
GRAFTON, OH 44044
SOUTH BEND REAL PROPERTY, INC.
220 W ECKMAN STREET
SOUTH BEND, IN 46614
SOUTH BEND ACQUISITION
CORPORATION
220 W. ECKMAN STREET
SOUTH BEND, IN 46614
Judgment Debtors
CERTIFICATION OF OFFICIAL RECORD ~ ~ !
I, a Judge of this Court, certify that John O~Grady is the Clerk of Common Pleas of . '~ ~L ~- ~
this Court and his certification of the plead'~, records and docket file'"'-d in thins cas~iis~u&e a~n~- ''~
Date: e ~'~
CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
FRANKLIN COUNTY
JOHN O'GRADY
CLERK OF COURTS
THE STATE OF OHIO
Franklin county, ss
I, John O' Grady Clerk of the Courts of Common Pleas within and for said
County, hereby certify the above and foregoing is, truly taken and copied from the
original papers now file in my office. Containing
Witness my hand and seal of said Court this __
A.D. 2003.
CLERK OF THE COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS
number of papers.
day or
369 SOUTH HIGH STREET COLUMBUS, OHIO 43215-4579 614-462-3600
THE PROVIDENT BANK
C~ EAST FOURTH STREET
CINCINNATi OHIO 45202
County, ObHo
THE PROVIDENT BANK Plaintiff
VS THE GENERAL CASTING Cov~AN'~t:al Defendant
Commenced 7-29- X~X 02
VS
Judgment Creditor ......
Judgment Rendered
Judgment For
For the Sum of
7-29- x~ 02
PLAINTIFF
$ 11/954 157~89
THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY
and interest at
per cent
IO80 CLEVELAND STREET
GRAETON OHIO 44044
From
7-29- ,I~K 02
SOUTH BEND REAL PROPERTY INC
Costs of $
220 W ECKMAN STREET
Clerk's Office $
SOUTH BEND INDIANA 46614
ATTY FOR CREDITOR (S):
ANECA E LASLE~5
Judgment Debtor ...... ( 0072366 )
FRANKL IN
STATE OF OHIO, County
I, JOHN O'GRADY , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said
County, and in whose custody the Files, Journals, and Records of said Court are required by the Laws of The State
of Ohio to be kept, do hereby certify that the foregoing is taken and copied from the original records of said court
andthatitisatrueandc°rrectCertificate°fsaidJudjK%ern/~ -~',,'r-. ~-~
WITNESS my signature and the seal of said Court, this
AUGUST ,7~)X 02 .
FRANKLIN COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS
FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMON PLEAS COURT
3RD FL CIVIL n,xz
369 S. HIGH ST. ~DGEMENT LIEN DOCKET
COLUMBUS, OHIO 43215-45.1~J),IN COUNTY CLERX OF COMMON #
COC-CV--23 REV. 2/01 By Oem~ :~erk -
-: I5~_H da~Of
JOHN O'GRADY <
Deputy Clerk
THE PROVIDENT BANK
ONE EAST FOURTH STREET
CINCINNATI OHiO 44044
CERTIFICATE OF JUDGMENT
Rev. Cod. Sees. 2329.02,04 ~) ~ ~__,~. ~ q_ &/~.~)
Court of Common Pleas
9 0 3 5 0 H 0 Com ,Oh o
CASE NO. 02C¥H07-8335
THE PROVIDENT BANK Pla[ntiff
VS THE GENERAL CASTING CO~AN~ al Defendant
Commenced 7-29- ~,x 02
VS
Judgment Creditor ......
Judgment Rendered 7-29- ~q}. 02
Judgment For PLAINTIFF
For the Sum of $ 11.954.157.00
THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY
and interest at
per cent
1080 CLEVELAND STRES~I~
GRAFTON OHIO 44044
From
7-29- , ~ 02
SOUTH BEND ACQUISITION CORPORATION
Costs of $
220 W ECKMAN
Clerk's Office $
SOUTH BEND INDIANA 46614
ATTY FOR CREDITOR (S):
JOSEPH P RODGERS
Judgment Debtor ...... (0069783
STATE OF OHIO, .J, FRANKLIN County
I, ~ c~,cD GRADY , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas~>.ithine~nd fq~gid
Co~ty, and in ~osp~ustody the FHes, Journals, and Records of smd Co~ are reqmred by ~aw~fTh~te
of Ohfu to be ke~, d~ereby cem~ that the foregoing ~s taken and cop~ed from the o~gin~ords~s~m
and that ~t ~ a tree an~ co~ect Cemficate of smd Judgment.
WITNESS my signature and the seal of said CouP, this 2XST day of
AUGUST , ~ 02.
FRANKLIN COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS
FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMON PLEAS COURT
369 S. HIGH ST. 3RD FL CIVIL DIV.
COLUMBUS, OHIO 43215-4579
COC-CV--23 REV. 2/01
By
JOHN O' GRADY
Deputy Clerk
COC-CV-89/A~I (Rev 5-2000)
PRAECIPE
REQUEST FOR FILING CERTIFICATE OF JUDGMENT LIEN (2329.02 O.R.C.)
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEA~ 9 9 t~ 9 C 0 ~
FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO
THE PROVIDENT BANK FH~N¢S ~ CASE NO. 02CVH07 8335
PLAINTI
-VS- /
THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY, liT AIL
DEFENDANT(S)
TO THE CLERK: ISSUE A CERT~ICATF OF JUDG. MENT LIEN IN FAVOR O~':
! THE PROVIDENT BANK
(1) JUDGMENT CREDITOR
~ Name~
ONE EAST FOURTH STREET CINCINNATI
(Address) (City)
AGAINST:
JUDGMENT DEBTOR (1)
1080 CLEVELAND STREET
(Address)
OHIO
· (_S~tate)
THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY * ~
(Name)
GRAFTON OHIO
(City) (State)
AGAINST:
JUDGMENT DEBTOR (2)
220 W. ECKMAN
(Address)
SOUTH BEND ACQUISITION CORPORAT~/
(Name~
SOUTH BEND / //q INDIANA
(City)
(State)
FRANKLIN COUNTY LIEN NO.
TOTAL JUDGMENT AMOUNT $ 11,954,157.00 -~ '"
JULY
29,
2002
DATE FROM ~ COST $
J~2.~~
DATE OF JUDGMENT /rn~tul
JOSEPH P. RODGERS / k Fr~ W /
ATTORNEY NAME [ 1 ~' /
(Please Print) ~
CUYAHOGA, OHIO
ISSUED TO FOREIGN COUNTY
(County Name)
LIST ADDITIONAL CREDITORS OR DEBTORS ON PAGE 2
INTEREST %
0069783
(Sup. Ct. Reg. No.)
(
44044
(Zip)
44044
(Zip)
46614
(Zip)
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO
899h9CO
THE PROVIDENT BANK,
One East Fourth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202,
Plaintiff,
: CASE NO.
02CVH07
: JUDGE
THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY :
1080 Cleveland Street
Grafton, Ohio 44044, :
SOUTH BEND REAL PROPERTY, INC. :
220 W. Eckman Street
South Bend Indiana 46614, :
SOUTH BEND ACQUISITION
CORPORATION
220 W. Eckman Street
South Bend, Indiana 46614,
Defendants.
6-5 ~ ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF TIlE
c~_ ~ PROVIDENT BANK AND AGAINST DEFENDANTS
o~ c~ PURSUANT TO WARRANT OF ATTORNEY TO CONFESS
(xa ~:_ JUDGMENT
L~J
Tht~cause came to be heard upon Plaintiff's Complaint For Breach of Contract on
Cognovit Revolving Credit Note and Cognovit Term Promissory Note, against Defendants.
The original warrant of attorney having been exhibited to the Court, and an Answer having
been filed which, pursuant to a valid warrant of attorney, confesses judgment in favor of
Plaintiff and against Defendants, it is hereby:
ADJIIDGED and DECREED that judgment sh~ll~l~,[4a~iflr~oy is,
ORDERED,
entered in favor of Plaintiff The Provident Bank and against Defendants The General Casting
Company and South Bend Acquisition Corporation, jointly and severally, in the amount of
$5,101,254.32, and against Defendants The General Casting Company, South Bend
Acquisition Corporation and South Bend Real Property, Inc., jointly and severally, in the
amount of $6,852,903.57, plus reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses incurred as a result of
this action.
This is a final order, the appeal of wt~ there is no just reason for delay.
Dated at Columbus, Ohio this%~ ]'~2y of July, 2002.
in hio Court of Common Pleas
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COC-CV-89/A-I (Rev. 5-2000)
PRAECIPE
REQUEST FOR FILING CERTIFICATE OF JUDGMENT LIEN (2329.02
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO
THE PROVIDENT BANK
PLAINTIFF'S
CASE NO.
02CVH07 8335
THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY, ET AL.
DEFENDANT(S)
TO THE CLERK: ISSUE A CERTIFICATE
THE PR~
(1) JUDGMENT CREDITOR
(Name
ONE EAST FOURTH STREET
(Address)
AGAINST:
NT LIEN
TI
IN FAVOR OF:
JUDGMENT DEBTOR (1)
1080 CLEVELAND STREET
(Address)
AGAINST:
JUDGMENT DEBTOR (2)
220 W. ECKMAN
THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY
SOUT. BEN 7 SITION ORPORATION
(Name)
///,4?UTH BEND
(Address) .~././///"" '~City)
FRANKLIN COUN I'Y LIEN NO.
11,954,157.00
TOTAL JUDGMENT AMOUNT $
DATE FROM JULY 29, 2002
DATE OF JUDGMENT JULY 29, 2002
JOSEPH P. RODGERS
ATTORNEY NAME
(Please Print)
OitlO
(State)
INDIANA
INTEREST %
,~~ST $
~5~ P~/x'x,x 0069783
~ (Sup. Ct. Reg. No.)
ISSUED TO FOREIGN COUNTY
LORAIN, OHIO
(County Name)
LIST ADDITIONAL CREDITORS OR DEBTORS ON PAGE 2
44044
.i (Zip)
44044
(Zip)
46614
(Zip)
PRAECIPE
REQUEST FOR FILING CERTIFICATE OF JUDGMENT LIEN (2329.02 O.R.C.)
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
FRAN~IN COUNTY, OHIO
THE PROVIDENT BANK [ ~x 02CVH07-8335
-vs- PLAINTIFF'S/ ~,\x,[ CASE NO.
THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY, et al., 1~ \\
DEFENDANT(S) ~
TO THE CLERK: ISSUE A CERTIFICATE CF JUDGMENT LIEN IN FAVOR OF:
(1) JUDGMENT CREDITOR THEPRO~IDENTB^NK
\
(Name) I CINCINNA( ~gHtO
ONE EAST FOURTH STREET t \ r--
(Address) t (City) \ ~tai~j
AGAINST: , \
THE GENERAL STING COMPA
JUDGMENT DEBTOR (1) (Name) ~
1080 CLEVELAND STREET RAFTON '~ ~OHI~
(Address) (Oi~ty) ~Sta~)
AGAINST: \'\ /
SOUTH BEND REAL PROPERTY/I~?.
JUDGMENT DEBTOR (2)
(Name)
\/
220 W. ECKMAN STREET SOUTH B~,D' INDIANA
(Address) ( C i.byg" x,, (State)
FRANKLIN
TOTAL JUDGMENT AMOUNT $ 11,954,157.89 INTEREST %
JULY 29, 2002
DATE FROM COST $
JULY 29, 2002
DATE OF JUDGMENT
ATTORNEY NAME ANECA E. LASLEY ~ f/~.~ (0072366)
_.~. ~.. ~[~lease Print) (Sup. Ct. Reg. No,)
¢,f/k. tl OhiO
I$8OE1~"1'O- OREIGN COUNTY
23 (County Name)
LIST ADDITIONAL CREDITORS OR DEBTORS ON PAGE 2
45202
(Zip)
~ 7 44044
46614
(Zip)
( )
THE PROVIDENT BANK,
One East Fourth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202,
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO
Plaintiff, : CASE
· ' JUDGE
THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY :
1080 Cleveland Street
Grafton, Ohio 44044, :
SOUTH BEND REAL PROPERTY, INC. :
220 W. Eckman Street
South Bend Indiana 46614, :
SOUTH BEND ACQUISITION
CORPORATION
220 W. Eckman Street
South Bend, Indiana 46614,
Defendants.
C~his:!_~ause
ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF THE
PROVIDENT BANK AND AGAINST DEFENDANTS
~PURSUANT TO WARRANT OF ATTORNEY TO CONFESS
JUDGMENT
came to be heard upon Plaintiff's Complaint For Breach of Contract on
Cognovit Revolving Credit Note and Cognovit Term Promissory Note, against Defendants.
The original warrant of attorney having been exhibited to the Court, and an Answer having
been filed which, pursuant to a valid warrant of attorney, confesses judgment in favor of
Plaintiff and against Defendants, it is hereby:
ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that judgment-~hereby is,
entered in favor of Plaintiff The Provident Bank and against Defendants~~J~ee Gen~~ ~a~ting
Company and South Bend Acquisition Corporation, jointly and severally, in the amount of
$5,101,254.32, and against Defendants The General Casting Company, South Bend
Acquisition Corporation and South Bend Real Property, Inc., jointly and severally, in the
amount of $6,852,903.57, plus reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses incurred as a result of
this action.
This is a final order, the appeal of wt~ there is no just reason for delay.
Dated at Columbus, Ohio this2~-~~/'~ay of July, 2002.
IT IS SO ORDER
Jtad'ge~,, Franklin ' ommon Pleas
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THE PROVIDENT BANK,
One East Fourth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202,
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO
Plaintiff,
v. : JUDGE
THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY
1080 Cleveland Street
Grafton, Ohio 44044,
SOUTH BEND REAL PROPERTY, INC.
220 W. Eckman Street
South Bend Indiana 46614,
SOUTH BEND ACQUISITION
CORPORATION
220 W. Eckman Street
South Bend, Indiana 46614,
Defendants·
COMPLAINT FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT
ON COGNOVIT NOTES
Plaintiff The Provident Bank ("Provident") for its Complaint against Defendants The
General Casting Company ("General Casting"), South Bend Real Property, Inc. ("South Bend
Real") and South Bend Acquisition Corporation ("South Bend Acquisition") (collectively
"Defendants") states as follows:
PARTIES ~951 7~t ?
1. Provident is an Ohio banking corporation with principal business offices located
at One East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.
2. Defendant General Casting is an Ohio corporation with its principal place of
business located at 1080 Cleveland Street, Grafton, Ohio 44044.
3. Defendant South Bend Real is an Indiana corporation with its principal place of
business located at 220 W. Eckman Street, South Bend, Indiana 46614.
4. Defendant South Bend Acquisition is an Indiana corporation with its principal
place of business located at 220 W. Eckman Street, South Bend, Indiana 46614.
JURISDICTION AND VENUE
5. Venue and jurisdiction are appropriate in this Court pursuant to the Ohio Rules
of Civil Procedure and applicable law, including, without limitation, Rules 3(B)(3) and (6) of
the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure.
6. Franklin County is an appropriate forum under Ohio law in which to prosecute
the cognovit provisions contained in the Revolving Credit Note and Term Promissory Note,
which form the basis for this action.
ALLEGATIONS COMMON TO ALL CLAIMS
7. On or about March 23, 2001, Provident made loans to Defendants in the total
sum of sixteen million five hundred thousand dollars ($16,500,000), which Defendants are
obligated to repay as evidenced by, and in accordance with the terms of, a Revolving Credit
Note, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, and a Term Promissory Note, a copy of
which is attached hereto as Exhibit B (collectively, the "Notes").
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8. Defendants' debt to Provident is also represented by an Amended and Restated
0 9 ~ t~e]l~ertitants and
Loan and Security Agreement (the "Loan Agreement") among and between
Provident dated March 23, 2001 that is incorporated by reference in both the Notes.
9. Pursuant to the Revolving Credit Note, General Casting and South Bend
Acquisition jointly and severally promised to pay to Provident the principal amount of eight
million five hundred thousand dollars ($8,500,000) plus interest.
10. Pursuant to the Term Promissory Note, Generally Casting, South Bend
Acquisition and South Bend Real jointly and severally promised to pay to Provident the
principal amount of eight million dollars ($8,000,000) plus interest.
11. The Revolving Credit Note contains a warrant of attorney authorizing
confession of judgment against General Casting and South Bend Acquisition in the event that
the indebtedness evidenced thereby becomes due.
12. The Term Promissory Note contains a warrant of attorney authorizing
confession of judgment against General Casting, South Bend Acquisition and South Bend Real
in the event that the indebtedness evidenced thereby becomes due.
13. The aggregate outstanding obligation owed to Provident under the Revolving
Credit Note is riVE MILLION ONE HUNDRED ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR
DOLLARS AND THIRTY-TWO CENTS ($5, I01,254.32).
14. The aggregate outstanding obligation to Provident under the Term Promissory
Note is SlX MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THREE DOLLARS
AND ~IFTY-SEVEN CENTS ($6,852,903.57).
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15. Defendants defaulted on the Notes by, inter alia,~,f~fling to make required
payments of principal and interest and failing to perform adequately otl~er obligations aue
under the Notes.
16. Defendants are aware of and have acknowledged the existence and the
continuation of their default.
17. As a result of Defendants' default under the Notes, the total amount owed to
Provident on the Notes is ELEVEN MILLION NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND ONE
HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND EIGHTY-NINE CENTS ($11,954,157.89), and the same is
now due and payable to Provident.
COUNT I
Against General Casting and South Bend Acquisition
for Confession of Judgment on the Revolving Credit Note
18. Provident incorporates by reference, as if fully rewritten herein, the allegations
contained in paragraphs 1-17 above.
19. The Revolving Credit Note, and the Loan Agreement incorporated by reference
therein, represents a legally enforceable contractual agreement of General Casting and South
Bend Acquisition. All conditions to their performance under the Revolving Credit Note were
performed or have occurred.
20. General Casting and South Bend Acquisition defaulted on the Revolving Credit
Note and are indebted, jointly and severally, to Provident in the amount of $5,101,254.32 in
principal and unpaid interest as of July 29, 2002. This amount is presently due and payable to
Provident.
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21. The Revolving Credit Note contains a warrant of attorne~ t~ l;onfess judgment
against General Casting and South Bend Acquisition and in favor of Provident. The Re o! lng
Credit Note and the Loan Agreement were made for a business purpose and did not arise out
The Revolving Credit Note was executed in Franklin County,
of a consumer transaction.
Ohio.
22. Pursuant to the Revolving Credit Note, General Casting and South Bend
Acquisition are indebted, jointly and severally, to Provident in the amount of $5,101,254.32.
Provident is entitled to judgment against General Casting and South Bend Acquisition, jointly
and severally, in the amount of $5,101,254.32, plus reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses.
COUNT II
Against Defendants for Confession of
Judgment on the Term Promissory Note
23. Provident incorporates by reference, as if fully rewritten herein, the allegations
contained in paragraphs 1-22 above.
24. The Term Promissory Note, and the Loan Agreement incorporated by reference
therein, represents a legally enforceable contractual agreement of Defendants. All conditions
to Defendants' performance under the Term Promissory Note were performed or have
occurred.
25. Defendants defaulted on the Term Promissory Note and are indebted, jointly
and severally, to Provident in the amount of $6,852,903.57 in principal and unpaid interest as
of July 29, 2002. This amount is presently due and payable to Provident.
26. The Term Promissory Note contains a warrant of attorney to confess judgment
against Defendants and in favor of Provident. The Term Promissory Note and the Loan
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Agreement were made for a business purpose and did not arise out of a consumer transaction.
The Revolving Credit Note was executed in Franklin County, Ohio. '~ ~ ~ I 7 d 0 I
27. Pursuant to the Term Promissory Note, Defendants are indebted, jointly and
severally, to Provident in the amount of $6,852,903.57. Provident is entitled to judgment
against Defendants in the amount of $6,852,903.57, plus reasonable attorneys' fees and
expenses.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff The Provident Bank demands judgment in its favor and
against Defendants The General Casting Company, South Bend Acquisition Corporation and
South Bend Real Property, Inc. as follows:
On Count I, that the Court enter judgment against Defendants The General
Casting Company and South Bend Acquisition Corporation, jointly and
severally, and in favor of Provident in an amount equal to $5,101,254.32;
On Count II, that the Court enter judgment against Defendants The General
Casting Company, South Bend Acquisition Corporation and South Bend Real
Property, Inc., jointly and severally, and in favor of Provident in an amount
equal to $6,852,903.57; and
That the Court issue an Order awarding Provident reasonable attorneys' fees and
expenses.
Respectfully submitted,
Aneca E. Lasley (0072ff66)
SQUIRE, SANDERS 8~ DEMPSEY L.L.P.
1300 Huntington Center
41 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215-6197
(614) 365-2700 (Telephone)
(614) 365-2499 (Facsimile)
Attorney for Plaintiff Provident Bank
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$8,500,000
REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE
396 1 7Joz
Columbus, Ohio
M archog~_, 2001
On or before May 1, 2002, for value received, the undersigned, THE GENERAL
CASTING COMPANY, an Ohio cm-poration and SOUTH BEND ACQUISITION CORP., an
Indiana corporation (the "Borrowers"), hereby jointly and severally promise to pay to the order of
THE PROVIDENT BANK, an Ohio banking corporation (the "Bank") or its assigns, as further
provided herein, the principal amount of Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($8,500,000) or, if such principal is less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all revolving
loans made by the Bank to the Borrowers pursuant to this Revolving Credit Note under the
Agreement referred to in Section 1 hereof, together with interest on the unpaid principal balance
from time to time outstanding hereunder until paid in full at the rates determined in accordance
with the provisions of Section 2 of the Agreement, payable on the last Banking Day of each
month commencing March 31,200l. Both principal and interest are payable in federal funds or
other immediately available money of the United States of America at the Main Office of the
Bank, I0 West Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215.
Section 1. Loan Agreement. This Revolving Credit Note is the Revolving Credit Note
referred to in the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of the date
hereof(the "Agreement") among the Borrowers, South Bend Real Property, Inc. and the Bank, as
the stone may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, which Agreement, as
amended, is incorporated by reference herein. All capitalized terms used herein shall have the
same meanings as are assigned to such terms in the Agreement. This Revolving Credit Note is
entitled to the benefits of and is subject to the terms, conditions and provisions of the Agreement.
The Agreement, among other things, contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof
upon the happening of certain stated events, and also for repayments and reborrowings on
account of the principal hereof prior to maturity upon the terms, conditions and provisions
specified.
Section 2. Confession of Judgment. The undersigned and all indorsers authorize any
attorney at law, including an attorney engaged by the holder, to appear in any court of record in
Columbus, Ohio, after the indebtedness evidenced hereby, or any part thereof, becomes due and
waive the issuance and service of process and confess judgment against any one or more than
one of the undersigned and all indorsers in favor of the holder, for the amount then appearing
due, together with costs of suit and, thereupon, to release all errors and waive all rights of appeal
and stay of execution, but no such judgment or judgments against any one of the undersigned
shall be a bar to a subsequent judgment or judgments against any one or more than one of such
persons against whom judgment has not been obtained hereon. The foregoing warrant of
attorney shall survive any judgment; and if any judgment be vacated for any reason, the holder
hereof nevertheless may thereafter use the foregoing warrant of attorney to obtain an additional
judgment or judgments against the undersigned m~d all indorsers or any one or more of them.
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EXHIBIT
The undersigned and all indorsers hereby expressly waive any conflict of interest that the holder's
attorney may have in confessing such judgment against such partig ~ ~x~.e~ly~consent to the
confessing attorney receiving a legal fee from the holder for confessing sficl'I j~fllgrnent against
such parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Bank shall not use Arter & Hadden to confess
judgment against the Borrowers.
Section 3. Waiver of Jury Trial. THE BANK AND THE BORROWERS HEREBY
VOLUNTARILY, IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO
HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING
IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, BETWEEN THE BANK AND THE
BORROWERS ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, RELATED TO, OR
INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE BORROWERS
AND THE BANK IN CONNECTION WITH THIS NOTE, THE AGREEMENT, OR ANY
OTHER AGREEMENT OR DOCUMENT EXECUTED OR DELIVERED 1N CONNECTION
HEREWITH OR THEREWITH OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR
THERETO. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO THE BANK TO
ENTER iNTO THE FINANCING TRANSACTIONS WITH THE BORROWERS. IT SHALL
NOT IN ANY WAY AFFECT, WAIVE, LIMIT, AMEND OR MODIFY THE BANK'S
ABILITY TO PURSUE ITS REMEDIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY
CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT OR COGNOVIT PROVISION CONTAINED IN THIS
NOTE, THE AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO OR
THERETO.
Section 4. Nature of Oblieations. The Obligations hereunder are joint and several and
a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against any Borrower regardless of
whether any action is brought against the other Borrowers or whether the other Borrowers are
joined in any such action(s). The Borrowers may be sued together or any of them may be sued
separately without first, contemporaneously or subsequently, suing the others. The Bank may
compromise with any of the Borrowers for less than all of the amounts owing hereunder and
under the Loan Documents and release any of the Borrowers from all further liability to the Bank
for the amounts owing hereunder and under the Loan Documents all without impairing the rights
of the Bank to demand and collect the balance of the amounts owing hereunder and under the
Loan Documents from the other Borrowers not so sued or released. There shall be no duty or
obligation of the Bank to exhaust any remedy in law or in equity against any Borrower before
bringing suit or instituting proceedings of any kind against the other Borrowers. The Borrowers
and all sureties, endorsers and guarantors of this Term Note (a) waive demand, presentment for
payment, notice of nonpayment, protest, notice of protest and all other notices, filing of suit and
diligence in collecting this Term Note, (b) agree to any release of any party primarily or
secondarily liable thereon, and (c) consent to any extension or postponement of time of payment
of this Term Note and to any other indulgence with respect hereto without notice thereof to any
of them.
The Obligations are irrevocable and may only be discharged by the full and timely
payment of the amounts owing by the Borrowers hereunder and thereunder and will not be
discharged, released, altered or modified by any other action or omission of any Person, on any
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one or more occasions, including, without limitation (a) the amendment,tggtdification or waiver
of any of the Loan Documents or any performance due hereunder ~r~t~el[e~[~0/,(b) the
impairment, grant, exchange, release, surrender or disposal of any Collateral, (c) the release or
discharge of a Borrower's Obligations, (d) the existence or assertion by any Borrower of any
personal defense to its Obligations including, without limitation, bankruptcy, (e) the exercise,
pursuit or waiver of any right or remedy that the Bank may have at any time, (f) the Bank's
failure to give notice to any Borrower of the occurrence of any default in a Borrower's
performance under any of the Loan Documents, (g) the taking or omission to take any action
under any of the Loan Documents, (h) the Bank's release or discharge of any Guaranty or
accommodation with respect to the Obligations, (i) the impossibility or illegality of performance
by the Borrowers or (j) any change in the corporate organization of the Bank.
If any Borrower shall at any time pay any sums on account of any Obligation or take any
other action in performance of any Obligation, such Borrower shall be subrogated to the rights,
powers, privileges and remedies of the Bank in respect of such Obligation; provided that all such
fights of subrogation and all claims and indebtedness arising therefrom shall be, and the such
Borrower hereby agrees that the same are, and shall be at all times, in all respects subordinate
and junior to all the remaining Obligations, and provided, further, that such Borrower hereby
agrees that it shall not seek to exercise any such rights of subrogation, reimbursement,
exoneration, or indemnity whatsoever or any rights of recourse to any security for any of the
Obligation unless or until all the Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full. Each
Borrower hereby represents and warrants that it has not received any promissory note from the
other Borrowers or entered into any other written or oral agreement with the other Borrowers to
the effect that such Borrower will be reimbursed or indemnified by the other Borrowers if such
Borrower makes any payments under the Loan Documents, and has not received the property of
the other Borrowers as security for any such reimbursement. Each Borrower hereby covenants
and agrees that such Borrower will not, at any time, accept a promissory note or enter into any
written or oral agreement with any other Borrower which has the effect of reimbursing or
indemnifying such Borrower for any payments that it may make under the Loan Documents,
accept any property of any other Borrower as security for any such reimbursement, or make any
claim for reimbursement or indemnity or that such Borrower should be subrogated to the rights
of the Bank against the other Borrowers. The waivers, representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements contained in this paragraph are for the benefit of and may be enforced by the Bank
and the Borrowers and their respective successors and assigns, including without limitation any
trustee in bankruptcy of any Borrower.
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This Note was executed in Columbus, Ohio as of the date first written a~o~ ! 7 ~j 0 5
V~'~R~II~IlC,:~ ~i~,/SJGNING T:..I, IIS;I~APER-..YOU.,GI:yE: UP:~t'~QUI(!I~.I,G'HT.4ro
:l. JOUg~[ ..~:[Jl~l, AtnJJ,~llE. l't~)~ F.l{b ~H(~A L;OUE'U,X~ANgllE USED,
II~~I~S~i..[,TIIE' CR EDITOR;:Y WltlCTHEI{-r~OI{[~(RE~UI~NISD:
,G~AIJ, I.Y.GOOI)S, FAILURE ON IIIS PART TO CO5[1~! h~ ITlt
. _ . SOUTH BEND ACQUISITION CORPO_R~TION THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY
Name: ~_~ ~u~ '~1~0 Name: ~-, ~g-Axtlc D~0
Its: 't)~5 ~O~q 3-- Its: ~e~tp~t~T
230734.1
63620/83473
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TERM PROMISSORY NOTE
I 7do
$8,000,000 Columbus, Ohio
MarclO~_, 2001
For value received, the undersigned, THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY, an
Ohio corporation ("Parent"); SOUTH BEND ACQUISITION CORPORATION, an Indiana
corporation; and SOUTH BEND REAL PROPERTY, INC., an Indiana corporation
(collectively, the "Borrowers"), hereby jointly and severally promise to pay to the order of THE
PROVIDENT BANK, an Ohio banking corporation (the "Bank") or its assigns, as further
provided herein, the principal amount of Eight Million Dollars ($8,000,000) in 84 consecutive
monthly installments of principal plus one additional installment of principal on December 31,
200I, in the amounts provided for in Section 2 hereof, the first of such installments to be due and
payable on May 1, 2001 and the remaining such installments to be due and payable on thc first
day of each calendar month until May l, 2008 when any remaining unpaid principal and interest
shall be paid in full. Interest on the unpaid principal balance hereunder at the rates of interest
determined in accordance with Section 2 of the Agreement (as such term is defined in Section 1
below) shall be due and payable monthly on the first day of each calendar month commencing on
May 1, 2001. Both principal and interest are payable in federal funds or other immediately
available money of the United States of America at the Main Office of the Bank, 10 West Broad
Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215.
Section 1. Loan Agreement. This Term Promissory Note is the Term Note referred to
in the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the
"Agreement") among the Borrowers and the Bank, as the same may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, which Agreement, as amended, is incorporated by reference
herein. All capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meanings as are assigned to such
terms in the Agreement. This Term Note is entitled to the benefits of and is subject to the terms,
conditions and provisions of the Agreement. The Agreement, among other things, contains
provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the bappening of certain stated events,
upon the terms, conditions and provisions specified.
Section 2. Principal Payments. The principal hereof shall be payable in consecutive
monthly installments in the amount of $83,333 plus one additional installment of $1,000,000 due
on December 31, 2001, until May I, 2008, at which time all remaining unpaid principal shall be
paid in full.
Section 3. Confession of Judgment. The undersigned and all indorsers authorize any
attorney at law, including an attorney engaged by the holder, to appear in any court of record in
Columbus, Ohio, after the indebtedness evidenced hereby, or any part thereof, becomes due and
waive the issuance and service of process and confess judgment against any one or more than
one of the undersigned and all indorsers in favor of the holder, for the amount then appearing
due, together with costs of suit and, thereupon, to release all errors and waive all rights of appeal
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EXHIBIT
and stay of execution, but no such judgment or judgments against any one o~ecucd~rsigned
shall be a bar to a subsequent judgment or judgments against any one or mor~~ tt:/&~ c/no/o~ ~hc_~h
persons against whom judgment has not been obtained hereon. The foregoing warrant of
attorney shall survive any judgment; and if any judgment be vacated for any reason, the holder
hereof nevertheless may thereafter use the foregoing warrant of attorney to obtain an additional
judgment or judgments against the undersigned and all indorsers or any one or more of them.
The undersigned and all indorsers hereby expressly waive any conflict of interest that the holder's
attorney may have in confessing such judgment against such parties and expressly consent to the
confessing attorney receiving a legal fee from the holder for confessing such judgment against
such parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Bank shall not use Arter & Hadden to confess
judgment against the Borrower.
Section 4. Waiver of Jury Trial. THE BANK AND THE BORROWERS HEREBY
VOLUNTARILY, IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO
HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUND ~n',lG
IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, BETWEEN THE BANK AND THE
BORROWERS ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, RELATED TO, OR
INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE BORROWERS
AND THE BANK 1N CONNECTION WITH THIS NOTE, OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT
OR DOCUMENT EXECUTED OR DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR
THEREWITH OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO. THIS
PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO THE BANK TO ENTER INTO THE
FINANCING TRANSACTIONS WITH THE BORROWERS. IT SHALL NOT IN ANY WAY
AFFECT, WAIVE, LIMIT, AMEND OR MODIFY THE BANK'S ABILITY TO PURSUE ITS
REMEDIES iNCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT
OR COGNOVIT PROVISION CONTAINED IN THIS NOTE, THE SECURITY
DOCUMENTS OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO OR THERETO.
Section 5. Nature of Oblil~ations. The Obligations hereunder are joint and several and
a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against any Borrower regardless of
whether any action is brought against the other Borrowers or whether the other Borrowers are
joined in any such action(s). The Borrowers may be sued together or may of them may be sued
separately without first, contemporaneously or subsequently, suing the others. The Bank may
compromise with any of the Borrowers for less than all of the amounts owing hereunder and
under the Loan Documents and release any of the Borrowers from ali further liability to the Bank
for the amounts owing hereunder and under the Loan Documents all without impairing the rights
of the Bank to demand and collect the balance of the amounts owing hereunder and under the
Loan Documents from the other Borrowers not so sued or released. There shall be no duty or
obligation of the Bank to exhaust any remedy in law or in equity against any Borrower before
bringing suit or instituting proceedings of any kind against the other Borrowers. The Borrowers
and all sureties, endorsers and guarantors of this Term Note (a) waive demand, presentment for
payment, notice of nonpayment, protest, notice of protest and all other notices, filing of suit and
diligence in collecting this Term Note, (b) agree to any release of any party primarily or
secondarily liable thereon, and (c) consent to any extension or postponement of time of payment
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of this Term Note and to any other indulgence with respect hereto without notice thereof to any
of them.
The Obhgatmns are ~rrevocable and may only be dmcharged by the ft/ll~-~d/tjh~,j~lt~
payment of the amounts owing by the Borrowers hereunder and thereunder and will not-b'~
discharged, released, altered or modified by any other action or omission of any Person, on any
one or more occasions, including, without limitation (a) the amendment, modification or waiver
of any of the Loan Documents or any performance due hereunder or thereunder, (b) the
impairment, grant, exchange, release, surrender or disposal of any Collateral, (c) the release or
discharge of a Borrower's Obligations, (d) the existence or assertion by any Borrower of any
personal defense to its Obligations including, without limitation, bankruptcy, (e) the exercise,
pursuit or waiver of any right or remedy that the Bank may have at any time, (f) the Bank's
failure to give notice to any Borrower of the occurrence of any default in a Borrower's
performance under any of the Loan Documents, (g) the taking or omission to take any action
-. under-any of-the Loan Documentsr (h) the Bap. k's-release or discharge of any Guaranty or
accommodation with respect to the Obligations, (i) the impossibility or illegality of performance
by the Borrowers or (j) any change in the corporate organization of the Bank.
If any Borrower shall at any time pay any sums on account of any Obligation or take any
other action in performance of any Obligation, such Borrower shall be subrogated to the rights,
powers, privileges and remedies of the Bank in respect of such Obligation; provided that all such
rights of subrogation and all claims and indebtedness arising therefrom shall be, and the such
Borrower hereby agrees that the same are, and shall be at all times, in all respects subordinate
and junior to all the remaining Obligations, and provided, further, that such Borrower hereby
agrees that it shall not seek to exemise any such rights of subrogation, reimbursement,
exoneration, or indemnity whatsoever or any rights of recourse to any security for any of the
Obligation unless or until all the Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full. Each
Borrower hereby represents and warrants that it has not received any promissory note from the
other Borrowers or entered into any other written or oral agreement with the other Borrowers to
the effect that such Borrower will be reimbursed or indemnified by the other Borrowers if such
Borrower makes any payments under the Loan Documents, and has not received the property of
the other Borrowers as security for any such reimbursement. Each Borrower hereby covenants
and agrees that such Borrower will not, at any time, accept a promissory note or enter into any
written or oral agreement with any other Borrower which has the effect of reimbursing or
indemnifying such Borrower for any payments that it may make under the Loan Documents,
accept any property of any other Borrower as security for any such reimbursement, or make any
claim for reimbursement or indemnity or that such Borrower should be subrogated to the rights
of the Bank against the other Borrowers. The waivers, representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements contained in this paragraph are for the benefit of and may be enforced by the Bank
and the Borrowers and their respective successors and assigns, including without limitation any
trustee in bankruptcy of any Borrower.
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO
THE PROVIDENT BANK,
One East Fourth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202,
Plaintiff,
Vo
CASE NO. 0 ~ CV H 0"~
JUDGE
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THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY
1080 Cleveland Street
Grafton, Ohio 44044,
SOUTH BEND REAL PROPERTY, INC.
220 W. Eckman Street
South Bend Indiana 46614,
SOUTH BEND ACQUISITION
CORPORATION
220 W. Eckman Street
South Bend, Indiana 46614,
Defendants.
PROMISSORY NOTE
1. Now comes Defendants The General Casting Company, South Bend Real
Property, Inc. and South Bend Acquisition Corporation, by Aneca E. Lasley, an attorney at
law in a court of record in the State of Ohio who, by virtue of a warrant of attorney to confess
judgment contained in a Revolving Credit Note and Term Promissory Note attached to
Plaintiff's Complaint as Exhibits A and B, respectively, does hereby: (a) enter an appearance
for Defendants; (b) waive the issuance of service of process herein; (c) confess judgment in
favor of Plaintiff and against Defendants The General Casting Com~nJy0a/ndTS~t~th~ Bend
Acquisition Corporation in the amount of $5,101,254.32 plus reasonable attorneys' fees and
expenses; and (d) confess judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendants The General
Casting Company, South Bend Acquisition Corporation and South Bend Real Property, Inc. in
the amount of $6,852,903.57 plus reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses.
2. The undersigned hereby releases all errors and waives ali rights of appeal and
stay of execution regarding the judgments confessed on behalf of Defendants, according to the
provisions of, and as authorized by, the above-referenced warrant of attorney to confess
judgment.
3.
undersigned and of Plaintiff, are as follows:
The General Casting Company
1080 Cleveland Street
Grafton, Ohio 44044
South Bend Real Property, Inc.
220 W. Eckman Street
South Bend, Indiana 46614
South Bend Acquisition Corporation
220 W. Eckman Street
South Bend, Indiana 46614
The last known addresses of Defendants, to the best knowledge of the
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WHEREFORE, the undersigned requests that judgment be rendered: ~ 9 6 ! 7 d t 2
In favor of Plaintiff and against Defendants The General Casting Company and
Real Property Acquisition Corporation, jointly and severally, in an amount
equal to $5,101,254.32, plus reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses; and
In favor of Plaintiff and against Defendants The General Casting Company,
South Bend Acquisition Corporation and South Bend Real Property, Inc., jointly
and severally, in an amount equal to $6,852,903.57, plus reasonable attorneys'
fees and expenses.
Respectfully submitted,
Aneca E. Lasley (00723ff6)
SQUIRE, SANDERS &~DEMPSEY L.L.P.
1300 Huntington Center
41 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215-6197
(614) 365-2700 (Telephone)
(614) 365-2499 (Facsimile)
Attorney for Defendants
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Exhibit C
THE PROVIDENT BANK,
Plaintiff
THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY,
Defendant
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
NO.
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
AFFIDAVIT
I, Clayton W. Davidson, Esquire, affirm that I am the attorney for the Plaintiff, The
Provident Bank; that I am authorized to make this affidavit on its behalf; and that the following
statements are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief. I understand
that false statements herein are made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4904 (relating to
unswom falsification to authorities).
1. The name and last known address of the judgment debtor, The General Casting
Company, is 1080 Cleveland Street, Grafion, Ohio, 44044.
2. The name and address of the judgment creditor, The Provident Bank, is One East
Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45202.
3. The judgment in favor of Plaintiff, The Provident Bank, and against the
Defendant, The General Casting Company, was entered on July 29, 2002, in the total sum of
$11,954,157.89, along with attorneys' fees and expenses, in the Court of Common Pleas of
Franklin County, Ohio and docketed at case no. 02CVH07-8335 and is valid, enforceable and
tmsatisfied.
Under penalty of perjury, I attest that the foregoing statement is true and correct to the
best of my knowledge, information, and belief. /') ~
Clayton ~. Davi~lff6n, Esquire
Dated: June 20, 2003
THE PROVIDENT BANK, :
Plaintiff :
v. : NO. 2003-02932
THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY, :
Defendant : CIVIL ACTION - LAW
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
PRAECIPE FOR WRIT OF EXECUTION
To the Prothonotary:
Issue a writ of execution for the judgment entered in the above matter,
(1) directed to the sheriffof Cumberland County;
(2) against The General Casting Company, defendant;
(3) and index this writ against The General Casting Company in the following amount due:
Amount due: $11,954,157.89
Interest: $
Costs: $ (to be added)
TOTAL: $11,954,157.89'
*along with interest accruing from and following July 29, 2002, attorneys'
fees and expenses, costs and cost of suit.
Please proceed to levy upon and sell the real property of The General Casting Company
described as follows:
Commercial real property consisting of approximately 14.50 acres located at 222 North
Queen Street, Shippensburg Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, having tax
parcel number 36-33-1867-100 and being further described in Deed Book 35 E, Page
1144 in the Cumberland County Recorder of Deeds Office sagt~ei~ ~ar~,-~en/~.
Dated: December 3, 2003
McNEES WALLACE & NLrRICK LLC
Clayton W~q)avidson, Esquire
Attorney I.D. No. 79139
100 Pine Street
P. O. Box 1166
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166
(717) 232-8000
Attorneys for Plaintiff, The Provident Bank
WRIT OF EXECUTION and/or ATTACHMENT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA) NO03-2932 Civil
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND) CIVIL ACTION - LAW
TO THE SHERIFF OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY:
To satisfy the debt, interest and costs due THE PROVIDENT BANK Plaintiff (s)
From THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY 222 NORTH QUEEN STREET SHIPPENSBURG
PA 17257
(1) You are directed to levy upon the property of the defendant (s)and to sell SEE LEGAL
DESCRIPTION.
(2) You are also directed to attach the property of the defendant(s) not levied upon in the possession
of
GARNISHEE(S) as follows:
and to notify the garnishee(s) that: (a) an attachment has been issued; (b) the garnishee(s) is enjoined from
paying any debt to or Ibr the account of the defendant (s) and from delivering any property of the defendant
(s) or otherwise disposing thereof;
(3) If property of the defendant(s) not levied upon an subject to attachment is found in the possession
of anyone other than a named garnishee, you are directed to notify him/her that he/she has been added as a
garnishee and is enjoined as above stated.
Amount DueS 11,954,157.89 L.L.$0.50
Interest ACCRUING FROM AND FOLLOWING 7/29/02
Atty's Comm % Due Prothy $1.00
Any Paid $ 37.50
COSTS
PlaintiffPaid
Date: DECEMBER 3 2003
Other CostsATTORNEYS' FEES & EXPENSES
(Seal)
REQUESTING PARTY:
Name CLAYTON W DAVIDSON ESQ
Address: 100 PINE STREET, P O BOX 1166
HARRISBURG, PA. 17108-1166
CURTIS R. LONG
Protho~ary
Deputy
Attorney for: PLFF
Telephone: (717) 232-8000
Supreme Court ID No. 79139
THE PROVIDENT BANK,
Plaintiff
THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY,
Defendant
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 2003-02932
C1VIL ACTION - LAW
WRIT OF EXECUTION
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA:
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
TO THE SHERIFF OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA:
To satisfy the judgment, interest and costs against The General Casting Company, defendant, in
the above captioned case:
Please proceed to levy upon and sell the real property of The General Casting Company
described as follows:
Commercial real property consisting of approximately 14.50 acres located at 222
North Queen Street, Shippensburg Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
having tax parcel number 36-33-186%100 and being further described in Deed
Book 35 E, Page 1144 in the Cumberland County Recorder of Deeds Office and
being more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto.
Amount due: $11,954,157.89
Interest: $
Costs: $ (to be added)
TOTAL: $11,954,157.89'
*along with interest accruing from and following July 29, 2002,
attorneys' fees and expenses, costs and cost of suit.
DATE:
Prothonotary
Plaintiff hereby certifies that the last known address of the The General Casting
Company is 222 North Queen Street, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, 17257.
McNEES WALLACE & NURICK LLC
Dated: December 3, 2003
By
C~ [ayt6n W. ;.I~..vids..o~n, Esquire
Attorney I.D. No. 79139
100 Pine Street
P. O. Box 1166
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166
(717) 232-8000
Attorneys for Plaintiff, The Provident Bank
Address: 222 North Queen Street, Shippensburg, PA, Cumberland County
Tax Map: 36-33-1867-100
Record Book: 35-E, 1144
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THE PROVIDENT BANK,
Plaintiff
THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY,
Defendant
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CLrMBERLAND COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 2003-02932
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO RULE 3129.1
Clayton W. Davidson, Esquire, of McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC, Attorneys at Law, sets forth,
as of the date the Praecipe for Writ of Execution was filed, the following information concerning the real
property, including all improvements constructed thereon, all that certain lot or parcel or ground
consisting of approximately 14.50 acres located at 222 North Queen Street, Shippensburg
Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, having tax parcel number 36-33-1867-100 and
being further described in Deed Book 35 E, Page 1144 in the Cumberland County Recorder of
Deeds Office and being more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto.
Name and address of Owners or Reputed Owners:
The General Casting Company
222 North Queen Street
Shippensburg, PA 17257
Name and address of Defendant in the judgment:
The General Casting Company
222 North Queen Street
Shippensburg, PA 17257
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3. Name and address of every judgment creditor whose judgment is a record lien on the real
property to be sold:
Farmers Bank and Trust Company,
n/k/a Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company
213 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101-2141
(Senior Lienholder)
The Provident Bank
1 East Fourth Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Process Recovery Corp.
c/o Thomas W. Beaver, Esquire
540 Court Street
P.O. Box 542
Reading, PA 19603
Name and address of the last recorded holder of every mortgage of record:
Farmers Bank and Trust Company,
n/k/a Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company
213 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101-2141
(Senior Lienholder)
Name and address of every other person who has any record lien on the property:
The Provident Bank
1 East Fourth Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Process Recovery Corp.
c/o Thomas W. Beaver, Esquire
540 Court Street
P.O. Box 542
Reading, PA 19603
6. Name and address of every other person who has any record interest in the property and
whose interest may be affected by the sale: NONE.
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7. Name and address of every other person of whom the Plaintiff has knowledge who has
any interest in the property which may be affected by the sale:
None
I verify that the statements made in this affidavit are true and correct to the best of my personal
knowledge or information and belief. I understand that false statements herein are made subject to the
penalties of 18 Pa.C.S. §4904 relating to unswom falsification to authorities.
Dated: December 3, 2003
McNEES WALLACE & NURICK LLC
By
Clayt/~ ~(d~s~on, Esquire
Attorney I.D. No. 79139
100 Pine Street
P. O. Box 1166
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166
(717) 232-8000
Attorneys for Plaintiff, The Provident Bank
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Address: 222 North Queen Street, Shippensburg, PA, Cumberland County
Tax Map: 36-33-1867-100
Record Book: 35-E, 1144
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THE PROVIDENT BANK, :
Plaintiff :
v. : NO. 2003-02932
THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY, :
Defendant : CIVIL ACTION - LAW
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
PURSUANT TO
PENNSYLVANIA RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 3129.1
TAKE NOTICE:
That the Sheriff's Sale of Real Property (real estate) will be held:
DATE:
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2004
TIME:
10:00 O'CLOCK A.M.
LOCATION: Cumberland County Courthouse
One Courthouse Square
Carlisle, PA 17013-3387
THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD is delineated in detail in a legal description mainly
consisting of a statement of the measured boundaries o£the property, together with a brief
mention of the buildings and any other major improvements erected on the land.
(SEE DESCRIPTION ATTACHED)
THE LOCATION of your real property to be sold is:
Commercial real property consisting of approximately 14.50 acres located at 222
North Queen Street, Shippensburg Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
having tax parcel number 36-33-1867-100 and being further described in Deed Book
35 E, Page 1144 in the Cumberland County Recorder of Deeds Office.
THE JUDGMENT under or pursuant to which your properties are being sold is
docketed in the within Commonwealth and County to: The Provident Bank v. The General
Castin~ Company, No. 2003-02932.
THE NAME OF THE OWNER OR REPUTED OVqNER of the real property is: The
General Casting Corot)any.
A SCHEDULE OF DISTRIBUTION, being a list of the persons and/or governmental
or corporate entities or agencies being entitled to receive part of the proceeds of the sale received
and to be disbursed by the Sheriffwill be filed by the Sheriff of this County thirty (30) days after
the sale and distribution of the proceeds of sale in accordance with this schedule will, in fact, be
made unless someone objects by filing exemptions to it within ten (10) days of the date it is filed.
Information about the Schedule of Distribution may be obtained from the Sheriff of the
Court of Common Pleas of the within County at the Courthouse address specified herein.
THIS PAPER IS A NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF THE SALE OF
YOUR PROPERTY.
IT HAS BEEN ISSUED BECAUSE THERE IS A JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU.
IT MAY CAUSE YOUR PROPERTY TO BE HELD, TO BE SOLD OR TAKEN
TO PAY THE JUDGMENT.
You may have legal rights to prevent your properties from being taken away. A lawyer
can advise you more specifically of these fights. If you wish to exercise your rights, YOU
MUST ACT PROMPTLY.
YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. GO TO
OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU
CAN GET FREE LEGAL ADVICE:
Cumberland County Bar Association
2 Liberty Avenue
Carlisle, PA 17013
(800) 990-9108
THE LEGAL RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE ARE:
1. You may file a petition with the Court of Common Pleas of the within County to
open the judgment if you have a meritorious defense aga'mst the person or company that has
entered judgment against you. You may also file a petition with the same Court if you are aware
ora legal defect in the obligation or the procedure used against you.
2. After the Sheriff's Sale you may file a petition with the Court of Common Pleas
of the within County to set aside the sale for a grossly inadequate price or for other proper cause.
This petition MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE SHERIFF'S DEED IS DELIVERED.
3. A petition or petitions raising the legal issues or rights mentioned in the preceding
paragraphs must be presented to the Court of Common Pleas of the within County. The petition
must be served on the attorney for the creditor or on the creditor before presentation to the court
and a proposed order or role must be attached to the petition.
Ifa specific return date is desired, such date must be obtained from the Court
Administrator's Office - Civil Division, of the within County Courthouse, before a presentation
of the petition to the Court.
A copy of the Writ of Execution is attached hereto.
McNEES WALLACE & NURICK LLC
By
Clayton WldDavidson, Esquire
I.D. No. 79139
100 Pine Street, P.O. Box 1166
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166
(717) 232-8000
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Address: 222 North Queen Street, Shippensburg, PA, Cumberland County
Tax Map: 36-33-1867-100
Record Book: 35-E, 1144
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THE GENERAL CASTING COMPANY,
Defendant
TO THE PROTHONOTARY:
1N THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBEI:LLAND COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 2003-02932
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
PR-4ECIPE TO RELEASE JUDGMENT LIEN
The Provident Bank does hereby release and forever discharge the real property being
known as North Queen Street, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, having tax parcel number 36-33-
1867-100 and being more particularly described in Record Book 35 E, Page 1144 in the
Cumberland County Recorder of Deeds Office, from the operation and effect of its judgment
obtained on June 20, 2003, in the mount orS11,954,157.89, along with attorneys' fees and
expenses (the "Judgment") against The General Casting Company in the above captioned case.
The Judgment shall remain in full force and effect as a lien against any other real property owned
by The General Casting Company which is not released hereunder.
Date: January 6, 2004
McNEES WALLACE & NURICK LLC
By_ (~D~idson, Esquire
Attorney I.D. No. 79139
P.O. Box 11.66
100 Pine Street
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166
Phone: (717) 237-5496
,~ttorneys for The Provident Bank
The Provident Bank
VS
The General Casting Company
In the Court of Common Pleas of
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Writ No. 2003-2932 Civil Term
R. Thomas Kline, Sheriff, who being duly sworn according to law, states this writ
is returned STAYED pursuant to instructions from Attorney Clayton Davidson.
Sheriff's Costs:
Docketing 30.00
Poundage 2.19
Mileage 13.80
Levy 15.00
Surcharge 20.00
Law Library .50
Prothonotary 1.00
Share of Bills 29.32
$111.81 paid by attorney
01/07/04
Sworn and subscribed to before me
This day o f V,b~7
Prothonotary
R. Thomas Kline, Sheriff
Real E~tate Deputy