HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-5993GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE
CORPORATION,
Plaintiff
V.
DIANE M. COMREY,
Defendant
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
: NO.
..
: CIVIL ACTION - LAW
: ACTION IN REPLEVIN
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Cumberland County Bar Association
2 Liberty Avenue
Carlisle, PA 17013
Telephone: (717) 249-3166
Dated: November 11, 2003
NAUMAN, SMITH, SHISSLER & HALL, LLP
Dennis E. Boyle, Esquire
Supreme Court I.D. No. 49618
Lucinda C. Glinn, Esquire
Supreme Court I.D. No. 84737
200 N. 3'd Street, 18th Floor
P. O. [lox 840
Harrisburg PA 17108-0840
Telephone: (717) 236-3010
Facsimile: (717) 234-1925
Counsel For: General Motors Acceptance
Corporation
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE
CORPORATION,
Plaintiff
DIANE Mo COMREY
Defendants
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
: NO. C)3-- ~
: CIVIL ACTION - LAW
: ACTION IN REPLEVIN
COMPLAINT
AND NOW comes Plaintiff, General Motors Acceptance Corporation, by its counsel,
Nauman, Smith, Shissler & Hall, LLP, to file the within Complaint based upon the following facts:
1. PlaintifI; General Motors Acceptance Corporation, (hereafter "GMAC") is a Delaware
Corporation having offices throughout the United States and having an office at 555 Business Center
Drive, Horsham, Pennsylvania 19044.
2. Defendant, Diane M. Comrey (hereinafter "Defendant") is an adult individual
presently residing in Cumberland County at 525 Wayne Drive, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055.
3. On November 28, 2000, Defendant entered into a Contract with Saturn of Harrisburg,
1301 Paxton Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105 (hereafter "Seller") for the purchase ora 2001 Saturn SL2,
bearing Vehicle Identification Number 1GSZK52761Z237057 (hereinafter "Vehicle") for a net
purchase price and finance charges in the mount of Twenty Thousand Sixteen and 12/100 Dollars
$20,016.12). A copy of the Contract is marked as Exhibit "A", attached hereto and its contents are
incorporated herein by reference.
4. Defendant, pursuant to the aforesaid Contract, agreed, inter alia, to make thirty-eight
(38) installment payments in an amount of Three Hundred Four and 14/100 Dollars ($304.14) each,
commencing January 12,2001 and payable on the same day of each successive month thereafter, and
one (1) final payment in the amount of Eight Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Eight and 80/100
($8,458.80), for a total obligation of Twenty Thousand Sixteen and 12/100 Dollars ($20,016.12).
5. Under the Contract the Defendant granted the Seller or its assignee a security interest
in the Vehicle and its proceeds.
6. Defendant, pursuant to the aforesaid Contract, agreed that in the event of default in
any payment due under the Contract, or the failure to comply with any term or condition thereof, that
the Seller of the aforesaid Vehicle may take immediate possession of said property, including any
equipment or accessories thereto, and for this purpose Seller may, in any lawful manner, enter upon
the premises where the said property may be and remove same.
7. On or about November 28, 2000, for good and valuable consideration, the said
Contract was assigned by Seller to GMAC who succeeded to the rights and interest of Seller.
GMAC, pursuant to the provisions of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code and the Pennsylvania
Uniform Commercial Code, perfected its security interest in the Vehicle by properly notifying the
Pennsylvania Bureau of Motor Vehicles to endorse upon the Certificate of Title for the aforesaid
Vehicle a notice of its encumbrance upon the aforementioned Vehicle and security interest therein.
A copy of said Certificate of Title is marked Exhibit "B" and attached hereto.
8. Defendant has breached the said Contract in that Defendant failed to make the agreed-
upon installment payments due. The present outstanding balance due GMAC from Defendant is in
the amount of Twelve Thousand Three Hundred Eight and 75/100 Dollars ($12,308.75), plus late
charges.
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9. Under the terms of the aforesaid Contract, Defendant agreed that in the event she
defaulted in any payment due thereunder, or failed to comply with any of the terms or conditions of
the Contract, and in the event it became necessary for the Seller or its assignees to institute a suit in
replevin for the Vehicle, Defendant agreed to pay all costs of suit and any reasonable attorney's fees.
GMAC has made repeated demands that Defendant make the payments agreed upon,
10.
all to no avail.
11.
The aforesaid Vehicle is presently in the control and custody of Diane M. Comrey,
525 Wayne Drive, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055. Vehicles of this model and class have an average
wholesale value of Five Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Five and 00/100 Dollars ($5,475.00).
WHEREFORE, GMAC prays that this Honorable Court enter judgment in favor of GMAC
and against the Defendant for:
a. Possession of the 2001
Saturn SL2 bearing Vehicle Identification Number
1GSZK52761 Z237057 or in the alternative, the market value of the car in the amount
of Five Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Five and 00/100 Dollars ($5,475.00).
Attorney's fees and legal expenses in the amount of Two Thousand Five Hundred and
00/100 Dollars ($2,500.00) incurred by reason of the institution of this action in
replevin to repossess the aforementioned Vehicle; all as agreed to in the Contract
dated November 28, 2000.
COUNT II - CIVIL ACTION FOR DEBT
! 2. Paragraphs 1 through 5, 7, 8, and 10 above are incorporated herein by reference.
13. The Contract provides that in the event the Defendant did not make the agreed upon
monthly payments, res ulting in a default under the Contract, and GMAC was required to employ and
attorney, the Defendant agreed to pay reasonable attorney fees and Court costs.
WHEREFORE, GMAC prays that this Honorable Court enter judgment against the
Defendant and in favor of GMAC in the amount of $12,308.75, plus legal fees in the amount of
$2,500.00, plus Court costs.
NAUMAN, SMITH, SHISSLER & HALL, LLP
Dated: November 11, 2003
Dennis E. Boyle, s~quire
Supreme Court I.D. No. 49618
Lucinda C. Glinn, Esquire
Supreme Court I.D. No. 84737
200 N. 3rd Street, 18th Floor
P. O. Box 840
Harrisburg PA 17108-0840
Telephone: (717) 236-3010
Facsimile: (717) 234-1925
Counsel For: General Motors
Corporation
Acceptance
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VERIFICATION
I, Russell Ghoston, for General Motors Acceptance Corporation, being duly authorized to
do so on beh~tlfofGeneral Motors Acceptance Corporation do hereby make the following statements
subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S. § 4904, relating to unsworn falsifications to authority, and do
state that the facts set forth in the foregoing Complaint are U'ue and correct to the bast of my
knowledge, information ~nd belief.
EXHIBIT "A"
EXHIBIT "B"
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE
CORPORATION,
Plaintiff
Vo
DIANE M. COMREY,
Defendant
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
: ACTION IN REPLEVIN
PRAECIPE FOR ENTRY OF APPEARANCE
Please enter the appearance of Dennis E. Boyle, Esquire, and Lucinda C. Glinn, Esquire, as
Attorneys for General Motors Acceptance Corporation, the Plaintiff in the above captioned case.
Dated: November 11, 2003
NAUMAN, SMITH, SHISSLER & HALL, LLP
Dennis E. , Esquire
Supreme Court I.D. No. 496 ! 8
Lucinda C. Glinn, Esquire
Supreme Court I.D. No. 84737
200 N. 3rd Street, 18th Floor
P. O. Box 840
Harrisburg PA 17108-0840
Telephone: (717) 236-30!0
Facsimile: (717) 234-1925
Counsel For: General Motors Acceptance
Corporation
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE
CORPORATION,
Plaintiff
DIANE M. COMREY,
Defendant
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 03-5993 Civil Term
: CIVIL ACTION - LAW
: ACTION IN REPLEVIN
pRAECIPE TO DISCONTINUE
TO THE PROTHONOTARY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY:
Please discontinue the above-reference matter at the request of the Plaintiff, General Motors
Acceptance Corporation.
NAUMAN, SMITH, SHISSLER & HALL, LLP
Dennis
Supreme Court I.D. No. 49618
Lueinda C. Glinn, Esquire
Supreme Court I.D. No. 84737
200 N. 3rd Street, 18th Floor
P. O. Box 840
Harrisburg PA 17108-0840
Telephone: (717) 236-3010
Facsimile: (717)234-1925
Counsel For: General Motors Acceptance Corporation
Dated: November 18, 2003
SHERIFF'S RETURN - NOT SERVED
CASE NO: 2003-05993 P
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORP
VS
COMREY DIANE M
R. Thomas Kline , Sheriff ,
according to law, says, that he made a diligent
the within named DEFENDANT , to wit:
COMREY DIANE M
unable to locate Her in his bailiwick.
COMPLAINT - REPLEVIN
who being duly sworn
search and inquiry for
but was
He therefore returns the
the within named DEFENDANT
, COMREY DIANE M
NOT SERVED , as to
525 WAYNE DRIVE
MECHANICSBURG, PA 17055
SERVICE STOPPED PER FAX FROM ATTOP~NEY.
Sheriff's Costs:
Docketing 18.00
Service 8.28
Affidavit .00
Surcharge 10.00
.00
36.28
~R Thomas Kline ~
Sheriff of Cumberland County
NAUMAN SMITH SHISSLER HALL
11/19/2003
Sworn and subscribed to before me
this day of
A.D.
Prothonotary