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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-40396 PHELAN HALLINAN & SCHMIEG, LLP LAWRENCE T. PHELAN, ESQ., Id. No. 32227 FRANCIS S. HALLINAN, ESQ., Id. No. 62695 DANIEL G. SCHMIEG, ESQ., Id. No. 62205 MICHELE M. BRADFORD, ESQ., Id. No. 69849 JUDITH T. ROMANO, ESQ., Id. No. 58745 SHEETAL SHAH-JANI, ESQ., Id. No. 81760 JENINE R. DAVEY, ESQ., Id. No. 87077 &--LAUREN R. TABAS, ESQ., Id. No. 93337 VIVEK SRIVASTAVA, ESQ., Id. No. 202331 JAY B. JONES, ESQ., Id. No. 86657 PETER MULCAHY, ESQ., Id. No. 61791 ANDREW SPIVACK, ESQ., Id. No. 84439 JAIME MCGUINNESS, ESQ., Id. No. 90134 ONE PENN CENTER PLAZA, SUITE 1400 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103 (215) 563-7000 181910 FIRST HORIZON HOME LOANS, A DIVISION OF FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 4000 HORIZON WAY IRVING, TX 75063 Plaintiff V. JASON M. STIFFLER LYNN M. STIFFLER 96 ARNOLD ROAD ENOLA, PA 17025-2148 Defendants ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL DIVISION TERM NO. oF- YO39 c-Nj( 4- CUMBERLAND COUNTY CIVIL ACTION - LAW COMPLAINT IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE File #: 181910 NOTICE 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, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE. Lawyer Referral Service Cumberland County Bar Association 32 South Bedford Street Carlisle, PA 17013 (800)990-9108 File #: 181910 IF THIS IS THE FIRST NOTICE THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED FROM THIS OFFICE, BE ADVISED THAT: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq. (1977), DEFENDANT(S) MAY DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT OR ANY PORTION THEREOF. IF DEFENDANT(S) DO SO IN WRITING WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THIS PLEADING, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF WILL OBTAIN AND PROVIDE DEFENDANT(S) WITH WRITTEN VERIFICATION THEREOF; OTHERWISE, THE DEBT WILL BE ASSUMED TO BE VALID. LIKEWISE, IF REQUESTED WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THIS PLEADING, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF WILL SEND DEFENDANT(S) THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR, IF DIFFERENT FROM ABOVE. THE LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE US TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD FOLLOWING FIRST CONTACT WITH YOU BEFORE SUING YOU TO COLLECT THIS DEBT. EVEN THOUGH THE LAW PROVIDES THAT YOUR ANSWER TO THIS COMPLAINT IS TO BE FILED IN THIS ACTION WITHIN File #: 181910 TWENTY (20) DAYS, YOU MAY OBTAIN AN EXTENSION OF THAT TIME. FURTHERMORE, NO REQUEST WILL BE MADE TO THE COURT FOR A JUDGMENT UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS COMPLAINT. HOWEVER, IF YOU REQUEST PROOF OF THE DEBT OR THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD THAT BEGINS UPON YOUR RECEIPT OF THIS COMPLAINT, THE LAW REQUIRES US TO CEASE OUR EFFORTS (THROUGH LITIGATION OR OTHERWISE) TO COLLECT THE DEBT UNTIL WE MAIL THE REQUESTED INFORMATION TO YOU. YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN ATTORNEY FOR ADVICE CONCERNING YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN THIS SUIT. IF YOU HAVE FILED BANKRUPTCY AND RECEIVED A DISCHARGE, THIS IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. IT IS AN ACTION TO ENFORCE A LIEN ON REAL ESTATE. File #: 181910 Plaintiff is FIRST HORIZON HOME LOANS, A DIVISION OF FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 4000 HORIZON WAY IRVING, TX 75063 2. The name(s) and last known address(es) of the Defendant(s) are: JASON M. STIFFLER LYNN M. STIFFLER 96 ARNOLD ROAD ENOLA, PA 17025-2148 who is/are the mortgagor(s) and/or real owner(s) of the property hereinafter described. 3. On 11/02/2004 mortgagor(s) made, executed and delivered a mortgage upon the premises hereinafter described to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED AS A NOMINEE FOR FIRST HORIZON HOME LOAN CORPORATION which mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Recorder of CUMBERLAND County, in Mortgage Book No. 1887, Page 103. The PLAINTIFF is now the legal owner of the mortgage and is in the process of formalizing an assignment of same. The mortgage and assignment(s), if any, are matters of public record and are incorporated herein by reference in accordance with Pa.R.C.P. 1019(g); which Rule relieves the Plaintiff from its obligations to attach documents to pleadings if those documents are of public record. 4. The premises subject to said mortgage is described as attached. The mortgage is in default because monthly payments of principal and interest upon said mortgage due 03/01/2008 and each month thereafter are due and unpaid, and by the terms of said mortgage, upon failure of mortgagor to make such payments after a date specified by written notice sent to Mortgagor, the entire principal balance and all interest due thereon are collectible forthwith. File #: 181910 6. The following amounts are due on the mortgage: Principal Balance $111,628.41 Interest $2,796.81 02/01/2008 through 07/08/2008 (Per Diem $17.59) Attorney's Fees $1,250.00 Cumulative Late Charges $130.68 11/02/2004 to 07/08/2008 Cost of Suit and Title Search 550.00 Subtotal $116,355.90 Escrow Credit ($73.93) Deficit $0.00 Subtotal 73.93 TOTAL $116,281.97 7 8. 9. If the mortgage is reinstated prior to a Sheriffs Sale, the attorney's fee set forth above may be less than the amount demanded based on work actually performed. The attorney's fees requested are in conformity with the mortgage and Pennsylvania law. Plaintiff reserves its right to collect attorney's fees up to 5% of the remaining principal balance in the event the property is sold to a third party purchaser at Sheriffs Sale, or if the complexity of the action requires additional fees in excess of the amount demanded in the Action. Plaintiff is not seeking a judgment of personal liability (or an in nersonam judgment) against the Defendant(s) in the Action; however, Plaintiff reserves its right to bring a separate Action to establish that right, if such right exists. If Defendant(s) has/have received a discharge of personal liability in a bankruptcy proceeding, this Action of Mortgage Foreclosure is in no way an attempt to reestablish such personal liability discharged in bankruptcy, but only to foreclose the mortgage and sell the mortgaged premises pursuant to Pennsylvania Law. Notice of Intention to Foreclose as set forth in Act 6 of 1974, Notice of Homeowner's Emergency Assistance Program pursuant to Act 91 of 1983, as amended in 1998, and/or File #: 181910 Notice of Default as required by the mortgage document, as applicable, have been sent to the Defendant(s) on the date(s) set forth thereon, and the temporary stay as provided by said notice has terminated because Defendant(s) has/have failed to meet with the Plaintiff or an authorized consumer credit counseling agency, or has/have been denied assistance by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency. 10. This action does not come under Act 6 of 1974 because the original mortgage amount exceeds $50,000. WHEREFORE, PLAINTIFF demands an in rem Judgment against the Defendant(s) in the sum of $116,281.97, together with interest from 07/08/2008 at the rate of $17.59 per diem to the date of Judgment, and other costs and charges collectible under the mortgage and for the foreclosure and sale of the mortgaged property. HALLINAN & SCHMIEG, LLP LAWRENCE T. PHELAN, ESQUIRE FRANCIS S. HALLINAN, ESQUIRE DANIEL G. SCHMIEG, ESQUIRE MICHELE M. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE JUDITH T. ROMANO, ESQUIRE SHEETAL R. SHAH-JANI, ESQUIRE JENINE R. DAVEY, ESQUIRE LAUREN R. TABAS, ESQUIRE9333-7 VIVEK SRIVASTAVA, ESQUIRE JAY B. JONES, ESQUIRE PETER MULCAHY, ESQUIRE ANDREW SPIVACK, ESQUIRE JAIME MCGUINNESS, ESQUIRE Attorneys for Plaintiff File #: 181910 LEGAL DESCRIPTION ALL THAT CERTAIN piece of land situate in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, more fully described as follows: ACCORDING to a Plan of Lots, Louis Park, by D.P. Raffensperger, RS, December 21, 1951 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Carlisle, PA, in Plan Book 5, Page 50. BEGINNING at a point on corner formed by intersection of Southwesterly side of Arnold Road, (50 feet wide) with Northwesterly side of Louis Lane South, (60 feet wide); thence extending from said beginning point South 74 degrees, 59 minutes West, along Northwesterly side of said Louis Lane South 90 feet to a point; thence extending North 15 degrees 1 minute West 83.97 feet to a point; thence extending North 60 degrees 55 minutes East 83.21 feet to a point on the Southwesterly side of Arnold Road; thence extending along Southwesterly side of Arnold Road in Southeasterly direction on arc of circle curving to the right having a radius of 310 feet arc distance of 76.10 feet to point of tangent; thence extending still along said side of Arnold Road South 15 degrees 1 minute East 28.85 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING. BEING Lot No. 96 on said Plan. BEING KNOWN and numbered as 96 Arnold Road, Enola, Pennsylvania. BEING THE SAME PREMISES which Boyd A Chubb and Diane M. Chubb, husband and wife, by deed dated and recorded November 24, 1999 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for File #: 181910 Cumberland County in Deed Book 211, Page 1133, granted and conveyed unto Vern W. Campbell and Jody W. Sholly, as joint tenants with the right of survivorship and not as tenants in common, Grantors herein. PARCEL: 09-13-1002-027 File #: 181910 VERIFICATION I hereby state that I am the attorney for Plaintiff in this matter, that Plaintiff is outside the jurisdiction of the Court and/or the verification could not be obtained within the time allowed for the filing of the pleading, that I am authorized to make this verification pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1024 (c), and that the statements made in the foregoing Civil Action in Mortgage Foreclosure are based upon information supplied by Plaintiff and are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief. Furthermore, counsel intends to substitute a verification from Plaintiff upon receipt. The undersigned understands that this statement is made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S. Sec. 4904 relating to unworn falsifications to authorities. -7 "- DATE: 1' 4 09 NI C rrt ray,. ; , ? 0 4 , 11 CASE NO: 2008-04039 P SHERIFF'S RETURN - REGULAR COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA: COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND FIRST HORIZON HOME LOANS VS STIFFLER JASON M ET AL ROBERT BITNER , Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of Cumberland County,Pennsylvania, who being duly sworn according to law, says, the within COMPLAINT - MORT FORE was served upon STIFFLER JASON M the DEFENDANT at 0020:25 HOURS, on the 14th day of July , 2008 at 96 ARNOLD ROAD ENOLA, PA 17025-2148 JASON STIFFLER by handing to DEFENDANT a true and attested copy of COMPLAINT - MORT FORE together with and at the same time directing His attention to the contents thereof. Sheriff's Costs: So Answers: Docketing 18.00 Service 14.00 Affidavit .00 Surcharge 10.00 R. Thomas Kline 7/11/07i7[42.00 07/15/2008 -00 PHELAN HALLINAN & SCHMIEG Sworn and Subscibed to By., -? before me this day Deputy Sheriff of A.D. ? . SHERIFF'S RETURN - REGULAR CASE NO: 2008-04039 P COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA: COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND FIRST HORIZON HOME LOANS VS STIFFLER JASON M ET AL ROBERT BITNER Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of Cumberland County,Pennsylvania, who being duly sworn according to law, says, the within COMPLAINT - MORT FORE was served upon STIFFLER LYNN M the DEFENDANT , at 0020:25 HOURS, on the 14th day of July , 2008 at 96 ARNOLD ROAD ENOLA. PA 17025-2148 JASON STIFFLER by handing to ADULT IN CHARGE a true and attested copy of COMPLAINT - MORT FORE together with and at the same time directing His attention to the contents thereof. Sheriff's Costs: Docketing Service Affidavit Surcharge ,//716P a 6.00 .00 .00 10.00 .00 16.00 Sworn and Subscibed to before me this day of , So Answers: R. Thomas Kline 07/15/2008 PHELAN HALLINAN & SCHMIEG Deputy She iff A.D. PHELAN HALLINAN & SCHMIEG, LLP FRANCIS S. HALLINAN, ESQ., Id. No. 62695 ONE PENN CENTER PLAZA, SUITE 1400 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103 (215) 563-7000 FIRST HORIZON HOME LOANS, A DIVISION OF FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff VS. JASON M. STIFFLER LYNN M. STIFFLER Defendant(s) ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL DIVISION NO. 08-4039 CIVIL TERM CUMBERLAND COUNTY PRAECIPE TO SUBSTITUTE VERIFICATION TO CIVIL ACTION COMPLAINT IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE TO THE PROTHONOTARY: Kindly substitute the attached verification for the verification originally filed with the complaint in the instant matter. Phelan Hallinan & Schmieg, LLP Attorney for Plaintiff By: X?-la?? og Francis S. Hallinan, Esquire Date: PHS #: 181910 t. 14 VERIFICATION Marcia Williams hereby states that he/she is """ v iv P'"SIDS og'FIRST HORIZON HOME LOANS, A DIVISION OF FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, servicing agent for Plaintiff in this matter, that he/she is authorized to take this Verification, and that the statements made in the foregoing Civil Action in Mortgage Foreclosure are true and correct to the best of his/her knowledge, information and belief. The undersigned understands that this statement is made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S. Sec. 4904 relating to unworn falsification to authorities. /2e'21 MATCId w1l11dTTIS DATE: ?"?Vvcor?iui V7N Company: FIRST HORIZON HOME LOANS, A DIVISION OF FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Loan:0051114726 File #: 181910 PHELAN HALLINAN & SCHMIEG, LLP LAWRENCE T. PHELAN, ESQ., Id. No. 32227 FRANCIS S. HALLINAN, ESQ., Id. No. 62695 ONE PENN CENTER PLAZA, SUITE 1400 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103 (215) 563-7000 FIRST HORIZON HOME LOANS, A DIVISION OF FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff VS. JASON M. STIFFLER LYNN M. STIFFLER Defendant(s) ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF : COURT OF COMMON PLEAS : CIVIL DIVISION : NO. 08-4039 CIVIL TERM : CUMBERLAND COUNTY CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of Plaintiff's Praecipe to attach Verification of Complaint was sent via first class mail to the following on the date listed below: JASON M. STIFFLER 96 ARNOLD ROAD ENOLA, PA 17025-2148 LYNN M. STIFFLER 96 ARNOLD ROAD ENOLA, PA 17025-2148 Date: Phelan Hallinan & Schmieg, LLP Attorney JrtA?? for Plaintiffs I / ?//`?' By: 1`CCq.(i?'? Francis S. Hallinan, Esquire -T-; _ :: r-n PHELAN HALLINAN & SCHMIEG, LLP BY: FRANCIS S. HALLINAN, ESQUIRE Identification No. 62695 One Penn Center at Suburban Station 1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1400 Philadelphia, PA 19103-1814 (215) 563-7000 First Horizon Home Loans, a Division of First Tennessee Bank National Association Jason M. Stiffler Lynn M. Stiffler Plaintiff vs. Defendant(s) PRAECIPE TO THE PROTHONOTARY: ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF : Court of Common Pleas : Civil Division : Cumberland County : No. 08-4039 CIVIL TERM X Please mark the above referenced case Discontinued and Ended without prejudice. Please mark the above referenced case Settled, Discontinued and Ended. Please mark Judgments satisfied and the Action settled, discontinued and ended. Please Vacate the judgment entered and mark the action discontinued and ended without prejudice. Please withdraw the complaint and mark the action discontinu artd--?, ended without prejudice. ; r, Date: J7 11416 Francis S. Hallinan, Esquire Attorney for Plaintiff PHS# 181910 a r Z ?s4?