HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-5334John W. Purcell, Jr., Esquire
ID #29955
Purcell, Krug & Haller
1719 North Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17102
(717) 234-4178
jpurcell@pkh.com
TROY S. ULZHEIMER, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Plaintiff CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V.
NO. 08 - 533 iv i l -Ti,
TANYA E. GREENE, :
Defendant CIVIL ACTION - LAW
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.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
32 South Bedford Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 249-3166
(800) 990-9108
AVISO
USTED HA SIDO DEMANDADO/A EN CORTE. Si usted desea defenderse de las demandas
que se presentan mas adelante en las siguientes paginas, debe tomar acci6n dentro de los
pr6ximos veinte (20) dias despues de la notificaci6n de esta Demands y Aviso radicando
personalmente o por medio de un abogado una comparecencia escrita y radicando en la Corte por
escrito sus defensas de, y objecciones a, las demandas presentadas aqui en contra suya. Se le
advierte de que si usted falla de tomar acci6n como se describe anteriormente, el caso puede
proceder sin usted y un fallo por cualquier suma de dinero reclamada en la demanda o cualquier
otra reclamaci6n o remedio solicitado por el demandante puede ser dictado en contra suya por la
Corte sin mas aviso adicional. Usted puede perder dinero o propiedad u otros derechos
importantes para usted.
USTED DEBE LLEVAR ESTE DOCUMENTO A SU ABOGADO INMEDIATAMENTE.
SI USTED NO TIENE UN ABOGADO, LLAME O VAYA A LA SIGUIENTE OFICINA.
ESTA OFICINA PUEDE PROVEERLE INFORMACION A CERCA DE COMO
CONSEGUIR UN ABOGADO.
SI USTED NO PUEDE PAGAR POR LOS SERVICIOS DE UN ABOGADO, ES
POSIBLE QUE ESTA OFICINA LE PUEDA PROVEER INFORMACION SOBRE
AGENCIAS QUE OFREZCAN SERVICIOS LEGALES SIN CARGO O BAJO COSTO A
PERSONAS QUE CUALIFICAN.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
32 South Bedford Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 249-3166
(800) 990-9108
John W. Purcell, Jr., Esquire
ID #29955
Purcell, Krug & Haller
1719 North Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17102
(717) 234-4178
jpurcell@pkh.com
TROY S. ULZHEIMER, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Plaintiff CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V. NO. 01" "31
TANYA E. GREENE,
Defendant CIVIL ACTION - LAW
COMPLAINT
1. The Plaintiff is Troy S. Ulzheimer, an adult individual with an address of
115 Mt. Zion Road, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania 17019.
2. The Defendant is Tanya E. Greene, an adult individual with a business
address of 28 North Market Street, Lower Level, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania 17055.
3. Prior to October of 2007, the parties maintained a personal and business
relationship.
4. Prior to October 2007, the personal relationship between the parties was
terminated by the Defendant. As part of the business relationship, the parties entered
into a partnership relating to the real estate in which the parties resided, and in which
the Plaintiff continues to reside, at 115 Mt. Zion Road, Dillsburg, York County,
Pennsylvania.
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5. In addition to the real estate ownership, the parties entered into an
agreement to refurbish a commercial rental property for the purpose of establishing a
beauty salon business which would be owned by the parties and operated by the
Defendant.
6. Pursuant to agreement of the parties, both parties undertook the
refinancing of a Second Mortgage on the aforementioned real estate on September 8,
2007, in which they borrowed the sum of $57,922.
7. The original Second Mortgage was paid off, leaving net proceeds from the
financing if $28,849.28, which was used in the aforementioned rehabilitation and
preparation of the commercial property for the purpose of maintaining a beauty salon at
28 North Market Street, Lower Level, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
8. Pursuant to the agreement of the parties, the Plaintiff, a contractor,
performed most, if not all, of the work involved in preparing and improving the leasehold
premises for the purpose of operating a beauty salon, including the purchase of
equipment, materials and supplies necessary to set up the business.
9. The Defendant entered into a Commercial Lease on October 1, 2007, with
the Landlord for a three (3) year Lease and opened the business as a beauty salon
soon thereafter.
10. Since that time, the Defendant has maintained the beauty salon and
collected all of the receipts and proceeds from the operation of the business, without
accounting for the same to the Plaintiff.
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11. In addition thereto, the Defendant has made no payments on account of
the loan secured against the real estate referenced above.
12. Pursuant to the parties' oral agreement, the Defendant is indebted to the
Plaintiff for at least one-half of the portion of the debt associated with the preparation
and improvement of the salon business, in addition to accounting for all gross and net
receipts received by the business since its inception, and all future receipts thereafter.
WHEREFORE, the Plaintiff requests that the Defendant be ordered to account to
the Plaintiff for all money received by her since the beginning of the salon business, and
that the Defendant be ordered to pay to the Plaintiff an amount which the account may
show is due to the Plaintiff, in addition to the amount of the loan referenced herein, and
to grant such further relief as may be deemed just and proper by this Honorable Court.
Respectfully submitted,
PURCELL, KRUG & HALLER
By.
John . Purcell, Jr., Esqui
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1719 North Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17102
(717) 234-4178
Attorney for Plaintiff
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VERIFICATION
I verb that the statements made in the foregoing COMPLAINT
are true and correct.
I understand that false statements herein are made subject to the penalties of
18 Pa. C. S. §4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
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SHERIFF'S RETURN - REGULAR
CASE NO: 2008-05334 P
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA:
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
ULZHEIMER TROY S
VS
GREENE TANYA E
TIMOTHY BLACK
Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of
Cumberland County,Pennsylvania, who being duly sworn according to law,
says, the within COMPLAINT & NOTICE was served upon
GREENE TANYA E the
DEFENDANT
at 1520:00 HOURS, on the 17th day of September, 2008
at 28 NORTH MARKET STREET LOWER LEVEL
MECHANICSBURG, PA 17055
TANYA GREENE
by handing to
a true and attested copy of COMPLAINT & NOTICE
together with
and at the same time directing Her attention to the contents thereof.
Sheriff's Costs:
Docketing
Service
Postage
Surcharge
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18.00
10.00
.42
10.00
.00
38.42
Sworn and Subscibed to
before me this
day
So Answers :
R. Thomas Kline
09/18/2008
PURCELL KRUG HALLER
By:
Deputy Sheriff
of A. D. 01
TROY S. ULZHEIMER
IN THE COURT OF COMMON
PLAINTIFF, PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
VS. CIVIL ACTION-LAW
TANYA E. GREENE
DEFENDANT, NO. 08-5334 CIVIL TERM
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Defendant, TANYA E. GREENE, answers and responds to the Complaint of the
Plaintiff as follows:
1. Admitted.
2. Admitted.
3. Admitted in part and denied in part. It is admitted that the parties had a personal
relationship. It is denied that the parties ever had any type of business relationship. On
the contrary, the parties resided together and shared expenses while they were together.
4. Admitted in part andDenied in part. It is admitted that the personal relationship
between the parties ended on December 31, 2007. It is denied that any business or
partnership was ever created regarding the parties jointly owned home. On the contrary,
the Plaintiff continues to reside in the jointly owned real estate at 115 Mt. Zion Road
Dillsburg, Pennsylvania without any agreement or understanding with the Defendant.
5. Denied. It is denied that the parties ever intended that the Plaintiff would have
an interst in the Defendant's beauty salon business. On the contrary, the beauty salon
business is owned and operated solely by the Defendant.
6. Admitted. It is admitted that the parties took out a mortgage on their home on
September 8, 2007.
7. Admitted in part andDenied in part. It is admitted that part of the funds from
the foregoing mortgage were used to pay off an existing mortgage on the home and that
some of the funds went in to the Defendant's beauty salon ?usiness at 28 North Market
Street in Mechanicsburg. It is denied, however, that $28,80.28 was put into the
Defendant's business. On the contrary, the amount that was used for the Defendant's
business was approximately $17,000.00.
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8. Denied. It is denied that the Plaintiff is a contractor. On the contrary, the
Plaintiff performed some work on the Defendant's salon while the parties were still living
together. The bulk of the work, however, was done by the Defendant and her friends and
family after the parties separated. At the time the parties separated on December 31, 2007
the electrical work still had to be done, sinks had to be installed, work stations set up,
floors and ceilings finished and the premises furnished. The work was not completed
until March of 2008.
9. Admitted in part and Denied in part. It is admitted that the Defendant leased her
beauty salon premises on October 1, 2007 but she did not open for business until March
4, 2008. From that time, she has operated the salon business without any help or
cotibution from the Plaintiff.
10. Admitted.
11. Admitted. It is admitted that the Defendant has not made any mortgage
payments on the premises where the Plaintiff is currently residing, however, she did offer
to make regular monthly payments to the Plaintiff which he refused_
12. Denied as stated. It is denied that there was any agreement between the parties
regarding the Defendant's beauty salon that would require her to provide any of its
financial records to the Plaintiff.
WHEREFORE the Defendant, Tanya E. Greene, requests that judgment not be
entered against her.
ELAK, ESQUIRE
ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT,
TANYA E. GREENE
16 W. Northampton Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701
(570) 822-8211
Dated: October 6, 2008
TROY S. ULZEIMER IN THE COURT OF COMMON
PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
PLAINTIFF
CIVIL ACTION--LAW
VS
TANYA E. GREENE
DEFENDANT NO. 08-5334 OF 2005
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA:
SS.
COUNTY OF LUZERNE
I, MARK PELAK, ESQUIRE, being duly sworn according to law depose and say
that I am an attorney-at-law duly authorized to practice in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, and that on the 8th day of October 2005, I served upon Attorney John W.
Purcell Jr. Engle, 1719 North Front Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17102 a
conformed copy of the foregoing Complaint by U.S. First Class M
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MARK K, ESQUIRE
ATTORNEY FOR Plaintiff
16 W. Northampton Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701
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I verify that the facts set forth in the foregoing Answer are true to the best of my
knowledge and I understand that any false statements made herein are subject to the
penalties of 18 PA. C.S. Section 4904, relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
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OP 6331/ CIVIL TERM
ORDER OF TERMINATION OF COURT CASES
AND NOW THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2014; AFTER MAILING NOTICE OF
INTENTION TO PROCEED AND RECEIVING NO RESPONSE - THE ABOVE
CASE IS HEREBY TERMINATED WITH PREJUDICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
PA R.C.P.230.2.
BYTHE COURT,
DAVID D. BUELL