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REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
BY:JOHN H. PIETRZAK, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 79538
Email: JpietrzakAReagerAdlerPC.com
BY: THOMAS O. WILLIAMS, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 67987
Email: Twilliams(&,ReagerAdlerPC.com
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Telephone: (717) 763-1383
Facsimile: (717) 730-7366
Attorneys for Brand Investors, LP
BRANDY INVESTORS, LP,
Plaintiff
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V.
CALABRESE & SONS, INC.,
Defendant
CIVIL ACTION
NO. Oq - 4q'/(o eA'V1 Te?M
CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT
CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT
Pursuant to the authority contained in the Warrant of Attorney, the original or a copy of
which is attached to the Complaint filed in this action, I appear for the Defendant and confess
judgment in ejectment in favor of the Plaintiff and against Defendant for possession of the real
property described below:
The office, warehouse and machine shop facilities located at 406 Brandy Lane,
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055.
Respectfully submitted,
REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
Date: July 22, 2009 11424Z
J H. Pietrzak, Es uire
Attorney for Defendant
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REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
BY:JOHN H. PIETRZAK, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 79538
Email: Jpietrzak(&,ReagerAdlerPC.com
BY: THOMAS O. WILLIAMS, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 67987
Email: TwilliamsAReagerAdlerPC.com
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Telephone: (717) 763-1383
Facsimile: (717) 730-7366
Attorneys for Brandy Investors, LP
BRANDY INVESTORS, LP,
Plaintiff
V.
CALABRESE & SONS, INC.,
Defendant
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL ACTION
NO. (? - Wq-76 Di V I L Tet*,
: CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT
COMPLAINT IN CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT
FOR POSSESSION OF REAL PROPERTY
1. Plaintiff, Brandy Investors, LP (hereinafter "Brandy") is a Pennsylvania limited
partnership with a mailing address of c/o RSR Realtors, 3 Lemoyne Drive, Suite 100, Lemoyne,
Pennsylvania 17043.
2. Defendant Calabrese & Sons, Inc. (hereinafter "C&S") is a Pennsylvania
corporation, with a mailing address of 406 Brandy Lane, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 17055.
3. This is an action to confess judgment for possession of real property arising out of
C&S's default of a commercial lease entered into between Brandy and C&S on June 9, 2006.
4. Judgment is not being entered by confession of judgment against a natural person in
connection with a residential lease.
The property at issue is a building located at 406 Brandy Lane, Mechanicsburg,
Pennsylvania 17055, which houses office, warehouse and machine shop facilities.
6. On June 9, 2006, Brandy and C&S entered into a commercial lease agreement
(hereinafter the "Lease") under which Brandy demised and let the building at 406 Brandy Lane,
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 17055, which houses certain office, warehouse and machine shop
facilities, to C&S for a period of ten (10) years.
7. C&S has defaulted under the terms of the Lease by failing to pay the rent due and
owing for February 2009, in the amount of $24,523.34. The amount in arrears for February 2009
rent, including the 5% late penalty provided for in the Lease of $1,226.17, and I% interest per
month through July 20, 2009 of $1,387.37 is $27,136.88, plus $8.06 per day in interest.
8. C&S has further defaulted under the terms of the Lease by failing to pay the rent
due and owing for June 2009, in the amount of $24,523.34. The amount in arrears for June 2009
rent, including the 5% late penalty provided for in the Lease of $1,226.17, and 1% interest per
month through July 20, 2009 of $406.43 is $26,155.94, plus $8.06 per day in interest.
9. C&S has further defaulted under the terms of the Lease by failing to pay 2008
school taxes in the amount of $33,789.53. Brandy provided notice to C&S to pay the taxes as
required by the Lease. When C&S did not take action to pay the taxes in the discount period, and
based upon C&S' history of failing to pay taxes as required by the Lease, Brandy mitigated its
damages by paying the 2008 school taxes on October 30, 2008. The amount C&S currently owes
to Brandy for the 2008 school taxes, including I% interest per month through July 20, 2009 in the
amount of $2,925.12 is $36,714.65, plus $11.10 per day in interest.
10. C&S has further defaulted under the terms of the Lease by failing to pay 2009
county & boro taxes in the amount of $13,455.32. Brandy provided notice to C&S to pay the taxes
as required by the Lease. When C&S did not take action to pay the taxes in the discount period,
and based upon C&S' history of failing to pay taxes as required by the Lease, Brandy mitigated its
damages by paying the 2009 county & boro taxes on March 31, 2009. The amount C&S currently
owes to Brandy for the 2009 county & boro taxes, including 1% interest per month through July
20, 2009 in the amount of $492.05 is $13,947.37, plus $4.42 per day in interest.
11. C&S has further defaulted under the terms of the Lease by failing to insurance due
to Erie Insurance for 2008 in the amount of $4,575.00, as required by the terms of the Lease.
Brandy cured this default by paying the insurance premium on August 4, 2008. The amount C&S
currently owes to Brandy for the 2008 Erie insurance premium, including I% interest per month
through July 20, 2009 in the amount of $533.23 is $5,108.23, plus $1.50 per day in interest.
12. C&S has further defaulted under the terms of the Lease by failing to insurance due
to Erie Insurance for 2009 in the amount of $5,274.00, as required by the terms of the Lease.
Brandy cured this default by paying the insurance premium on April 27, 2009. The amount C&S
currently owes to Brandy for the 2009 Erie insurance premium, including 1 % interest per month
through July 20, 2009 in the amount of $140.08 is $5,414.08, plus $1.73 per day in interest.
13. A true and correct copy of the Lease under which Defendants have confessed
judgment is attached hereto and incorporated herein, as Exhibit "A".
14. The Lease under which judgment is being confessed has not been assigned.
15. Brandy sent a Notice of Default letter dated July 2, 2009 to C&S by certified mail,
return receipt requested and by U.S. Mail. A true and correct copy of the July 2, 2009 Notice of
Default letter, along with the signed return receipt is attached hereto as Exhibit "B".
16. C&S has not responded to the Notice of Default letter and the amounts in default
listed above remain outstanding.
17. A confession of judgment for monetary damages was previously taken under this
Lease for previous defaults by C&S, under Cumberland County Docket No. 07-4722. A
confession of judgment in ejectment for possession of the leased property was previously taken
under this Lease for previous defaults by C&S, under Cumberland County Docket No. 07-5152.
C&S paid the judgment entered under Docket No. 07-4711 and the judgments entered under
Docket numbers 07-4722 and 07-5152 were therefore satisfied. None of the defaults included in
the confessed judgments entered in docket no. 07-4722 or 07-5152 are included in this Complaint
for Confession of Judgment.
18. A confession of judgment for monetary damages was previously taken under this
Lease for previous defaults by C&S, under Cumberland County Docket No. 08-2519. A
confession of judgment in ejectment for possession of the leased property was previously taken
under this Lease for previous defaults by C&S, under Cumberland County Docket No. 08-2522.
Brandy withdrew these confessions of judgment on January 29, 2009. None of the defaults
included in the confessed judgments entered in docket no. 08-2519 or 08-2522 are included in this
Complaint for Confession of Judgment.
19. The terms of the Lease permit Brandy to confess judgment on more than one
occasion.
20. A confession of judgment for monetary damages in the amount of $125,924.86 for
C&S's current defaults under the Lease has been entered in Cumberland County under docket
number , on July 22, 2009.
21. Judgment in ejectment and for possession of the real property at issue is demanded
as authorized by the Warrant of Attorney contained in the Lease attached as Exhibit "A".
22. The Warrant appearing in the attached Lease is less than twenty (20) years old.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff, Brandy Investors, LP, demands judgment in ejectment against
Defendants, Calabrese & Sons, Inc. and Joseph Calabrese, and for possession of the building
located at 406 Brandy Lane, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055 as authorized by the Warrant
appearing in the attached Lease.
Respectfully submitted,
REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
Date: July 22, 2009
Jo H. Pietrzak, Es#ire
orney I.D. No. 79538
Thomas O. Williams, Esquire
Attorney I.D. No. 67987
Attorneys for Plaintiff, Brandy Investors, LP
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COMMERCIAL LEASE AGREEMENT
THIS LEASE AGREEMENT, made as of the 9th day of June, 2006, by and between
BRANDY INVESTORS, L.P., a Pennsylvania limited partnership, with a mailing address of c/o
RSR Realtors, 3 Lemoyne Drive, Suite 100, Lemoyne, PA 17043, hereinafter referred to as
"Landlord", and CALABRESE &'SONS, INC., a Pennsylvania business corporation, with a
mailing address of P.O. Box 1667, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055, hereinafter referred to as
"Tenant".
WHEREAS, Landlord desires to lease to Tenant the premises comprised of an office
and warehouse located at 406 Brandy Lane, Borough of Mechanicsburg, Cumberland
County, Pennsylvania (the 'Building"), and the Tenant desires to lease the same upon the terms
and conditions and for the good and valuable considerations described in this lease agreement,
hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Lease";
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1 LEASED PREMISES. Landlord leases, demises and lets to the Tenant, office and
warehouse space identified as the Building, and hereinafter sometimes referred to as the
"Premises", and Tenant hereby leases from Landlord the entire Premises known as 406
Brandy Lane, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 17055; consisting
of an approximate 86;000 square foot Building, together with all easement rights and
appurtenances applicable thereto.
2. TERM. The term of this Lease is for a period of ten (10) years, commencing on the 9th
day of June, 2006 (the commencement date), being the date of the real estate settlement
of the sale of the Premises from Tenant (Seller) to Landlord (Buyer), and ending at
midnight on the 30th day of June, 2016. Landlord and Tenant acknowledge that Tenant is
currently in possession of and occupies the Premises as of the commencement date.
Provided this Lease is not in default, Tenant is granted an option to renew this Lease as
follows: (1) at the option of Tenant, the term of the Lease may be extended for two (2)
renewal periods of five (5) years each by written notice to the Landlord at least 180 days
prior to the expiration of the term or any renewal term thereof, as the case may be; (2)
upon any valid exercise of any such option to renew, terms of the Lease shall remain in
full force and effect except that the minimum annual rent for each renewal period shall be
adjusted as set forth in Paragraph 3 below.
3. RENTAL. Tenant shall pay to Landlord a total rent of $280,100.00 during the first (1St)
year. term of the Lease, payable in monthly installments of $23,341.67. In addition,
Tenant shall pay such= Additional Rent, as set forth herein. The monthly rental shall be
payable in advance obi the first day of each month beginning as of the commencement
date set forth in Paragraph 2 above, at such address designated by Landlord in Paragraph
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20 (entitled Notices) herein below, or such other places as the Landlord may. designate,
subject to the following: at the time of settlement on the sale of the real estatefro n
Tenant (Seiler) to Landlord (Buyer), Tenant will provide Landlord with a credit from
(3) months base rent in the amount of $70,025.00 to be. held by Landlord in escrro of three
for the month of June '2006 will be prorated at settlement. Re w• Rent
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Tenant, shall thereafter commence in advance on the first dam rental payments by
The rent as set forth above shall remain constant for the first 1 of the following month.
Thereafter, on an annual basis rent shall increase by two and I). Year to Cent ( term.
above the prior lease year's rent as follows: P (2.5%)
Lease _Year
Year L Annual Monthly Rent
Y
Year 2: $280,100.Q0
$287
102
50
$23,341.67
Year 3:; ,
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$294
280
06 $23,925.21
Year 4:;
Year 5: ,
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$301,637.06 $24,523.34
$25,136.42
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Year C $309,177.98
$316
907
42 $25764.83
Year 7:1 ,
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$324
830
10 $26,408.95
Year 8:: ,
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$332
950
85 $27,069.18
Year 9:??= ,
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$341
274
62 $27,745.90
Year 14: ,
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$349
806
48 $28,439.55
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. $29,150.54
Any rental payment not received by the 5ch of the month shall b
The rent for the renewal t e subject to a 5% late fee.
erms set forth in Paragraph 2
one-half percent (2.5°jo) above the prior leas
' above shall increase by two
and
rent, as the case may be. e year
s. r ent or prior renewal lease year's
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All amounts (other than Rental, which shall be payable as herein set fort
owed
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the'Tenant to the Landlord hereunder shall be paid within five (5 days from the
date that Landlord; renders statements of account therefore and all amounts
(including Rental) not paid when due shall accrue and bear interest at th
one percent (1%) per- month (twelve percent (12%) annually) until paid. a rate of
is of
the essence in Tenant's payment of Rental and Tenant's performance of Time each and
every term, covenantand condition of this Lease incumbent an Tenant.
4. "AL ESTATE TAXES,
A. Real Estate Taxes. As Additional Rent, Tenant agrees to a all real
levied. upon the subject property of .any nature future. estate taxes
Payments by Tenant of all real estate taxes shall co ssessments.
the rentals hereunder, mm.ence simultaneously with
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B. Personal Property Taxes. Tenant. agrees to pay any and all taxes levied upon the
personal property, including trade -fixtures and inventory, kept on the premises, as
well as all taxes levied against the - land and the building and improvements
situated thereo4 or on the rents derived by Landlord therefrom during the term of
the Lease afterpresentation to Tenant by Landlord of statements from the taxing
jurisdiction in which said property is located.
Landlord may,'however, direct the taxing authorities to send the statements
directly to the Tenant. Landlord further agrees that Tenant, in the name of
Landlord, but at Tenant's sole expense, -nay protest any assessment before any
taxing authority or board or maintain any necessary legal action in reference to
said assessment or for the recovery of any taxes paid thereon. Nothing herein
contained shall require Tenant to pay any income-or excess profit taxes assessed
against Landlord or any corporation, capital stock or franchise tax imposed upon
Landlord.
C. Method of Payment. Landlord shall give written notice advising Tenant of the
amount of real estate taxes, together with a copy of the tax bill, and Tenant shall
pay such amount to Landlord within the first thirty (30) days of the face amount
period.. Landlord and Tenant acknowledge that at the real estate closing
Landlord (Buker) will not reimburse Tenant (Seller) for the current year real
county/townsh-lp and school real estate taxes that have been paid-by Tenant,
and Tenant will be considered paid-until the. next calendar or fiscal year tax
billing periodf;- as applicable. If this. Lease shall terminate during a tax year,
Tenant shall p4y to Landlord a pro rata portion of the amount that would have
been due for the full tax year based on the number of days of said tax year expired
on the date of termination.
5. UTILITIES AND SEjR CES. Tenant shall contract in its own name for and promptly
pay all charges for electricity, gas, water, sewer, telephone and any other utility used or
consumed in the Premises to the concern furnishing the same.
Landlord shall not be .liable. in any way to Tenant for any failure or defect in or of any
utility service furnished to the Premises by reason of any requirement, act or omission of
the public utility company serving the Premises with electricity, water or other utility
service, or because of necessary repairs or improvements. Tenant's use of electric energy
in the Premises shall not at. any time exceed the capacity of any of the electrical
conductors and equipment in or otherwise serving the Premises. To insure that such
capacity is not exceeded and to avert possible adverse effect upon the Building electric
service, Tenant shall nPt, without Landlord's prior written consent in each instance (which
shall not be unreasonably withheld) connect any additional fixtures, appliances or
equipment (other thafi lamps, typewriters and similar small office machines) to the
Building electric distribution systems or make any alteration or addition to the electric
system of the Premises existing on the commencement date of this Lease.
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6. MAINTENANCE OF LEASED PREMISES.
A. Maintenance by Tenant. Tenant shall, at its sole cost, keep and maintain the
interior Leased Premises [together with exterior (i) windows, including sashes, (ii)
heating, ventilating and air . conditioning' equipment and sewer and other lines
serving the Leas ed Premises], including without limitation, the partitions, ceiling,
interior portions of exterior walls, floor covering therein, and the fixtures,
equipment, machinery, appliances and utility lines therein and appurtenances
thereof [such as, but not limited to, lighting fixtures and lenses and such fixtures,
equipment, machinery controls, appliances and utility. lines and appurtenances
thereof, as are used for, in connection with or which are a part of the electrical,
plumbing, heating, air conditioning, ventilating„ or any other mechanical systems
in or serving tl%e Leased Premises], in conformity with Landlord's hazard insurer,
neat and clean tinnd in good order, condition, maintenance and repair. Tenant shall
also at its cost 'procure and maintain in the Leased premises all safety appliances
required by Landlord's hazard insurer to be maintained therein. Tenant .shall be
responsible for:' the cost of replacement of any and all plate; window and other
glass (structure- or otherwise) in, on or about the Leased Premises, which may be
broken or destroyed. Before undertaking repairs to the Leased Premises (other
than minor interior non-structural repairs), Tenant shall first obtain Landlord's
approval of the plans and specifications therefore, which approval is not to be
unreasonably withheld. Tenant shall contract with a heating•and air conditioning
contractor, approved by Landlord, who shall provide a complete service and
maintenance contract to Tenant at least annually, the inspection of the HVAC
equipment serving the Leased Premises, including a written report of the
condition there of to be provided to Landlord and Tenant, the periodic oiling of
the equipment where required, the tightening of belts, the filling of pitch pans and
the sealing of :water leaks, among other things. The 'service and maintenance
contract and its related costs shall- be the sole cost and expense of the Tenant. The
existence of a service contract with a Landlord approved vendor shall not relieve
Tenant of its ' obligations to maintain and repair such equipment as -above
provided. r,
B. Roof Repair and Replacement. The current condition of the roof requires repair
the cost of which has been provided for through the escrow of funds by' Tenant
(Seller) at the -kime of closing on the sale of the real estate to Landlord (Buyer).
Landlord shall 'make such required repairs and use said escrow funds. In addition,
to the extent that the existing roof requires replacement during the term of this
lease, or any renewal terms, Landlord's cost of the roof replacement shall be
amortized over the remaining lease term, including any renewal terms, and
Tenant's rent shall be increase by said amount. Landlord shall give Tenant thirty
(30) days advance notice of any increase in rent.
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C. 'Maintenance by Landlord. Subject.to the obligations of .Tenant under the
provisions of B above, the foundations, " roof (excluding interior ceilings) and
except. as specifically provided in B above, and'exterior portions of the exterior
walls of the Ldased Premises shall be maintained by Landlord at its expense'in
good order, condition, maintenance and repair.. Landlord shall not be deemed to
have breached its obligation to make the repairs.required of Landlord as set forth
in this Section; or to be liable for any damages resulting therefrom, unless
Landlord fails} to make the same within 'a reasonable period (taking into
consideration the type of repair involved) after receiving notice from Tenant of the
need therefor.
7. SECURITY. The three (3) month base rent balance in the. amount of $70,025.00 set
forth in Paragraph 3 above shall serve as Landlord's deposit the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged as security for the full and faithful performance by Tenant of each and
every term, covenant, and condition of this Lease. In the event.that Tenant defaults in any
of the terms, provisions, covenants, and conditions of this Lease, including but not
limited to payment of :any rental or additional rental, Landlord may use, apply, or retain
the whole or any part' of the security so deposited for the payment of any such sum in
default, or for any other sum which Landlord may expend or be required to expend by
reason of Tenant's dekult, including any damages or deficiencies in the reletting of the
premises, whether sich damage or deficiency may occur before or after some .
repossession proceeding or other reentry by Landlord. In the even that Tenant shall fully
and faithfully comply ,with all the terms and conditions of this Lease, the security or any
balance thereof, shall 1 e returned to Tenant after expiration of the lease term. The Tenant
shall not be entitled to any interest on the aforesaid security. If the Landlord utilizes any
of the security deposit" in curing a default on the part of Tenant, Tenant shall immediately
pay Landlord the amount necessary to restore the security deposit to its original amount.
3. PERMITTED USES BY TENANT. Tenant represents, covenants and warrants that the
Premises will be used lawfully for the following purposes:
A machine shop operation
9. OTHER IMPOSITIONS. Ia addition to the Rental provided hereunder, Tenant agrees to
'pay each and all licenses and permit fees and all taxes and increase in taxes levied and
assessed by any governmental body by virtue of any special leasehold improvements or
by virtue of Tenant conducting its described use, business or operation on the Premises,
the employment of agents, servants, or other third parties, the bringing, keeping or selling .
of personal property or chattels of whatsoever nature from the Premises. The foregoing is
intended to bind Tenaait' to pay, and promptly discharge, all taxes and/or levies, together
with related interest aid penalties, whether assessed by Federal . or State authority or any
political subdivision thereof, directly -or indirectly related to its business, improvements,
functioning, employment, assets, existence, sales entertainment or the like. Tenant
specifically agrees to reimburse Landlord for any increase in ad valorem taxes resulting
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from use of fixtures or improvements by Tenant which Landlord becomes obligated to
pay.
10. ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLEASE. Tenant shall not make or permit any assignment
(by operation of law or otherwise) of this Lease without the prior express written consent
of Landlord.. Tenant shall snake no sublease or mortgage of this Lease, in whole or- in
part, without the prior- express written. consent of Landlord. - Tenant shall not permit the
use or occupancy of the Premises, or any portion thereof, by anyone other than Tenant
and shall not make any transfer of any nature whatsoever of its- right. under this Lease or
of Tenant's interests set forth in this Lease without. the prior written consent of Landlord
first had and obtained,- Any such assignment or any such subletting, whether approve by
Landlord or not, shallnot relieve the Tenant of any liability for the total .agreed rentals
due hereunder nor frod!i Tenant's obligation to perform all the covenants herein contained.
Any written consent which may in any specific instance or circumstance be given by
Landlord shall not imply or be deemed to be consent in any other instance or
circumstance.
11. SUBORDINATION, ATTORNMENT AND NON-DISTURBANCE. The parties
acknowledge and agree that this Lease Agreement is under, subject, and subordinate to
any and all mortgages and security interests that presently encumber the property or that
in the future may encumber the property of which the leased premises is a part without'
the necessity of any further instrument or act on the part of the Tenant to effectuate such
subordination. Tenant agrees, at the election of Landlord, to attorn to any holder of any
mortgage to which this lease is subordinate. Tenant shall execute and deliver upon
demand such further instrument or instruments confirming such subordination of this
Lease to all underlying leases and to the lien of any such mortgage and/or other
encumbrance as shall be desired by any such mortgage or proposed mortgage or by any
other person. Tenant ? ereby appoints Landlord the attorney-in-fact of Tenant irrevocably
to execute and deliver` any such instrument or instruments for and in the name of Tenant.
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If Landlord shall mortgage the real property of which the leased premises is a part,
Landlord shall obtain from the lienholder a Non-Disturbance Agreement for the benefit of
Tenant. Any Non-Dis?turbance Agreement is subject to the requirement that Tenant shall
not have been.in'default under the terns, covenants and conditions of this lease or any
time during the lease t6rm.
12. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND INDEMNIFICATION. Tenant agrees to strictly
comply with all pertinent laws, ordinances, statutes and regulations whatsoever, of any
governmental body or subdivision, incident to its occupancy of the Premises and its use
thereof. Tenant further covenants and agrees to indemnify and hold Landlord harmless
from any loss, cost or expense whatsoever, directly or indirectly resulting or occasioned
to, or imposed upon, Landlord (1) by injury to or destruction of life or property resulting
from the use and occ?uparicy by Tenant (including, but not limited to any such injury or
destruction caused, in whole or in part, by its agents, servants, employees, independent
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contractors, invitees A licensees), or (2) by damage to or destruction of the Building
structure, or any part thereof, or of any abutting real property caused by or attributable to
the negligent act or a6ts or omission or omissions to act of Tenant (including but .not
limited to, any such damage or destruction caused, in whole or in part, by its agents,
servants, employees, c6ntractors, invitees, or licensees) or caused by or attributable to the
Tenant's failure to perform its obligations under this lease. As used in this Paragraph 12.
the term "Landlord" shall be deemed to include any agent, employee or ,servant of
Landlord.
13. QUIET ENJOYMENT UNTENANTABILITY. Landlord hereby warrants that Tenant
upon payment of the rent and performing the provisions of this Lease on its part. to be
paid and performed shall have.peaceful and quiet possession of the Premises against all
parties claiming adversely thereto by or under Landlord. If, during the term of this Lease,
the Building or building equipment or Premises be destroyed by fire or any other cause
whatsoever, or partially destroyed so as to render the Premises wholly unfit for
occupancy, and Landlord shall conclude that they cannot be repaired for occupancy
within .120 days from the happening of the loss of damage, then this Lease shall, at
Landlord's option,irrinediately terminate in which case Tenant shall surrender the
Premises and all interest therein - and Tenant shall pay rent only to the time of such
surrender. In case of-total or partial damage or destruction to the Premises, Landlord may
re-enter and repossess, the same or any part thereof for the purpose of removing or
repairing the loss or d'.rnage and shall proceed with reasonable dispatch to the repair of
same unless, under the foregoing clause of this paragraph, the Lease shall have
terminated. The rent during the period of such repairs shall be.wholly abated if all of the.
Premises have been thus repossessed by Landlord for the purpose of repair for the period
that Tenant has been 'thus. dispossessed; and if only a portion of the Premises are thus
repossessed, the rent shall,be abated for the period of such dispossession ratably, based on
the portion of the Premises thus repossessed.
Should the Building or Premises be destroyed or damaged by fire or other cause, due to
the fault or neglect of'Tenant or its agents, servants, employees, independent. contractors,
invitees, or licenses, the Landlord may repair such damage without prejudice to any rights
of subrogation of Landlord's insurer and there shall be no apportionment or abatement of
rent'.
14. SIGNS.. Tenant shall ;not erector install any sign or other type display whatsoever, either
upon the exterior of the Building, upon or in any window, or door therein located, or the
Premises, without theprior express written consent of Landlord. Any free-standing sign
to be situate 'on the Piiemises shall be approved in writing by Landlord and comply with
all applicable Township signage requirements. It is the responsibility of the Tenant to
investigate all approp>?iate governmental authorities governing sign size and location and
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15. TENANT'S CARE OF PREMISES.. Tenant shall not make. alterations in, or additions
or improvements to the Premises without the prior express written consent of Landlord.
Landlord's refusal to. grant such consent shall be inclusive. In addition:
A. Tenant shall commit no waste with respect to the Premises and shall take good
care of and keep in good repair the Premises and fixtures .therein and, at the
expiration or earlier termination or cancellation of this Lease, shall surrender the
Premises and fixtures therein in the same condition as when initially received by
Tenant, subject only to reasonable wear•and tear resulting from normal use, and
shall surrender?ll keys for the Premises to Landlord at the place then fixed for the
payment of rent and shall remove all Tenant's property before surrendering the
Premises. All ?Injuries to the Building or fixtures caused by moving the property
of Tenant in os out of the Premises, and any and all breakage or other injury
whatsoever done by Tenant, its agents, servants, employees, independent
contractors, licenses, invitees, or visitors, as well as any damage done by'water, .
steam, electricity, fire or other substance due to the neglect of the aforesaid
parties, may be repaired by Landlord; at the expense of Tenant, and shall become
due and payable upon delivery of a statement of such charges by Landlord to
Tenant or mailing the same postage prepaid, to Tenant at his last known address.
B. All alterations,. additions or improvements upon or affixed to or in the Premises
(including, but not limited to carpets, drapes and anything bolted, nailed, plumbed
or otherwise secured in a manner customarily deemed to be permanent) shall be
deemed to be'. a fixture inuring to the Building, and. shall not be subject to
attachment of a mechanic's, materialman's or similar lien, and shall in any event
be and become. the property of Landlord and remain upon the Premises and be
surrendered at ithe end of this Lease, Business machines and such equipment are
excluded from his section.
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C. Tenant shall ndt use or permit to be brought into the Premises or the Building any
flammable or explosive material or other articles deemed hazardous to persons or
property. Tenant shall not occupy the Premises in any manner which shall
invalidate or lie . in conflict with fire or other insurance policies covering the
Building or its' operation or the Premises, or increase the rate of fire or other
insurance in the Building or its operation.or the Premises, over that in effect prior
to this Lease. If, by any reason of failure of Tenant to comply with provisions of
this paragraph, any insurance premium shall be at the beginning of this Lease or
any time thereafter be higher than it otherwise would be, the Tenant shall
reimburse the Landlord as additional.rent hereunder for that part of all insurance
premiums thereafter paid by Landlord, which shall have been charged because of
such failure by Tenant and shall make such reimbursement upon the first day of
the month following such payment by Landlord..
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D. Tenant shall not permit any obnoxious odors, chemicals or other substances to be
produced, manufactured or stored in the demised premises. A breach of the
provision shall ?e deemed a material breach of this Lease entitling the Landlord to
exercise. any remedies available to it hereunder or at law.
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16. WAIVER OF CLAIMS. To the extent permitted by. law, the Landlord shall not be
liable for and the Tenant releases the Landlord and Landlord's agents, contractors and
servants from, and waives all claims for damage to person-or property sustained by the
Tenant or any occupant of the Building or Premises resulting from the use and condition
of the Premises or any: part or any equipment or appurtenance becoming out of repair, or
resulting from any accident in or about the Premises, or resulting directly or indirectly
from any act or neglect of any tenant or occupant of the Premises or of any other person,
including Landlord, its, agents or employees. This section shall apply especially, but not
exclusively, to the flooding of basement or other subsurface areas, and to damage caused
by refrigerators, sprinkling devices, air-conditioning apparatus, water, snow, frost, steam,
excessive heat or cold, falling plaster, broken glass, sewage, gas, odors or noise, or the
bursting or leaking ofpipes or plumbing fixtures, and shall apply equally whether any
such damage results from the act or neglect of the Landlord or of any other persons, and
whether such damage be caused or result from any thing or circumstance above
mentioned or referredo, or any other thing or circumstance whether of a like nature or of
a wholly different nature. - If any such damage, whether to the Premises or the Building,
result from any act or :neglect of the Tenant, the Landlord may, at the Landlord's option,,
repair such damage and the Tenant shall, upon demand by the Landlord, reimburse the
Landlord forthwith for." the total cost of such repairs. Tenant covenants to indemnify and
save Landlord harmless against and from any and. all loss, cost, damage, claim, liability or
expense including, but.not limited to, reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of or resulting
from any injury or claim of injury of any nature of sort whatsoever to any person or
property suffered or received in or about the Premises at any time during the term hereof,
or arising out of any failure of Tenant in any respect to.- comply with any of the
requirements or provisions of this Lease. Tenant hereby releases Landlord and Landlord's
officers, agents, employees and servants, from any and all claims or demands for
damages, loss, expense or injury to the Premises, or to the furnishings and fixtures. and
equipment, or inventory or other property of Tenant in, about or upon the Premises, as the
case may be, which njay be caused by or result from perils, events or. happenings which
are the subject of insu4ance carried by the Tenant and in force at the time of any such loss.
All property of any bind belonging to the Tenant or any other person that is in the
Building or the Premises shall be there at the sole risk of the Tenant or other person only,
and the Landlord shall not be liable for damage thereto or theft or misappropriation
thereof. Landlord or its agents, servants or employees, shall not be liable for any, injury,
loss or damage to any persons or property on or about the premises from any other cause
of whatsoever nature unless the same is directly caused by gross negligence of the
Landlord and there is no fault or negligence of the Tenant, and Tenant shall save
Landlord. harmless and indemnified against such injury, loss or damage, or liability or
claim thereof arising from any act, omission or negligence of Tenant.
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17. TENANT'S INSURANCE. Tenant shall, during the entire term hereof, at its sole cost
and expense, obtain, maintain and keep in full force and effect the following policies of
insurance:
A. All risk insur4'e including fire insurance (with extended coverage and vandalism
and malicious r?.ischief coverage), water damage, sprinkler leakage and .plate glass
insurance, on tAe standard forms, insuring all of Tenant's property in the Premises,
and all betterments, additions, repairs, improvements and alterations made to the
Premises by Tepant, and all plate glass windows., plate glass doors and other plate
glass in the Prey uses, in an amount equal- to 100% of the replacement cost thereof.
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B. A combination';•of comprehensive general liability insurance and excess (umbrella)
coverage to include personal injury, bodily injury, broad-form property damage,
operation's hazard, independent contractor's coverage, blanket contractual liability
(including insuring contractual liability under the indemnifications of Landlord by
Tenant set forth in this Lease), premises operations liability and in limits approved
by Landlord in:writing which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Said
policies shall name Landlord as an additional insured.
C. Worker's compensation and employer's liability insurance in a form and amount
required by law.
D. Any, other forrix or forms of insurance standard to the industry as Landlord may
reasonably regtiiire from time to time in form, in amounts and for insurance risks
against which i.prudent Tenant would protect itself.
All policies shrill.be taken out with insurers that are reasonably acceptable to the
Landlord and which are. licensed to do business, in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and certificates showing that such coverages to be in effect shall be
furnished to Landlord upon request. In addition to Tenant, all policies shall also
name Landlord'and any other person, firm or corporation designated by Landlord
and in privity: with it, as an additional insured. Each insurer shall agree, by
endorsement upon the certificate issued by it or by independent instrument issued
to Landlord, that it will give .Landlord thirty (30) days' written notice before the
policy in question shall be altered- or canceled. Tenant shall be entitled to provide
the insurance coverage required hereby through the use of blanket insurance
policies covering the Premises. Tenant agrees that certificates of insurance shall
be delivered to Landlord as soon as practicable 'after the placing of the required
insurance and that renewal certificate shall be delivered not less than ten (10) days
prior to the expiration of such policies.
E. Insurance on Buildings and Improvements. As additional rent, in each calendar
year during the term, Tenant shall pay to Landlord, Landlord's total cost of
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insuring the Premises and improvements thereon,. including public liability,
(including "umbrella coverage' % workmen's compensation and hazard insurance
(including rental value insurance, fire and extended coverage [with vandalism and
malicious mischief endorsement]; boiler and machinery, and all-risk policies).
Tenant's insurance payment shall be paid in monthly installments on the first day
of each calendar month during the term in advance, in an amount reasonably
estimated by Landlord. Within 90 days after the end of each calendar year during
the term, Landlord shall furnish Tenant with a statement summarizing the actual
insurance cost for such calendar year.
F. Business Liability Insurance. Tenant shall keep in force with insurers that are
reasonably acceptable to the Landlord and which are licensed to do business-in the
Commonwealt4 of Pennsylvania, a policy to cover business liability, including
premises operations liability and business interruption liability, in which the limits
of coverage shall not be less than $1,000;000.00, single limit. In addition to
Tenant, the policy shall name Landlord as an additional insured. Tenant shall
continually provide. Landlord with a certificate of such insurance, which shall
provide that the insurer will give the Landlord at least 30 days' written notice prior
to any cancellation of, lapse or material change in the insurance.
G. Indemnificatiori. Tenant will, subject to the provisions of paragraph H below,
indemnify, save harmless and defend Landlord and, its officers, agents and
servants, from and against any and all claims, actions, liability and expense in
connection with loss of life, bodily injury and/or damage to property arising from
or out of any occurrence in, upon or at the Premises, or the occupancy or use by
Tenant, its agents, employees, servants, subtenants, licensees or concessionaires,
of the Premises or.any part thereof, or outside the Premises which is occasioned
wholly or in part by any willful or negligent act or omission of Tenant, its agents,
employees, servants, subtenants,'licensees or concessionaires, unless the same be
caused by the willful or negligent act or omission of Landlord, its agents,
employees or servants.
H. Waiver of Sub-?o ag tion. Anything in this Lease to the contrary notwithstanding, it
is agreed that,each'party (the "Releasing Party") hereby releases the other (the
"Released Party") from any liability which the Released Party would, but for this
paragraph H, have had to the Releasing Party during the term of this Lease,
resulting from`the occurrence of any accident or occurrence or casualty (i) which
is or would be covered by an "all-risk" policy (irrespective of whether.such
coverage is being carried by the Releasing Party), or (ii) covered by any other
casualty or property damage insurance being carried by the Releasing Party at the
time of such occurrence, which accident, occurrence or casualty may have resulted
in whole or in part from any act or neglect of the Released Party, its officers,
agents or employees; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the release hereinabove set forth
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shall become inoperative and null and void if the Releasing. Party wishes to place
the appropriate;insurance with an insurance company which (a) takes the position
that the existence of such release vitiates or would adversely affect any policy so
insuring the Releasing Party in a substantial manner and notice thereof is givers to
the Released Party, or (b) requires the payment of a higher premium by reason of
the existence o such release, unless in the latter case the Released Party within 10
days after notice thereof from the Releasing Party pays such increase in premium.
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18. EMINENT. DOt12AI1?: If the whole of the Premises shall be taken or condemned, or
purchased in lieu thereof, by any government authority for any public or quasi-public use
or•purpose, then, in that event, the term of this Lease shall cease and terminate from the
time when the possession shall be required for such. use or purpose.' The rent shall in such
case be apportioned to the date of'such taking or purchase, as the case may be. In the
event of a partial taking only of the Premises, the Landlord shall so notify the Tenant in
writing and the Tenant shall have the option to cancel this Lease, giving the Landlord
written notice within twenty (20) days after receipt of such notice from the Landlord;
provided the balance of the Premises remaining cannot be suitably used by the Tenant for
its purposes heretofore stated. If the Tenant is entitled to exercise said option to cancel
and does so, then such canceling shall be effective and the rent shall in such case be
apportioned to the date of such taking or purchase, as the case may be. In the event the
Tenant is not entitled io cancel the Lease or, if it is entitled to do so; it does not exercise
its option, said Tenant,vill be responsible for the rent as heretofore set forth, apportioned
to the date of such taking or purchase; i.e. after the taking, or purchase in lieu thereof, the
rent herein reserved :hall be reduced and the Tenant shall be' required to pay that
proportion of rent herein reserved • as the net rentable square feet contained in the
remaining leased space bears to the net rentable square feet :contained in the leased space
before such taking or purchase.
The Landlord and theTenant hereby agree that any award of proceeds resulting from a
condemnation or salein lieu thereof of the whole or part of the Premises shall belong
solely to the Landlord and the Tenant hereby waives any right to make any claim
therefore as the result of this Lease.
19. ACCESS TO PREMISES Landlord or Landlord's agents shall have the right to enter the
Premises at all reasonable times to examine the same and to show them *to prospective
purchasers, mortgagees, lessees or tenants of the Landlord, or to public officials lawfully
having an interest therein, or to make such repairs, alterations; improvements or additions
as the Landlord may deem necessary or desirable. Landlord shall not be liable to Tenant
for any inconvenience, interferences, annoyance, loss or damage resulting from work
done in or upon the: Premises or any portion of the Building or adjacent grounds.
Landlord will make,,, attempts to provide 24 hour advance notice of any entry,
emergencies excepted-"u;
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20. NO'T'ICES. Any notice which the Landlord may desire or be required to give the Tenant
shall be deemed sufficiently given or. rendered, if in writing, delivered to the Tenant by
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the Tenant, at the
address first above written or at.the Premises, as appropriate, and any notice which
Tenant may desire or be required to give the Landlord shall be deemed sufficiently given
or rendered, if in writing, delivered to'Landlord by certified or registered mail. return
receipt requested, addressed to its business office at: c/o RSR Realtors, 3 Lemoyne
Drive, Suite 100, Lemoyne, PA 17043, or such other places as Tenant or Landlord may
from time to time designate in writing. Any notice given hereunder shall be deemed
delivered when the return receipt is signed or refusal to accept the notice is noted thereon.
21. TENANT'S DEFAULT. If the Annual Minimum Rent, additional rent, or any other
charge payable by Tdhant under this Lease shall be unpaid on the date payment is
required by the terms 1'ereof and shall remain so for a period of 5 days, or if Tenant fails
to perform any of the Other terms, conditions, covenants and obligations of this Lease to
be observed and performed by Tenant for more-than 15 days after Landlord gives Tenant
notice of such default ?it being agreed that a default, other than the failure to pay money,
which is of such a character that rectification thereof reasonably requires longer than said
15 day period and coripletes the same with due diligence), or if Tenant shall vacate or
abandon the Leased Premises or suffer this Lease to be taken under any writ of execution,
attachment or other process of law, or if this Lease shall by operation of law devolve
upon or pass to any other party, or if an "Act.of Bankruptcy" (as defined in Section 18.02)
shall occur, or if Landlord shall have notified Tenant of Tenant's default three (3) or more
times in any twelve calendar month.period, then, in any of such events, Landlord shall
have, besides its other rights or remedies, the following immediate rights:
A. At its option, to terminate this Lease and the term hereby created without any right
on the part of Tenant to waive the forfeiture by payment of any sum due or by
other performance of any condition, term or covenant broken, whereupon
Landlord shall be entitled to recover, in addition to any and all sums and damages
for violation 0 Tenant's obligations hereunder in existence at the time of such
termination, damages for Tenant's. default in an amount equal to the amount of the
rent reserved for the balance of the term of this Lease, as well as all other charges,
payments, costs and expenses herein agreed to be paid by Tenant, all of which
amount shall be immediately due and payable from Tenant to Landlord.
B. . At its option, by notice to Tenant, to re-enter and take possession. of the Leased
Premises with-6ut terminating this Lease. No re-entry or taking possession of the.
Leased Premises by Landlord pursuant to this clause B. shall be construed as an
election on its part to terminate this Lease unless a notice of such intention is
given to Tenant (all other demands and notices of forfeiture or other similar
notices being hereby expressly waived by Tenant).
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C. At its option, to require that upon (i) any termination of this Lease, whether by
lapse of time of by the exercise of any option by Landlord to terminate the same
or in any other `manner whatsoever, or (ii) any termination of Tenant's right to
possession without termination of this Lease, Tenant shall immediately surrender
possession of the Leased Premises to Landlord and immediately vacate the same,
and remove all effects therefrom, except such as may not be removed under other
provisions of this Lease.
D. At its option, ?o make such alterations and repairs as Landlord shall determine
may be reasonably necessary to relet the Leased Premises, and to relet the same or
any part thereof for such term or terms (which may be -for a term extending
beyond the term of this Lease) and upon such terms and conditions as Landlord in
its sole discretion may deem advisable. Upon each reletting, all rentals received
by Landlord from such reletting shall be applied as follows: first, to the payment
of any indebtedness other than rent or other charges due under this Lease from
Tenant to Landlord; second to the payment of any reasonable costs and expenses
of such reletting, including brokerage fees and attorneys' fees and costs of such
alterations and repairs, each of which fees and costs shall be reasonable in
amount; and third, to the payment of rent and other charges due and unpaid
hereunder. In no event shall Tenant be entitled to receive any surplus of any sums
received. by Landlord on a reletting in excess of the rental and other charges
payable hereunder. If such rentals and other charges received from such reletting
during any month are less than those to be paid during that month by Tenant
hereunder, Tenant shall pay any such deficiency to Landlord (notwithstanding the
fact that Landlord may have received rental in excess of the rental and other
charges payable hereunder in previous or subsequent months), such deficiency'to
be calculated :,and payable monthly. Notwithstanding any reletting without
termination, Landlord may at any time thereafter elect to terminate this Lease for
such previous breach in the manner provided in this Section.
E. CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT: If Tenant shall default in the payment of
the rent herein reserved or in the payment of any other sums due hereunder.
by Tenant, Tenant hereby authorizes and empowers any Prothonotary or
attorney of any court of record.to appear for Tenant in any and all actions
which may be brought for said rent and/or said other sums; and/or to sign
for Tenant an agreement for entering in any competent court an amicable
action or actions for the recovery of said rental and/or other sums; and in
said suits or ui said amicable action or actions to confess judgment against
Tenant for all.or any part of said rental and/or said other sums, including
but not limned to the amounts due from Tenant to Landlord under
subparagraphs A, B, C and/or D of this paragraph; and for interest and
costs, together with any attorneys' commission for collection of ten percent
(10%). Such,' authority shall not be exhausted by one exercise thereof, but
judgment mad be confessed as aforesaid from time to time as often as any of
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said rental and/or other sums shall fall due or- be in arrears, and such powers
may be exercised as well after the expiration of the initial term of this Lease
and/or during any extended or.renewal term of this Lease and/or after the
expiration of any extended or renewal term of JhIR Le asp
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F. When this Lease and the term of any extension or renewal thereof shall-have
been terminated on account of any default by Tenant hereunder, and also
when the termhereby created or any extension or renewal thereof shall have
expired, it shall be lawful for any attorney of any court of record to appear
as attorney. four Tenant as well as for all persons claiming by, through or
under Tenants and to sign an agreement for entering in any competent court
an amicable action in ejectment against Tenant and all persons claiming by,
through or under Tenant and therein confess judgment for the recovery by
Landlord of possession of the Premises, for which this Lease shall be his
sufficient warrant; thereupon, if Landlord so desires; an appropriate writ of
possession may issue forthwith, without any -prior writ or proceeding
whatsoever, and provided that if for any reason after. such action shall have
been commenced it shall be determined that possession of the Premises
remain in or be restored to Tenant, Landlord shall have the right for the
same default :and upon any subsequent default. or defaults, or upon the
termination of this Lease or. Tenant's right of possession as.hereinbefore set
forth, to bring one or more further amicable action or actions as
hereinbefore set forth to recover possession of the Premises and confess
judgment for, the recovery of possession of the emise as hereinbefore
provided.
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G. In any amicable action of ejectment and/or for rent and/or other sums
brought heretn, Landlord shall first cause to be filed in such action an
affidavit made by Landlord or someone acting for Landlord, setting forth the
facts necess4 to authorize the entry of judgment, of which facts such
affidavit shalf:'be prima facie evidence, and if a true copy of this Lease (and
of the truth ok the copy such affidavit shall-be. sufficient evidence) shall be
filed in such suit, action or actions, it shall not be necessary to file the original
as a warrant of attorney, any rule or Court, custom or practice to the
contrary notwithstanding.
(Tenant)
H. At its option, to collect from Tenant any other loss or damage which Landlord
may sustain by reason of any breach and any diminished value of the Leased
Premises resulting from said breach.
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I. Landlord's Right to Cure Defaults: If Tenant fails to perform any agreement or
obligation on ids part to be performed under this Lease, Landlord shall have the
right (i) if no emergency exists, to perform the same after giving 15 days' notice.
to Tenant; and- (ii) in any emergency situation, to perform the same immediately
without notice; or delay. For the purpose of rectifying Tenant's defaults as
aforesaid, Landlord shall have the right to enter the Leased Premises.. Tenant
shall, on demdnd, reimburse Landlord- for the costs and expenses incurred by
Landlord in rectifying Tenant's defaults as aforesaid, including reasonable
attorneys' fees'. Landlord shall not be liable or in any way responsible for any
loss, inconvenience, annoyance, or damage resulting to Tenant or anyone holding
under Tenant for any action taken by Landlord pursuant to this Section.
Tenant hereby waives and releases all errors and defects which may intervene in the
Landlord's . exercise : of any of its remedies hereunder, including the summary
remedies; Tenant further waives the right of inquisition on any real estate levied on
and Tenant voluntarily consents to an immediate execution upon any judgment
obtained by Landlord; Tenant also waives and releases all relief from any and all
appraisement, stay or exemption law of any state now in force or hereafter enacted;
Tenant waives any notice to quit required by any lawn-9w in force f he fter;
enacted.
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Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to'limit Landlord's rights and remedies in the
event of a default byJenant, and the Landlord's rights and remedies set forth in this
Lease shall be in addition to those available to Landlord at law or in equity.
22. BANKRUPTCY. If at any time prior to or after the commencement of the term of this
Lease there shall be filed by Tenant or Guarantor, in any court pursuant to any statute
either of the United States or of any State,.a petition in bankruptcy (including, without
limitation, a petition for liquidation, reorganization or for. adjustment of debts of an
.individual with regular income), or if any case, proceeding. or other action shall be
commenced seeking to have an order for relief entered against Tenant or Guarantor as a
debtor in bankruptcy proceedings or to adjudicate Tenant or Guarantor a bankrupt or
insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, liquidation, dissolution or
composition of it - or its debts under any law. relating to bankruptcy,, insolvency,
reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its property,
and such case, proceeding or other action results in the entry of an order for relief or is
not dismissed within 50 days of the filing thereof, or if Tenant or Guarantor becomes
insolvent or is generally not paying or admits in. writing its inability to pay its debts as
they mature, or makes' an assignment for the benefit of creditors or petitions for or enters
into an arrangement. with its creditors or a custodian is appointed or takes possession of
Tenant's or Guarantor's property (whether or not a judicial proceeding is instituted in
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connection with such arrangement or in connection with the appointment. of such
custodian), or if Tenant or Guarantor shall take any action to authorize or in
contemplation of any of the events set forth above (each of the foregoing events to be
hereinafter referred to-as an "Act of Bankruptcy"), then, in addition to Landlord's other
rights and remedies under this Lease and applicable law, this Lease shall, at Landlord's
option (and. if permitted by law), be terminated, in which -event neither Tenant nor
Guarantor, nor any person claiming through or under Tenant or Guarantor or by virtue of
any statute or of an order of any court, shall be entitled to possession of the Premises, and
Landlord, in.addition to the other rights and remedies given by this Lease, or by virtue of
any statute or rule of 19w, may retain as liquidated damages. any.rent, Security Deposit or
moneys received by _Landlord from Tenant or others in behalf of Tenant. All rent,
additional rent and other charges payable by Tenant under this Lease shall constitute rent
for the purpose of applying the provisions of Section 502(b)(7) of the Federal Bankruptcy
Code.
In the event an act of bankruptcy shall occur and this Lease is not terminated pursuant to
the provisions of Paragraph A, the parties agree that:
A. If there shall be a default in the payment of- Annual Minimum Rent or any
additional rent, or a default in the observance or performance of any other
provision of this Lease. binding on Tenant, Landlord shall be entitled to
immediately discontinue furnishing any utilities and other services it has. been
providing to the Premises, until such time as such defaults have been. fully cured,
it being agreed that the foregoing action by Landlord shall iri_no way cause or
result in any abatement of Annual Minimum Rent or any other charge payable by
Tenant during the continuance of the term of this Lease.
B. If the Lease is ilssumed by a trustee in bankruptcy, and assigned by the trustee to a
third party, the such party shall (a) execute and deliver to Landlord an agreement
in recordable form whereby such party confirms that it has assumed and agrees
with Landlord to discharge all obligations binding on Tenant- under this Lease, (b)
represent and warrant in writing to Landlord that such party has a net worth and
operating experience at least comparable to that possessed by Tenant named
herein and Guarantor as of the execution of this Lease, (c) deposit with Landlord a
Security Deposit and advance rent equal to that initially deposited by Tenant
named herein, Nand (d) grant Landlord, to secure the performance of such party's
obligations under this Lease, a security interest in such party's merchandise,
inventory, personal property, fixtures, furnishings, and all accounts receivable
(and in the proceeds of all of the foregoing) with respect to its operations in the
Leased Premises, and in connection therewith, such party shall execute such
security agreements, financing statements and' other documents (the forms of
which are to be designated by Landlord) as are necessary to perfect such lien.
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Any person or ,ntity to which this Lease is assigned pursuant to the provisions of
the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. Section 101, et seg. (the "Bankruptcy Code")
shall be deemed without further act or deed to have assumed all of the obligations
arising under.tlis Lease on and after the date of such assignment. If this Lease is
assigned to any person or entity pursuant to the provisions of the Bankruptcy
Code, any and all monies or other considerations payable or otherwise to be
delivered in connection with such assignment shall be paid or 'delivered to
Bankrupt, shall be and remain the exclusive property of Bankrupt and shall not
constitute property of Tenant or of the estate of Tenant within the meaning of the
Bankruptcy Code. Any and all monies or other considerations constituting
Landlord's property under the preceding sentence' not paid or delivered to
Landlord shall be held in trust for the benefit of Landlord and be promptly paid or
delivered to Landlord.
23. CONDITION OF PREMISES. It is agreed that, by occupying the Premises, Tenant
acknowledges that it, has had full opportunity to examine the Building, including
Premises, and is fury informed, independently of Landlord, as to the character,
construction and structure of the Building and land within the Premises. It is agreed.that
by occupying the Prei?ses the Tenant formally accepts the same and acknowledges that
Landlord has complied with all requirements imposed. upon it under the terms of this
Lease.
24. HAZARDOUS WASTE.
A. Tenant hereby.. covenants, represents and warrants that. it shall not generate,
transport, handle, store or otherwise encounter in, on or about the Premises, any
hazardous waste or substance (for purposes of this Section herein called
"hazardous waste") as defined by the applicable federal, state or local
environmental; or occupational standards, including but not limited to material
defined. as such in, or for purposes of, the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and. Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA"), as amended by
the Superfund Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. §1802'et seq.),
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA") (42 U.S.C. §1802, et
seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S:C. §1251, et se .), the Safe
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S:C. §300(f), et sec,.), the Toxic Substance. Control Act
(15 U.S.C. §2601, et seg.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C §7401, et sue.), or any
other federal, estate or local statute, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order. or
decree regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct
concerning. arxy hazardous, toxic or dangerous waste, substance, element or
material as now or at any time hereafter in effect or amended (for purposes of this
Section herein collectively called the. "Laws"). Tenant further covenants,
represents anl'warrants that there will be no underground storage tanks in, on,
under, within or about the Premises.
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B. Tenant shall not use, store or permit to.be stored on the Leased Premises any
asbestos in any form, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, transformers or other
equipment which contains. dielectric fluid or- other fluids containing levels of
polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of fifty (50) parts per million:
C. Tenant - covenants, represents and. warrants that it will indemnify, and hold
Landlord harm ss. from and against any and all liability, actions, claims, losses,
damages and.expenses .arising out of, or.in any way relating to, a breach of the
representations'r' warranties, covenants and agreements- set forth in this Section,
including: (a) 3claims of third parties. (including governmental agencies) for
damages, inclu&ng personal injury or property damages, penalties, response costs,
injunctive or other relief; (b) costs or removal and restoration, including fees of
attorneys and e?'perts, costs of reporting to any governmental agency the existence
of hazardous substances, hazardous waste, pollutants and/or contaminants and
costs of preparing or causing to be prepared any and all studies; tests, analyses or
reports -in connection with any environmental matter; (c) all expenses or
obligations, including attorneys' fees, incurred at, before and after any trial or
appeal therefrom whether or not taxable as costs; including attorneys' fees, witness
fees, deposition costs and other expenses; (d) all other costs, expenses and
liabilities arising from Tenant's violation-of the laws or any other-environmental
regulation now.* in force or hereafter enacted; and (e) Tenant's disposal of medical
waste as set forth in Paragraph A above. The obligations of Tenant as contained
in this Section shall survive the termination of the Lease.
25. LANDLORD'S TITLE. Tenant recognizes and agrees that-Landlord's title is and always
will be paramount to tie title of Tenant and under no circumstances shall Tenant do or be
empowered to do any act which can, shall or may encumber Landlord's title or subject the
Premises or Building 'Or any part of either to any lien or encumbrance.
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26. HOLDING OVER. jf for any reason Tenant retains possession of the Premises or any
part thereof after the termination of the term of.this Lease or any extension of the term,
unless other written arrangements are made with Landlord, such holding over shall
constitute a tenancy from month-to-month and Tenant shall pay Landlord monthly rental
during the month-to-month tenancy computed at double the rate of rent payable hereunder
for the final month of the last year of the term prior to such holding over..
27. NO ACCORD AND SATISFACTION. No payment by Tenant or receipt by Landlord
of a lesser amount than the monthly rent and other charges, nor shall any endorsement or
statement on any check or on any letter accompanying any check be deemed an accord
and satisfaction.
28. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the respective parties.herein, their heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, successor
and permitted assigns .w., homever.
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Any reference to Tenant he rein shall, for the purposes
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damage and the like, be deemed to include. Tenant,
of determining Iiabilit}? for property partners, independent contractors,
his or its . agents, of icers, ' employees, servants, licensees, invitees or visitors whomever.
RESERVATIONS BY LANDLORD. In addition to other rights conferred by this
29.
Agreement or by law, the Landlord reserves the right, to be exercised in Landlord's sole
discretion, to: (a) take all measures as may be necessary or desirable f c} repair,
protection of the Premises or of the Building; (b) sell or mortgage the Building;
alter, add to, improve, * build additional stories on, or build adjacent to said obuillding (d)
run necessary pipes, conduits and ducts through the Premises; and (e) carry n Y work,
repairs, alterations or improvements in, on, or about the Building or in the vicinity
thereof. Tenant hereby waives any claim to damage or inconvenience causes by such
work. This paragraph. shall not be construed to diminish the obligations of Tenant with
respect to repairs or improvements or.other obligations of Tenant provided herein, nor
shall it be construed t create or increase any obligation on the part of Landlord with
respect to repairs or improvements.
30. ESTOPPEL CERTIP"ICATE. At any time, and form time to time, the parties agree
to execute,
that within ten (10) days following request in writing from the other party,
acknowledge and deliver to the requesting party a statement in writing certifying that this
Lease is unmodified at in full force and effect (or if there have been modifications that
the same is full force ;and effect as modified and stating the modification), the dates to
which the rent and otter charges have been paid, and any other financial data relating to
this Lease or the Leased Premises which such party may reasonably request:
hereto shall be delayed or hindered in or
31. FORCE MAJEURE. In the event either party
prevented from the performance of any act required under this Lease by reason of strikes,
lockouts, labor troubles, inability to procure materials, failure of power, restrictive
governmental law or regulations, riots, insurrection, war or other reason of a like nature
not the fault of the party delayed in performing work or doing acts required under the
terms of this Lease, then performance of any such act shall be extended for a period
equivalent to the period of such delay. The provisions of this Section shall not (a) operate
to excuse Tenant from prompt payment of Annual Minimum Rent or any other payment
required by the terms `zof this Lease, and (b) be applicable to delays 'resulting from the
inability of a party to obtain financing or to proceed with its obligations under this Lease
because of a lack of funds.
32. ARBITRATIONIWMVER OF JURY TRIAL. Any disagreement between Landlord
and Tenant with respect to the interpretation or. application of this Lease, or the obligation
of the parties hereund' r, shall be determined by arbitration unless the parties otherwise
mutually agree in writing. Landlord and Tenant shall agree upon one arbitrator, otherwise
there shall be three (3j, one named in writing by the Landlord and one named in writing
by the Tenant within ten (10) days after notice of arbitration is served by either upon the
other, and a third arbitrator selected by those two arbitrators within ten (10) days
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thereafter. No one sb,41 serve as an arbitrator who is in any way financially interested in
this Lease or in the affairs of either party hereto. This agreement to arbitrate shall be
specifically enforceable under.the prevailing arbitration laws. The arbitrator or arbitrators
shall have the power to award to either party to the dispute such sums, costs, expenses,
and attorney's fees as fhe arbitrator or arbitrators may deem proper. The award rendered
by the arbitrator or arbitrators shall be appealable to a court of competent jurisdiction
within thirty (30) days bf notice of the arbitrators' award. Such appeal shall be prosecuted
without delay and as rabidly as possible.
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33. GUARANTY. At thy. time of executing this Lease, Tenant shall provided tp Landlord a
signed Guaranty of Lease including the signature of the spouse, if any, in form and
substance as set forth i1 Exhibit B hereto. Each' Guarantor shall provide Landlord with an
annual financial statement upon request.
34. BUSINESS INTERRUPTION. Tenant acknowledges that the nature of Tenant's
business involves government contracting work to which. Tenant relies on. such
contracting work as asubstantial source of Tenant's business income: Said contracting
work requires that certain qualifications. and terms be met by Tenant in order to obtain
and keep said work. In light of this fact, Tenant agrees to provide Landlord written notice
within fifteen (15) days of any substantial decrease in Tenant's government contracting
work or the change or termination of Tenant's qualifications to the extent that said change
or termination will result in loss of said contracting business to Tenant.
35. NON-WAIVER. Thee failure of the Landlord to seek redress for violation of, or to insist
upon the strict performance of, any covenant or condition of the Lease, shall not prevent a
subsequent act, whichwould have originally constituted a violation, from having all the
force and effect of an original violation. The receipt by Landlord of rent with knowledge
of the breach of any cc?yenant of this Lease shall not be deemed a waiver of such breach.
36. SHORT FORM LE kSE. Tenant agrees that, upon the written request of Landlord,
Tenant will, at any time, join in the execution of a Memorandum of Lease in proper form
for recording or filing in the appropriate office of the County of Cumberland setting forth
the existence and term of this Lease; and Tenant shall take such action as may be
necessary to permit such recording or filing.
37. MISCELLANEOUS. PROVISIONS. - No act or thing done or omitted to be done by
Landlord or Landlord's agents. during the term of the Lease, which is necessary to enforce
the terms of this Lease shall constitute an eviction by Landlord nor shall it be deemed an
acceptance or surrender of said Premises, and no agreement to accept such surrender shall
be valid unless in writing signed by Landlord. No employee of Landlord or Landlord's
agent shall have any power. to accept the keys of said Premises prior to the termination of
the Lease. The delivCry of keys to any employee of Landlord or Landlord's agent shall
not operate as a termination of the Lease or a surrender of the Premises.
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Tenant represents and warrants to Landlord that Tenant has not incurred and will not
incur any liability f0t brokerage fees, finder's fees, agents commissions or. similar
compensation to third; parties in connection with this lease transaction. In the event
Tenant has incurred any such fees, commissions or compensation, said fees, commissions
and compensations incurred shall be charges solely against Tenant. Tenant agrees to
indemnify Landlord against and hold Landlord harmless from any and all liabilities
arising from any claims for such fee; commissions or compensation, including, without
limitations the cost of counsel fees in connection therewith.
The words "Landlord". and "Tenant",. wherever used in this Lease, shall be 'construed to
mean Landlords and Tenants in allcases where there is more than one landlord or tenant,
and the necessary. grammatical changes required to make the provisions hereof apply
either to corporations .or individuals, men or women, shall in all cases.be assumed as
though in each case fully expressed.
The invalidity or uneriforceability of any provision hereof shall not affect or impair. any
other provision. Wherb Tenant hereunder consists of more than one party, the obligations
of each such party will.be joint and several hereunder.
Provisions inserted herein or affixed hereto shall not be valid unless appearing in the
duplicate original hereof held by the Landlord. In the event of variation or discrepancy,
the Landlord's duplicate shall control.
The headings of the several articles, paragraphs and sections contained herein are for
convenience. only and do not define, limit or construe -the contents of such articles,
paragraphs and sections. All negotiations, considerations, representations and
understandings between the parties are incorporated herein and are superseded hereby,
and the provisions hereof may be modified or altered only by agreement in writing
between the parties.. There are no terms, obligations, covenants, statements,
representations, warranties or conditions relating to the subject matters hereof other than
those specifically contained herein. This Lease may not be amended or modified by any
act or conduct of the parties or by oral agreements unless reduced and agreed to in writing
signed by both Landlord and Tenant. No waiver of any of the terms of this Lease by
Landlord shall be binding on Landlord unless reduced to. writing and signed by Landlord.
Nothing contained in'is Lease shall be construed to be or to create a partnership or joint
venture between the parties hereto.
This Lease shall be ;governed by and enforced in accordance with the laws of the
Cbmmonwealth of Pennsylvania.
This Lease represents the entire understanding and agreement of the parties and the terms
and provisions of this Lease shall only be modified or amended in writing signed by all
parties hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties intending to be legally bound have set their
hands and seals the day and year first above written.
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WITNESS: LANDLORD:
BRANDY INVESTOR, L.P.
ATTEST:
By..Bra y Mechanicsburg, LLC
Ge er a er
By:
William F. othm n, Managing Member
TENANT:
CALA.BRESE & SONS, INC.
By:
Presideat
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EXHIBIT A
A.LL•THAT CERTAIN piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Mechanicsburg
Borough, Cumberland County shown as New Lot 2 on the Calabrese & Sons, Inc.
Preliminary/Final Subdivision/Lot Consolidation Plan Recorded-April 3, 2006 in the Cumberland
County. Recorder of Deeds Office in Plan Book 92 Page 44 to wit:
BEGINNING at a point;on the southern side of Brandy Lane at a 5/8 inch rebar with cap
thence South 27 degrees 04 minutes 00 seconds East a distance of 376.89 feet to a point thence
North 37 degrees 14 minutes 52 seconds East a distance of 509.19 feet to a point thence North 37
degrees 05 minutes 01 seconds East. a distance of 66.58 feet to a point thence South 42 degrees
05 minutes 07 seconds East a distance of 179.93 feet to a point thence South 24 degrees 27
minutes 41 seconds East a distance of 490.52 feet to a point thence South 65 degrees 27 minutes
00 seconds West a distance of 593.70 feet to a point thence North 27 degrees 04 minutes 00
seconds West a distance of 744:.09 feet to a point thence North 40 degrees 20 minutes 30 seconds
East a distance of 54.16 feet to a point and place of BEGINNING.
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EXHIBIT B
PERSONAL GUARANTY OF LEASE
In consideration of the'making of the above Lease, dated June 9, 2006, by the Tenant with
the Landlord at the request of the undersigned, and in reliance of this Guaranty, the undersigned
hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the payment of the rent to, be paid by the
Tenant and the performance by the Tenant of all the terms, conditions, covenants and agreements
of the Lease, and the undersigned promises to .pay all the Landlord's expenses, including
reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the Landlord in enforcing this Guaranty. The Lan dlord's
consent -to any assignment or assignments, and successive assignments by the Tenant and
Tenant's assigns, of this. Lease, made either with or without notice.to -the undersigned, or a
changed or different use of the demised premises, or Landlord's forbearance delays, extensions of
time or any other reason whether similar to 'or different from the foregoing, shall in no way or
manner release the undersigned from liability as Guarantor. Where the undersigned include more
than one party, the obligation of each such party hereunder will be joint and several. It will not
be necessary for Landlord to. proceed first against Tenant in invoking any of Landlord's lease
remedies before proceeding to. enforce this Guaranty of Lease.
WITNESS the hand and seal of the undersigned at the date of the above Lease.
GUARANTOR:
o eph Calabrese
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ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW YEARS
July 2, 2009
Theodore A. Adler* Susan H. Confair
David W. Reager John H. Pietrzak
Linus E. Fenicle Wayne S. Martin, P.E **
Thomas O. Williams Neely E. Meals
Peter R. Wilson Richard J. Joyce***
*Certified Civil Trial Specialist
**Ucensed to Practice in N.J.
***Of Counsel
Writer's Email dress:
JPietrzak@ReagerAdlerPC.com
Via Certified Mail, Return Receipt Req. Via Certified Mail, Return Receipt Req.
Joseph Calabrese David A. Fitzsimons, Esq.
Calabrese & Sons, Inc. AND Martson Law Offices
406 Brandy Lane Ten East High Street
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 Carlisle, PA 11013
Re: Notice of Default of Lease dated June 9, 2006
Our file No. 07-554.000
Dear Mr. Calabrese:
This letter shall constitute formal Notice that Calabrese & Sons, Inc. is in violation of its Lease
Agreement with Brandy Investors, LP dated June 9, 2006 for the leased premises located at 406 Brandy
Lane, iVMechanicsburg, PA 17055, for failure to pay rent in the amount of $24,523.34 for both February
and June 2009. Late fees of 5% have been assessed in the amount of $1,226.17 per month. Calabrese is
also in continuing violation of the Lease Agreement for failure to pay taxes and insurance as follows:
2008 School Taxes: $33,789.53
2009 County & Boro taxes: $13,455.32
2008 Erie Insurance: $4,575.00
.2009 Erie Insurance: $5,274.00
The total principal amount of the above-listed amounts is $106,140.53, plus $2,452.34 in late
fees. Interest has accrued at the annual rate of 12% on the principal amounts, which totals $5,186.88 as
of July 1, 2009; and continues to accrue in the amount of $34.89 per day.
The amounts listed above are in addition to other past defaults, which remain uncured. In
compliance with its duties under the Lease Agreement, Brandy Investors hereby provides notice that it
intends to pursue any and all remedies under the Lease Agreement, without further notice, if Calabrese
& Sons, Inc. does?aot pay the above amounts within fifteen days of receipt of this letter.
Please contact me to make payment arrangements. Thank you.
JHP/j is
cc: Brandy Investors, LP
Vrxv Truly. Yours,
John H. Pietrzak
A N E N D U R I N G P A R T N E R S H I P
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VERIFICATION
I, Jack Jurasits, hereby verify that I am a Partner in Brandy Investors, LP, and, as such, I
am authorized to verify the averments of the foregoing document are true and correct to my
personal knowledge, information and belief. I understand that false statements herein are made
subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S. §4904, relating to unworn falsification to authorities.
Date: J0 2C769
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VERIFICATION
I, William Rothman, hereby verify that I am a Partner in Brandy Investors, LP, and, as
such, I am authorized to verify the averments of the foregoing document are true and correct to
my personal knowledge, information and belief. I understand that false statements herein are
made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S. §4904, relating to unworn falsification to authorities.
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REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
BY:JOHN H. PIETRZAK, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 79538
Email: JpietrzakARea erAdlerPC com
BY: THOMAS O. WILLIAMS, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 67987
Email: Twilliams64Rea2erAdlerPC com
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Telephone: (717) 763-1383
Facsimile: (717) 730-7366
Attorneys for Brandy Investors LP
BRANDY INVESTORS, LP,
Plaintiff
V.
CALABRESE & SONS, INC.,
Defendant
TO THE PROTHONOTARY:
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
: CIVIL ACTION
NO. OQ y47(o Ctvit T+e(-M
CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT
ENTRY OF APPEARANCE
Enter my appearance for the above-named Defendant pursuant to the Warrant of Attorney
contained in the Lease agreement between the parties, attached hereto.
Respectfully submitted,
REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
Date: July 22, 2009
Jo . Pietrz , Esquir
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REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
BY:JOHN H. PIETRZAK, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 79538
Email: JJpietrzakaReagerAdlerPC com
BY: THOMAS O. WILLIAMS, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 67987
Email: Twilliams(a?Rea?erAdlerPC com
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Telephone: (717) 763-1383
Facsimile: (717) 730-7366
Attorneys for Brandy Investors LP
BRANDY INVESTORS, LP, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
Plaintiff CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V. CIVIL ACTION fn?
CALABRESE & SONS, INC., : NO. d9 - ?q7? l.i?vi l Ter IK
Defendant
CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT
PRAECIPE FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT BY CONFESSION
TO THE PROTHONOTARY:
Kindly enter judgment in ejectment by confession in the above-captioned matter against the
Defendant for possession of the real property described below:
The warehouse facility and any offices located at 406 Brandy Lane, Mechanicsburg,
Pennsylvania 17055.
Respectfully submitted,
REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
Date: July 22, 2009 .
?JOH. etr , E squire
or Defendant
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BRANDY INVESTORS, LP,
Plaintiff
V.
CALABRESE & SONS, INC.,
Defendant
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
: CIVIL ACTION
NO. 09 - yg7(p C' -IMTerh
: CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT
NOTICE UNDER RULE 2973.2 OF JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION THEREON
NOTICE OF DEFENDANTS' RIGHTS
TO: Calabrese & Sons, Inc.
A judgment for possession of real property has been entered against you and in favor of the
Plaintiff without any prior notice or hearing based on a confession of judgment contained in a
promissory note or other document allegedly executed by you. The Sheriff may remove you from
the property at any time after thirty (30) days after the date on which this notice is served on you.
You may have legal rights to defeat the judgment or to prevent you from being removed from the
property.
ANY PETITION SEEKING RELIEF FROM THE JUDGMENT MUST BE FILED WITHIN
THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH THIS NOTICE IS SERVED ON YOU
OR YOU MAY LOSE YOUR RIGHTS.
YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT
HAVE A LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE
SET FORTH BELOW TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU CAN GET LEGAL HELP.
Lawyer Referral Service
Cumberland County Courthouse, 4`h Floor
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 240-6200
Date: July 22, 2009
H. Pietrzak, quire
REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
(717) 763-1383
Attorneys for Plaintiff, Brandy Investors, LP
OF THE
2009 JUL 22
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REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
BY:JOHN H. PIETRZAK, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 79538
Email: Jnietrzak(&ReagerAdlerPC.com
BY: THOMAS O. WILLIAMS, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 67987
Email: Twilliams@ReajzerAdlerPC.com
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Telephone: (717) 763-1383
Facsimile: (717) 730-7366
Attorneys for Brandy Investors. LP
BRANDY INVESTORS, LP,
Plaintiff
V.
CALABRESE & SONS, INC.,
Defendant
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL ACTION
NO. CR - y97(v (2ivi lTerrv,
: CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT
NOTICE UNDER RULE 2737.1 OF RIGHT TO RECOVER ATTORNEY FEES AND
COSTS AND PROCEDURE TO FOLLOW TO STRICK OFF OR OPEN A CONFESSED
JUDGMENT
TO: Calabrese & Sons, Inc.
Pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. 273 you are hereby notified that a debtor who has been incorrectly
identified and had a confession of judgment entered against him shall be entitled to costs and
reasonable attorney fees as determined by the court.
Pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 2737. 1, you are hereby notified of the instructions regarding the
procedure to follow to strike off or open a confessed judgment under Pennsylvania Rule of Civil
Procedure 2959, which is reproduced in full, on the following page.
REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
Date: July 22, 2009
Jo H. Pietrzak, E uire
2 31 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
(717) 763-1383
PENNSYLVANIA RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 2959
STRIKING OFF OR OPENING JUDGMENT; PLEADINGS AND PROCEDURE
(a)(1) Relief from a judgment by confession shall be sought by petition. Except as
provided in subparagraph (2), all grounds for relief whether to strike off the judgment or to open it
must be asserted in a single petition. The petition may be filed in the county in which the
judgment was originally entered, in any county to which the judgment has been transferred or in
any other county in which the sheriff has received a writ of execution directed to the sheriff to
enforce the judgment.
(2) The ground that the waiver of the due process rights of notice and hearing was not
voluntary, intelligent and knowing shall be raised only
(i) in support of a further request for a stay of execution where the court has not
stayed execution despite the timely filing of a petition for relief from the
judgment and the presentation of prima facie evidence of a defense; and
(ii) as provided by Rule 2958.3 or Rule 2973.3.
(3) If a written notice is served upon the petitioner pursuant to Rule 2959.1(c)(2) or
Rule 2973.1(c), then petition shall be filed within thirty days after such service. Unless the
defendant can demonstrate that there were compelling reasons for the delay, a petition not timely
filed shall be denied.
(b) If the petition states prima facie grounds for relief, the court shall issue a rule to
show cause and may grant a stay of proceedings. After being served with a copy of the petition the
plaintiff shall file an answer on or before the return day of the rule. The return day of the rule shall
be fixed by the court by local rule or special order.
(c) A party waives all defenses and objections which are not included in the petition or
answer.
(d) The petition and the rule to show cause and the answer shall be served as provided
in Rule 440.
(e) the court shall dispose of the rule on petition and answer, and on any testimony,
depositions, admissions and other evidence. The court for cause shown may stay proceedings on
the petition insofar as it seeks to open the judgment pending disposition of the application to strike
off the judgment. If evidence is produced which in a jury trial would require the issues to be
submitted to the jury, the court shall open the judgment.
(f) The lien of the judgment of or any levy or attachment shall be preserved while the
proceedings to strike off or open the judgment are pending.
FILED- OFF CE
OF THE FE THICI1 OTAPY
2009 JUL 22 PM 3: G 4
PENNSYLVANIA
REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
BY:JOHN H. PIETRZAK, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 79538
Email: Jpietrzak(&ReagerAdlerPC.com
BY: THOMAS O. WILLIAMS, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 67987
Email: Twilliams aReag_er.AdlerPC.com
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Telephone: (717) 763-1383
Facsimile: (717) 730-7366
Attorneys for Brandy Investors LP
BRANDY INVESTORS, LP,
Plaintiff
V.
CALABRESE & SONS, INC.,
Defendant
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
: CIVIL ACTION
NO. bq - y97Lv (2W i l rem
: CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT
AFFIDAVIT THAT JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT IS NOT BEING ENTERED
BY CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT AGAINST A NATURAL PERSON
IN CONNECTION WITH A RESIDENTIAL LEASE
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania )
) ss:
County of Cumberland )
I, John H. Pietrzak, being duly sworn according to law, hereby state that the judgment
being entered by confession is not being entered against a natural person in connection with a
residential lease.
d' z ad 6-1,
J H. Pietrzak, E uire
Sworn to and subscribed
Before me this-A /'''day of
, 2009.
i0tary Public
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Notarial Seal
Linda H. Miller, Notary Public
Camp Hill Boro, Cumberland County
My Commission Expires May 9, 2013
Member, Pennsylvania Association of Notaries
CE THE R-,O f 1?N, Tr F?Y
2009 JUL 22 P19 3: O i4
REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
BY:JOHN H. PIETRZAK, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 79538
Email: Jpietrzak@ReagerAdlerPC.com
BY: THOMAS O. WILLIAMS, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 67987
Email: Twilliams(d?Rea erAdlerPC com
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Telephone: (717) 763-1383
Facsimile: (717) 730-7366
Attorneys for Brandy Investors LP
BRANDY INVESTORS, LP,
Plaintiff
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V.
CALABRESE & SONS, INC.,
Defendant
CIVIL ACTION
NO. Cq - yg7(0 lTiktt.
: CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT
CERTIFICATION OF ADDRESSES
I, John H. Pietrzak, Esquire of Reager & Adler PC, Attorney for Plaintiff Brandy
Investors, LP hereby certify that Plaintiff Brandy Investors, LP's correct address is c/o RSR
Realtors, 3 Lemoyne Drive, Suite 100, Lemoyne, Pennsylvania 17043 and that the correct
address for Defendant Calabrese & Sons, Inc. is 406 Brandy Lane, Mechanicsburg,
Pennsylvania, 17055 .
I certify that the foregoing information is true and correct to the best of my knowledge,
information, and belief.
REAGER & ADLER, PC
By:
H. Pietrz
Sworn to d S bscribed before me this
day of?2009.
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N tary Public
CUMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Notarial Seal
Linda H. Miller, Notary Public
Camp + Rom, Cumberland County
My Comrr; shion Expires May 9, 2013
Member, Pennsylvania Association of Notaries
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REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
BY:JOHN H. PIETRZAK, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 79538
Email: Jpietrzak(a,Rea erAdlerPC com
BY: THOMAS O. WILLIAMS, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 67987
Email: TwilliamsaReagerAdlerPC com
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Telephone: (717) 763-1383
Facsimile: (717) 730-7366
Attorneys for Brandy Investors LP
BRANDY INVESTORS, LP, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
Plaintiff CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V. CIVIL ACTION
CALABRESE & SONS, INC., : NO. Oq - q97(A 0,1vi l Iemt
Defendants
: CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT
NOTICE
Pursuant to Rule 236 of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, you are hereby notified that a
JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT BY CONFESSION has been entered against you in the above
proceeding and that enclosed herewith is a copy of all of the documents filed in support of said
judgment. If you have any questions concerning this notice, please call John H. Pietrzak at (717)
763-1383.
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Sheriffs Office of Cumberland County
R Thomas Kline
Sheri
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OF TH E" ?•,'-7ipY
Ronny R Anderson
Chief Deputy
Jody S Smith
Civil Process Sergeant
Edward L Schorpp
Solicitor
Brandy Investors, LP
vs.
Calabrese & Sons Inc.
2009 J,J 30 f. 11' 0: 32
Case Number
2009-4976
SHERIFF'S RETURN OF SERVICE
07/28/2009 10:40 AM - Jody Smith, Sergeant, who being duly sworn according to law, states that on July 27, 2009 at
1040 hours, she served a true copy of the within Confession of Judgment in Ejectment and Confession of
Judgment for Posession of Real Property, upon the within named defendant, to wit: Calabrese & Sons
Inc., by making known unto Joseph Calabrese, President at 1 Courthouse Square Room 303 Carlisle,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 17013 its contents and at the same time handing to him personally the
said true and correct copy of the same.
SHERIFF COST: $37.00
July 28, 2009
SO ANSWERS,
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R'THOMAS KLINE, SHERIFF
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Seth T. Mosebey, Esquire
I.D. No. 203046
David A. Fitzsimons, Esquire
I.D. No. 41722
MARTSON DEARDORFF WILLIAMS OTTO GILROY & FALLER
MARTSON LAW OFFICES
10 East High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 243-3341
Attorneys for Defendants
BRANDY INVESTORS, LP, : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
Respondent/Plaintiff : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V.
NO. 09-4976
CALABRESE & SONS, INC., and CIVIL ACTION - LAW
Petitioner/Defendant :
PETITION FOR RELIEF FROM CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT
IN EJECTMENT
AND NOW, comes the Defendant, Calabrese & Sons, Inc., by and through its attorneys,
MARTSON DEARDORFF WILLIAMS OTTO GILROY & FALLER, and files the following
Petition for Relief from Confession of Judgment in Ejectment:
1. Petitioner Calabrese & Sons, Inc. is a Pennsylvania corporation located at 406 Brandy
Lane, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
2. Respondent Brandy Investors, LP is a Pennsylvania limited partnership with a mailing
address of c/o RSR Realtors, 3 Lemoyne Drive, Suite 100, Lemoyne, Pennsylvania.
3. On July 22, 2009, Respondent filed a Confession of Judgment at Docket No. 09-4977
in the amount of $125,924.86 against Petitioner.
4. The Complaint in Confession of Judgment in Ejectment filed by Respondent is based
upon Petitioner's alleged failure to pay the amounts set forth in the Confession of Judgment filed at
Docket No. 09-4977.
5. On June 9, 2006, the parties entered into a Commercial Lease Agreement ("Lease"),
a copy of which is attached to Respondent's Complaint.
6. Pursuant to Paragraph 3 of the Lease, Petitioner was required to provide Respondent
with a credit of three months base rent in the amount of $70,025.00 to be held by Respondent in
escrow.
7. Petitioner provided Respondent with a credit of $70,025.00 to be held in escrow.
8. Pursuant to Paragraph 7 of the Lease, if Petitioner failed to make any payments due
under the Lease, then Respondent was permitted to use the credit paid by Petitioner for the payment
of any sum in default.
9. Respondent has failed to utilize the credit to satisfy Petitioner's alleged default.
10. Pursuant to Paragraph 4 of the Lease, Respondent is required to provide Petitioner
with written notice of the amount of the real estate taxes, together with a copy of the tax bill, and
Petitioner is required to pay the amount of the real estate taxes to Respondent within thirty (30) days
of the face amount period.
11. The discount period for the county/borough taxes runs from March 1 S` through April
30`h.
12. By Respondent's own admission, Respondent paid the 2009 county/borough taxes
on March 31, 2009.
13. Respondent failed to adhere to the terms of the Lease by paying the 2009
county/borough taxes in the discount period.
14. Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 2959 authorizes Petitioner to either strike or
open the confessed judgment.
15. "A petition to strike a judgment may be granted only for a fatal defect or irregularity
appearing on the face of the record." Resolution Trust Corp v Coley Qu-Wavne Associates, 683
A.2d 269, 273 (Pa. 1996).
16. "Generally, such clearly established defects justifying a motion to strike arise when
the judgment entered is for a grossly excessive amount or includes recovery for items that were not
permitted in the contract authorizing a confession ofjudgment." J.F. Realty Co. v. Yerkes, 398 A.2d
215, 217 (Pa. Super. 1979).
17. A court acting in equity should open a confessed judgment "only when the petitioner
`acts promptly, alleges a meritorious defense and presents sufficient evidence of that defense to
require submission of the issues to the jury."' Id. (quoting First Seneca Bank & Trust Co. v Laurel
Mountain Development Corte, 485 A.2d 1086, 1088 (Pa. 1984).)
18. In this case, the confession of judgment in ejectment should be stricken because
Respondent failed to follow the procedure outlined in the Lease for the payment of the 2009 county
and borough taxes.
19. The 2009 county/borough taxes were not yet due and in fact, were in the discount
period when Respondent paid them.
20. Because the real estate taxes were not yet due, Respondent violated the terms of the
Lease.
21. Because Respondent entered a confession of judgment without complying with the
terms of the Lease, the confession of judgment in ejectment contains a fatal defect, and the judgment
should be stricken.
22. In the alternative, the confession of judgment in ejectment should be opened because
Respondent included improper amounts in the confession of judgment.
23. Respondent included the discount rate for the county and borough taxes even though
the Lease does not provide for the payment of the discount rate.
24. Respondent's confession of judgment in ejectment also fails to credit Petitioner for
its security payment of $70,025.00 which Respondent is currently holding in escrow.
25. Respondent's failure to use the escrowed funds to reduce the Petitioner's alleged
default is particularly curious in light of the fact that its legal counsel has previously utilized
Petitioner's escrowed funds from an unrelated transaction to satisfy costs in Respondent's previous
suit against Petitioner.
26. No judge has ruled on an issue in this matter.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests that this Honorable Court issue a stay of the
proceedings in this matter and issue a Rule to Show Cause why the judgment in this matter should
not be stricken, or in the alternative, opened.
MARTSON LAW OFFICES
By .tom
Seth T. Mosebey, Esq e
I.D. No. 203046
David A. Fitzsimons, Esquire
I.D. No. 41722
10 East High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 243-3341
Date: August 20, 2009 Attorneys for Defendants
VERIFICATION
I, Joseph Calabrese, President of Calabrese & Sons, Inc., hereby verify that I am authorized
to sign this Verification and have reviewed the foregoing document and to the extent that the
foregoing document contains facts supplied by or known to me, they are true and correct to the best
of my knowledge, information and belief:
I understand that false statements made herein are subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S.A.
§4904, relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
Calabrese & Sons, Inc.
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J,os9jph Calabrese
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Mary M. Price, an authorized agent for Martson Law Offices, hereby certify that a copy of
the foregoing Defendants' Petition for Relief from Confession of Judgment in Ejectment was served
this date by depositing same in the Post Office at Carlisle, PA, first class mail, postage prepaid,
addressed as follows:
John H. Pietrzak, Esquire
Reager & Adler, P.C.
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
(717) 763-1383
Attorney for Plaintiff
MARTSON LAW OFFICES
By: ti /,/, olut-u-
Price
MAry?vl.
Ten ast High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 243-3341
Dated: ?' /; U 0 Y
OF ?'H-' F "4.?Y
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BRANDY INVESTORS, LP, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
PLAINTIFF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V.
CALABRESE & SONS, INC., and
JOSEPH CALABRESE,
DEFENDANTS NO. 09-4976 CIVIL
ORDER OF COURT
AND NOW, this 24th day of August, 2009, upon consideration of the Defendant's Petition
for Relief from Confession of Judgment in Ejectment,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND DIRECTED that:
1. A Rule is issued upon the Plaintiff to show cause why the relief requested should not
be granted;
2. The Plaintiff will file an answer to the Petition on or before September 14, 2009;
3. If no answer to the Rule to Show cause is filed by the required date, the relief
requested by Defendant shall be granted upon the Court's receipt of a Motion requesting Rule
be made Absolute. If the Plaintiff files an answer to this Rule to Show Cause, the Court will
determine if further order or hearing is necessary.
4. The Prothonotary is directed to forward said Answer to this Court.
By the Court,
John H. Pietrzak, Esquire
Att rney for Plaintiff
Seth Mosebey, Esquire
Attorney for Defendants
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REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
BY:JOHN H. PIETRZAK, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 79538
Email: Ji)ietrzak(a,ReaaerAdlerPC com
BY: THOMAS O. WILLIAMS, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 67987
Email: Twilliamsna ReaaerAdlerPC com
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Telephone: (717) 763-1383
Facsimile: (717) 730-7366
Attorneys for Brandy Investors LP
BRANDY INVESTORS, LP,
Respondent/Plaintiff
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V.
CALABRESE & SONS, INC.,
Petitioner/Defendants
: CIVIL ACTION
: NO. 09-4976
CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT
RESPONDENT BRANDY INVESTORS LP'S ANSWER TO PETITIONERS' PETITION
FOR RELIEF FROM CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT
AND NOW, comes the Respondent, Brandy Investors, LP, by and through its attorneys,
Reager & Adler, P.C., and files the following Answer to Petitioner's Petition for Relief from
Confession of Judgment in Ejectment, and in support thereof, avers the following:
Admitted.
2. Admitted.
3. Admitted.
4. Admitted.
5. Admitted.
6. Admitted with clarification. This credit required under Paragraph 3 of the Lease is
a security deposit.
7. Admitted.
8. Denied. The lease is a written document that speaks for itself. Any
characterization of the Lease is therefore denied. By way of further answer, Paragraph 7 of the
Lease requires that if Respondents uses any amount of the security deposit as payment for rent that
Petitioner failed to pay, then Petitioner is required to immediately repay that portion of the security
deposit to Respondents to bring it back up to the required level of $70,025.00.
9. Denied as stated. Respondents are under no obligation to use the security deposit
as a substitute for Petitioner's rent. Even if Respondents did use the security deposit as payment
of rent that Petitioner has otherwise defaulted on, paragraph 7 of the Lease would require
Petitioner to immediately repay the security deposit to Respondents.
10. Denied. The lease is a written document that speaks for itself. Any
characterization of the Lease is therefore denied.
11. Admitted.
12. Admitted.
13. Denied. There is nothing in the Lease requiring Respondents to wait until the face
period to pay the taxes. The Lease requires Petitioner to pay the amount due for the taxes to the
Respondent within 30 days of the face period. Petitioner failed to do so and to date has not paid
Respondents any amount for these taxes. By way of further answer, Petitioner has a long history
of failing to pay the amount due for taxes. Therefore, when Petitioner did not take action to pay
the taxes in the discount period, and based upon C&S' history of failing to pay taxes as required by
the Lease, Respondent mitigated its damages by paying the 2009 county & borough taxes on
March 31, 2009.
14. This paragraph contains a legal conclusion to which no response is required.
15. This paragraph contains a legal conclusion to which no response is required.
16. This paragraph contains a legal conclusion to which no response is required.
17. This paragraph contains a legal conclusion to which no response is required.
18. Denied. There is no basis to strike the confessed judgment. The Lease puts no
restriction whatsoever upon Respondent as to when it may pay the taxes. The Lease expressly
requires Petitioner to pay the amount due for the taxes to the Respondent within 30 days of the
face period, as Petitioner admits in Paragraph 10 of its Petition. Petitioner has to date not paid
Respondent any amount for the 2009 county & borough taxes.
19. Denied. Petitioner's averment is irrelevant. The Lease puts no restriction
whatsoever upon Respondent as to when it may pay the taxes. The fact that Respondent chose to
pay the taxes in the discount period did not relieve Petitioner of its obligation under the Lease to
pay the amount due to the Respondent within 30 days of the face period on the tax notice.
Petitioner failed to pay any amount to Respondent for the 2009 county & borough taxes within 30
days of the face period or at any other time, in clear violation of the Lease.
20. Denied. Petitioner is stating facts that are irrelevant to the question of whether
Respondent included "grossly excessive amounts" in the confessed judgment or whether the
confessed judgment included items that were not permitted in the contract authorizing confession
of judgment, which are the only bases for striking the confessed judgment. The only relevant fact
is that Petitioner defaulted on its obligation to pay the amount due for the 2009 county & borough
taxes to Respondent within 30 days of the face period. Respondent's action in paying the taxes
during the discount period is irrelevant and does not relieve Petitioner of its obligations under the
Lease.
21. Denied. Petitioner's argument in this paragraph does not comply with the standard
for striking a confessed judgment that the Petitioner itself set forth in Paragraph 16 of its Petition.
Respondent complied with its obligation under the Lease when it provided Petitioner with notice
of the taxes due. Petitioner failed to pay the amount due to Respondent, which constituted a
default of the Lease for which Respondent was permitted to confess judgment. Petitioner has not
alleged any facts that would satisfy the standard required to strike a confessed judgment.
Petitioner must allege facts suggesting that Respondent included "grossly excessive amounts" in
the confessed judgment or that the confessed judgment included items that were not permitted in
the contract authorizing confession of judgment. Petitioner's Petition does not even allege facts
that would satisfy this standard. The Petition does not, therefore, provide the Court with a basis to
strike the confessed judgment.
22. Denied. The confessed judgment did not include any improper amounts. There is
therefore no basis to open the confessed judgment.
23. Denied. Petitioner is alleging facts that are irrelevant to the question of whether
Petitioner has a "meritorious defense" to the confessed judgment. The Lease requires Petitioner to
pay the amount due for taxes to Respondent within 30 days of the face period. Petitioner failed to
do so. The timing of when Respondent paid the tax does not change Petitioner's obligation under
the lease. Petitioner's argument that the confessed judgment includes improper amounts because
the amount included in the confessed judgment for the taxes paid during the discount period is less
than what would be included if Respondent paid the face period amount is a novel argument, but it
does not provide Petitioner with a "meritorious defense" to the confessed judgment. This
argument, therefore, does not provide any basis to open the confessed judgment.
24. Denied. The averment contained in this paragraph does not provide the Petitioner
with a "meritorious defense" to the confessed judgment and therefore does not provide any basis to
open the confessed judgment. The Respondent is not required to use the $70,025.00 security
deposit as credit for unpaid rent. Petitioner owes more than $70,025.00 to Respondents for prior
unpaid rent and taxes that are not included in this confessed judgment. So even if Respondent
chose to use the security deposit as credit for unpaid rent, it would be credited to previous defaults
that are not included in this confessed judgment.
25. Denied. Petitioner's allegation is factually incorrect, grossly misleading and
irrelevant in any case. Neither Respondent nor its legal counsel used Petitioner's escrowed funds
to satisfy costs in any previous suit between Respondent and Petitioner. Unfortunately,
Respondent must now set forth an explanation of the accurate facts, although they bear no
relevance to the current matter, in order to counter Petitioner's counsel's misleading accusation of
impropriety against Respondent and its counsel.
In June 2006, Respondent purchased the property located at 406 Brandy Lane from
Petitioner. This is the same property that Petitioner now leases from Respondent. In order to
complete the transaction, outstanding judgments against Petitioner had to be satisfied and marked
as such with the Cumberland County Prothonotary. Prior to entering the praecipe to satisfy one
such judgment, the Sheriff's poundage in the net amount of $718.08 had to be paid. Respondent's
counsel paid this poundage out of funds the Petitioner had escrowed specifically for the
satisfaction of the judgments. Respondent's Counsel notified Petitioner's counsel, David A.
Fitzsimons that it intended to pay the poundage out of the escrowed funds prior to doing so. See
Exhibit A, July 18, 2006 letter from David W. Reager, to David A. Fitzsimons. See Exhibit B,
Ledger report showing escrow of funds for payment of judgments and payment of poundage on
July 19, 2006. Petitioner's counsel voiced no objection to this use of the escrowed funds at any
time prior to its filing the instant Petition for Relief. Once Petitioner resolved the final judgment
affecting the escrowed funds, Respondent's counsel disbursed the remaining escrow to Petitioner's
counsel, who, again, voiced no objection to the use of any escrowed funds throughout the entire
transaction. See Exhibit C, October 28, 2008 letter from David W. Reager to David A.
Fitzsimons.
It is clear that Respondent's counsel's use of the escrowed funds was completely
appropriate, was done with complete prior disclosure to Petitioner's counsel and that the escrowed
funds were directly related to the transaction for which they were utilized.
None f these facts bear any relevance to the instant matter, nor do they provide Petitioner
with any basis for relief against the confessed judgment entered in this matter.
26. Admitted.
WHEREFORE, Respondent, Brandy Investors, LP, requests this Honorable Court to deny
Petitioners' Petition for Relief from Confessed Judgment in Ejectment.
Respectfully submitted,
REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
Date: September 11, 2009 6 '
Jo H. Pietrzak, Esqu' e
Attorney I.D. No. 79538
Thomas O. Williams, Esquire
Attorney I.D. No. 67987
Attorneys for Plaintiff, Brandy Investors, LP
REAGER & ADLER, PC
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW
2331 MARKET STREET
CAMP HILL, PENNSYLVANIA 17011-4642
717-763-1383
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THEODORE A. ADLER +
DAVID W. REAGER
CHARLES E. ZALESKI
LINUS E. FENICLE
THOMAS O. WILLIAMS
SUSAN J. SMITH
Writer's E-Mail Address: DWReager@ReagerAdlerPC.com
July 18, 2006
VIA E-MAIL AND FIRST CLASS MAIL
DFitzslmons@MDWO.com
David A. Fitzsimons, Esquire
Martson Deardorff Williams & Otto
10 East High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
RE: CALABRESE & SONS, INC.
Dear David:
SUSAN H. CONFAIR
TIFFANY M. CARTWRIGHT
PETER R. WILSON
JOHN H. PIETRZAK
RICHARD J. JOYCE
+Certified Civil Trial Specialist
The purpose of this letter is two-fold. One, as a response to your letter to me dated July 13,
2006, and also as further advice regarding our activities in having the Judgments at the county marked
satisfied.
First, with regard to your letter, as you may expect, I find it to be incredulous, given the fact that
your client sat in our offices at the closing and failed to mention that a Judgment was entered against
him in the amount of $34,937.45, in spite of the fact that the court records indicate that he was provided
with written notice of that entry of Judgment several days prior to closing. Nonetheless, he signed and
provided us with an Owner's Affidavit, which indicates, among other things, that he has no knowledge
of such Judgments entered of record. I believe that our action in stopping payment on the funds
disbursed, as well as my efforts in contacting you prior to stopping any of your major creditor payments,
was appropriate and courteous. Accordingly, please be advised that we decline to provide any form of
reimbursement to Mr. Calabrese.
Additionally, while we have endeavored to move through all of these matters relating to his
lawsuits and credit difficulties, in retrospect, my preference would have been to simply postpone
scheduling closing until he was able to deliver to us all of the documentation required in connection with
his cleared title. Instead, in order to accommodate the parties, which resulted in our rescheduling
settlement several times over a period of more than a week, we put forth extra efforts in assisting and
coordinating all of these various outstanding issues.
David A. Fitzsimons, Esquire
July 18, 2006
Page 2
My second reason in writing to you is, as we have continued to resolve your client's outstanding
issues, we have been advised by the Prothonotary's Office that they are unable to enter the Praecipe
relating to the Dyson Corporation Judgment without first paying the 2% poundage to the Sheriff's
Office in the net amount of $718.08, which represents the balance due after the total of $868.09, less the
credit of $150.00 already posted for the various filing fees. Again, it would have been our preference to
have had this resolved by your client so that it would not be necessary for us to continue processing
these matters.
Accordingly, I am suggesting that we simply disburse the $718.08 and apply it against the
escrow balance we are maintaining ($13,182.44) pending the final outcome of the Judgment held by
Turri Associates, Inc. Also, in this regard, it would be unnecessary for us to continue to monitor this file
for your client to work through matters on the Judgment if we had simply required total payment at the
time of closing; another extended courtesy.
Very truly yours,
David W. Reager
DWR/sam
cc: William F. Rothman
Date: 09/09/2009
TAS Client Trust Ledger
Reager & Adler, PC
Attorney: 1 David W. Reager
6283,000-5 Rottiman/WtAiam F.
406 Brandy Lane
Date Check # Description
06/23/2006 Deposit MIDSTATE CK# 22176 -FOR Amount Balance Payee
JUDGEMENT SATISFACTION 40,000.00CR 40,000.00
06/23/2006 Deposit MIDSTATE CK# 120523 - FOR
JUDGEMENT SATISFACTION 13,182.44CR 53,182.44
06/29/2006 6227 Reimbursement for ck# 22178
109.8106 53,072.63 MIDSTATE SETTLEMENT ACCT
06/29/2006 6225
34,937.45DB 18,135.18 Turri Associates
06/29/2006 6226 Turn Payoff remainder
5,062.55DB 13,072.63 Calbrese & Sons
Inc
06/29/2006 6228 ,
127.OODB 12,945.63 Recorder of Deeds
07/19/2006 6237
10/ 718.08DB 12,227.55 SHERIFF OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY -
28/2008 6763 Disbursement
12,227.55DB 0.00 Martson Deardorff Williams Otto
Total Deposits: 53
182.44CR
Total Checks:
Closing Balance: ,
53,182.44DB
$0.00
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REAGER & ADLER, PC
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW
- 2331 MARKET STREET
CAMP HILL, PENNSYLVANIA 17011-4642
717-763-1383
TELEFAX 717-730-7366
WEBSITE: ReagerAdlerPC.com
THEODORE A. ADLER +
DAVID W. REAGER
LINUS E. FENICLE
THOMAS O. WILLIAMS
PETER R. WILSON
Writer's E-Mail Address: DWReager@ReagerAdlerPC.com
October 28, 2008
David A. Fitzsimons, Esquire
Martson Deardorff Williams & Otto
Ten East High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
RE: CALABRESE & SONS, INC.
Our File No. 06-283
Dear David:
SUSAN H. CONFAIR
JOHN H. PIETRZAK
RICHARD J. JOYCE
NEELY E. MEALS
WAYNE S. MARTIN, P.E.
+Certified Civil Trial Specialist
This letter is a follow-up to your letter dated October 22, 2008, as well as our telephone conversation
on Monday, October 27, 2008, regarding the escrow amount and the referenced matter.
As we discussed, at the time of closing on June 15, 2006, we retained in escrow $13,182.44 to be
made available for payment of a judgment against Calabrese & Sons, Inc., by Danko Arlington governed by
the provisions of the Escrow Agreement dated June 15, 2006, executed by the parties. By your letter dated
October 22, 2008, you have provided me a letter from James J. Woodworth, Esquire, dated October 16,
2008, advising their client, Danko Arlington, has accepted your offer to settle this matter for $6,591.22 in
total.
As I indicated to you when we spoke, the escrow balance is presently $12,227.55 which reflects
certain disbursements as follows:
Beginning Balance $13,182.44
Reimbursement to Midstate Abstract settlement
account for Check No. 22178 payable to
Freidman & King, PC $109.81
Recorder of Deeds $127.00
Sheriff of Cumberland County $718.08
Subtotal 854.89
Ending Balance $12,227.55
David A. Fitzsimons, Esquire
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October 28, 2008
I have reviewed our statements in detail and determined that these charges were not added to any of
the claims against Calabrese & Sons, Inc., in connection with any litigation.
Accordingly, please find enclosed our escrow check made payable to Martson Deardorff Williams
Otto Gilroy & Faller for $12,227.55 which is provided to you upon the understanding that you will make
payment directly to James J. Woodworth, Esquire, on behalf of his client, Danko Arlington, Inc., and that
you provide me with a time-stamped copy of the satisfaction of the judgment of record.
Very trulZReager
Davi . DWR/dlb
Enclosure
FAX: Bill Rothman
Conmarce
REAGER .& ADLER, P1C:
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ESCROW ACCOUNT
2331 MARKET STREET
CAMP HILL, PENNSYLVANIA 17011 60-184/313
DATE NUMBER AMOUNT
PAY 10/28/2008 6763 *$12227.55
***TWELVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN & 55/100 DOLLARS
To THE Martson Deardorff Williams Otto
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Account: 6283.000-5
VERIFICATION
I, William Rothman, hereby verify that I am a Partner in Brandy Investors, LP, and, as
such, I am authorized to verify the averments of the foregoing document are true and correct to
my personal knowledge, information and belief. 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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BRANDY INVESTORS, LP,
Respondent/Plaintiff
V.
CALABRESE & SONS, INC.,
Petitioner/Defendants
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL ACTION
: NO. 09-4976
CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN
EJECTMENT
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the date set forth below a true and correct copy of the foregoing
Respondent's Answer to Petitioners' Petition for Relief From Confession of Judgment in
Ejectment was served via first class U.S. mail, postage prepaid, to the following:
David A. Fitzsimons, Esquire
Martson, Deardorff, Williams Otto
Gilroy & Faller, P.C.
Ten East High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
Dated: September 11, 2009
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BY:JOHN H. PIETRZAK, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 79538
Email: JJpietrzak(-)Rea erg_AdlerPC.com
BY: THOMAS O. WILLIAMS, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 67987
Email: Twilliams(a)Reag_erAdlerPC.com
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Telephone: (717) 763-1383
Facsimile: (717) 730-7366
Attorneys for Brandy Investors, LP
BRANDY INVESTORS, LP, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
Respondent/Plaintiff CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V. : CIVIL ACTION
CALABRESE & SONS, INC., NO. 09-4976
Petitioner/Defendants
: CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT
PLAINTIFF BRANDY INVESTORS. LP'S MOTION FOR EMERGENCY ORDER OF
POSSESSION
AND NOW, comes the Respondent, Brandy Investors, LP, by and through its attorneys,
Reager & Adler, P.C., and files the following Motion for Emergency Order of Possession pursuant
to Cumberland County Local Rule of Court 298.3(a), and in support thereof, avers the following:
1. On July 22, 2009, Plaintiff, Brandy Investors, LP (hereinafter "Brandy") filed a
Confession of Judgment in Ejectment at Docket No. 09-4976 against Defendant Calabrese & Sons,
Inc. (hereinafter "Calabrese") seeking possession of the property located at 406 Brandy Lane,
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 (hereinafter the "leased premises") for Calabrese's numerous defaults
of rent and other amounts due under a commercial lease (hereinafter the "Lease").
2. Calabrese filed a Petition for Relief from Confession of Judgment in Ejectment on
August 20, 2009.
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The Court issued a Rule to Show Cause on August 24, 2009 requiring Brandy to
file an Answer to Calabrese's Petition for Relief, and stating that "If Plaintiff files an Answer to
this Rule to Show Cause, the Court will determine if further order or hearing is necessary."
4. Plaintiff filed an Answer to the Rule to Show Cause and to Calabrese's Petition for
Relief on September 14, 2009.
5. Brandy's Complaint for Confession in Ejectment seeks an order of possession due
to Calabrese's defaults of rent and tax payments required under the Lease in the principal amount
of $106,140.53. Brandy has filed a separate Confession of Judgment against Calabrese to recover
these amounts due, filed at Docket No. 09-4977, which is not before this Court.
6. Brandy seeks an immediate Order of Possession from this Court. Since Brandy
filed the two Confessions of Judgment in July 2009 (Docket No. 09-4977 for monetary recovery
and Docket No. 09-4976 for Ejectment), Calabrese has failed to make any further payments of rent
or taxes due under the Lease.
7. Pursuant to the Lease between the parties, Calabrese was required to pay rent in the
amount of $25,136.42 for August 2009, September 2009 and October 2009. Calabrese has failed
to make these rent payments, totaling an additional $75,409.26 in defaults not including late
charges or interest.
Further, Brandy paid the 2009 School Taxes on August 25, 2009 in the amount of
$34,464.34, which was Calabrese's responsibility to pay under the Lease.
9. It is evident that Calabrese intends to default on all future rent and tax payments
due under the Lease until Brandy is able to obtain an Order of Possession to regain possession of
the leased premises.
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10. Brandy has had to continue making its mortgage payments during the pendancy of
Calabrese's Petition for Relief in order to avoid defaulting on its financing obligations for the
subject property, without the benefit of receiving any rent from Calabrese. This has caused Brandy
great financial hardship.
11. As explained in Brandy's Answer to Calabrese's Petition for Relief from the
Confessed Judgment in Ejectment, Calabrese's Petition for Relief did not state any basis upon
which this Court can either open or strike the Confessed Judgment in Ejectment.
12. As Calabrese's Petition for Relief did not set forth any basis that would permit this
Honorable Court to open or strike the Confessed Judgment, there is no need for this Court to
schedule a hearing in this matter or set a briefing schedule before denying Calabrese's Petition for
Relief and issuing an Order of Possession to Brandy.
13. As Calabrese has ceased making rent and tax payments altogether since the filing of
the Confessed Judgment in July 2009, it would be manifestly unfair to permit Calabrese to remain
in possession of the leased premises for any additional length of time.
14. Unless this Honorable Court issues an immediate Order granting Brandy possession
of the leased premises, Brandy will continue to suffer great financial harm at the hands of
Calabrese.
15. Brandy therefore respectfully requests that this Honorable Court issue an immediate
Order denying Calabrese's Petition for Relief and granting Plaintiff, Brandy Investors, LP
possession of the leased premises at 406 Brandy Lane, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055.
16. In the alternative, Brandy respectfully request this Honorable Court to issue an
immediate Order requiring Calabrese to pay Brandy the rent owed for August, September and
October 2009 in the amount of $75,409.26, plus $34,464.34 for the 2009 School taxes, for a total
amount of $109,873.60. Further, Brandy requests the Court to Order Calabrese to continue to pay
its rent in the monthly amount of $25,136.42 for November 2009 and every month thereafter, all as
a condition of maintaining its challenge to the Confessed Judgment in Ejectment, including any
time period after such Confessed Judgment may have been opened until final resolution of this
matter.
17. Concurrence of Counsel for Calabrese & Sons, Inc. to the relief sought in this
Motion was sought and denied.
18. Defendant's Petition for Relief from Confessed Judgment in Ejectment is assigned
to and currently pending before Judge M. L. Ebert, Jr.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff, Brandy Investors, LP, requests this Honorable Court to deny
Defendant Calabrese & Sons, Inc.'s Petition for Relief from Confessed Judgment in Ejectment and
to immediately issue an Order of Possession to the Plaintiff.
Respectfully submitted,
REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
Date: October 23, 2009 oz,? G
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Jo H. Pietrzal , Esq e
Attorney I.D. No. 79538
Attorney for Plaintiff, Brandy Investors, LP
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VERIFICATION
I, Jack. Jurasits, hereby verify that I am a Partner in Brandy Investors, LP, and, as such, I
am authorized to verify the averments of the foregoing document are true and correct to my
personal knowledge, information and belief. I understand that false statements herein are made
subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S. §4904, relating to unworn falsification to authorities.
Date:'
By: a? L4t:Z;0'4
J uras'
BRANDY INVESTORS, LP, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
Respondent/Plaintiff CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V. CIVIL ACTION
CALABRESE & SONS, INC., : NO. 09-4976
Petitioner/Defendants
CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the date set forth below a true and correct copy of the foregoing
Plaintiffs Motion for Emergency Order of Possession was served via certified U.S. mail, return-
receipt requested, to the following:
Seth T. Mosebey, Esquire
Martson Law Offices
10 East High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
Dated: October 23, 2009
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PENNSYLVANIA
OCT 2 7 2009.
BRANDY INVESTORS, LP, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
Respondent/Plaintiff CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V. : CIVIL ACTION
CALABRESE & SONS, INC., NO. 09-4976
Petitioner/Defendants
: CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT
ORDER
AND NOW, this day of IVOV??`p?,f , 2009, upon consideration of
Defendant, Calabrese & Sons, Inc.'s Petition for Relief from Confession of Judgment in
Ejectment and Plaintiff, Brandy Investors, LP's Answer thereto, as well as upon consideration of
Plaintiffs Emergency Motion for Order of Possession and Defendants Answer thereto, if any, it
is hereby ORDERED that Defendant Calabrese & Sons, Inc.'s Petition for Relief from
Confession of Judgment in Ejectment is DENIED.
It is further ORDERED that Plaintiff Brandy Investors, LP is granted immediate
Possession of the property located at 406 Brandy Lane, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055.
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M. L. Ebert, Jr., J.
Counsel for Plaintiff:
/hn H. Pietrzak, Esquire, Reager & Adler, P.C., 2331 Market St., Camp Hill, PA 17011
Counsel for Defendant:
/eth T. Mosebey, Esq., Martson Law Offices, 10 East High Street, Carlisle, PA 17013
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David A. Fitzsimons, Esquire
Seth T. Mosebey, Esquire
I.D. No. 203046 and No. 41722
MARTSON LAW OFFICES
10 East High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 243-3341
Attorneys for Defendant
BRANDY INVESTORS, LP, : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
Respondent/Plaintiff : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V. NO. 09-4976
CALABRESE & SONS, INC., and CIVIL ACTION - LAW
Petitioner/Defendant :
PETITIONER/DEFENDANT'S PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION
OF THE COURT'S ORDER OF NOVEMBER 9, 2009
AND NOW, comes the Petitioner/Defendant, Calabrese & Sons, Inc. ("Calabrese"), by and
through its attorneys, MAR.TSON LAW OFFICES, and files the following Petition seeking
reconsideration of the Court's Order of November 9, 2009, and scheduling of proceedings for an
orderly transfer of possession of real estate as follows:
1. This Petition arises from actions under the above referenced docket relating to
Confessions of Judgment at No. 09-4977 and Confessions of Judgment in Ejectment at No. 09-4976
against Calabrese and seeks relief from immediate action contemplated by Brandy Investors which
would effect irreparable harm upon Calabrese and halt in-place, ongoing federal military
procurement.
2. Issues relating to contesting the final amount owed under the judgment have not yet
been disposed as is evidenced by the Order of Judge Oler dated November 6, 2009, attached hereto
as Exhibit "A."
3. Judge Oler's Order disposes of Calabrese's objections to the confessed judgment but
acknowledges that the amount at issue remains undetermined.
4. Brandy Investors filed a Motion for Emergency Order of Possession on or about
October 23, 2009, while the action in front of Judge Oler was pending. The instant action in
possession was assigned to the Honorable M. L. Ebert, Jr.
5. On November 9, 2009, Judge Ebert issued an Order (attached hereto as Exhibit "B")
granting Brandy Investors immediate possession without opportunity for hearing or for disposition
of the matters related to whether or not Brandy Investors' prayer for emergency possession is
appropriate.
6. In fact, substantial hardship to Calabrese, its employees and customers, including
federal military procurement entities would occur if Brandy Investors were allowed to immediately
eject Calabrese from the facilities.
7. The facilities are a substantial machine shop operation with heavy machinery and
ongoing federal contracts in place that would require substantial time and investment to remove, and
simply ejecting Calabrese and leaving the equipment and in-progress federal contracts in place would
cause substantial hardship and dislocation to not only Calabrese but also to, its employees, and the
United States Navy, among other customers.
8. Upon information and belief, while Brandy Investors has posted the property for lease
or sale, no tenant is immediately available for this machine shop facility, which is in excess of
20,000 square feet.
9. Counsel for Brandy Investors does not concur in the relief sought in this Petition.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner/Defendant Calabrese & Sons, Inc., respectfully prays that the
Court will reconsider its Order of November 9, 2009, and order an appropriate proceeding to
determine the orderly transfer of possession to Brandy Investors.
MARTSON LAW OFFICES
By . 0? O&??
David A. Fitzsimons squire
Seth T. Mosebey, Esquire
10 East High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 243-3341
Date: A 113169 Attorneys for Defendant
EXHIBIT A
BRANDY INVESTORS, LP,
Plaintiff
V.
CALABRESE & SONS, INC.,
and JOSEPH CALABRESE,
Defendants
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
: CIVIL ACTION - LAW
NO. 09-4977 CIVIL TERM
IN RE: DEFENDANTS' PETITION FOR
RELIEF FROM CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT
BEFORE OLER, J.
ORDER OF COURT
AND NOW, this 6 h day of November, 2009, upon consideration of Defendants'
Petition for Relief from Confession of Judgment, and following oral argument held on
November 4, 2009, the petition is denied.
NOTHING in this order is intended to represent a ruling that Defendants are not
entitled to a return of all or part of the security deposit in this case.
BY THE COUR,
J. esley Oler, r., J.
John H. Pietrzak, Esq.
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Attorney for Plaintiff
Da id A. Fitzsimons, Esq.
East High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
Attorneys for Defendants
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EXHIBIT B
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BRANDY INVESTORS, LP,
Respondent/Plaintiff
V.
CALABRESE & SONS, INC.,
Petitioner/Defendants
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
: CIVIL ACTION
NO. 09-4976
CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT
ORDER
AND NOW, this ((?? 'Ij?lday of 2009, upon consideration of
Defendant, Calabrese & Sons, Inc.'s Petition for Relief from Confession of Judgment in
Ejectment and Plaintiff, Brandy Investors, LP's Answer thereto, as well as upon consideration of
Plaintiffs Emergency Motion for Order of Possession and Defendants Answer thereto, if any, it
is hereby ORDERED that Defendant Calabrese & Sons, Inc.'s Petition for Relief from
Confession of Judgment in Ejectment is DENIED.
It is further ORDERED that Plaintiff Brandy Investors, LP is granted immediate
Possession of the property located at 406 Brandy Lane, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055.
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L. Ebert, r., J.
Counsel for Plaintiff:
John H. Pietrzak, Esquire, Reager & Adler, P.C., 2331 Market St., Camp Hill, PA 17011
Counsel for Defendant:
Seth T. Mosebey, Esq., Martson Law Offices, 10 East High Street, Carlisle, PA 17013
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I, Joseph Calabrese, President of Calabrese & Sons, Inc., hereby verify that I am authorized
to sign this Verification and have reviewed the foregoing document and to the extent that the
foregoing document contains facts supplied by or known to me, they are true and correct to the best
of my knowledge, information and belief.
I understand that false statements made herein are subject to the penalties of 18 P&C.S.A.
§4904, relating to answom falsification to authorities.
Calabrese & Sons, Inc.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Mary M. Price, an authorized agent for Martson Law Offices, hereby certify that a copy of
the foregoing Defendants' Petition for Reconsideration was served this date by depositing same in
the Post Office at Carlisle, PA, first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
John H. Pietrzak, Esquire
Reager & Adler, P.C.
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
(717) 763-1383
Attorney for Plaintiff
MARTSON LAW OFFICES
By:
M . Price
Ten ast High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 243-3341
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I.D. No. 203046 and No. 41722
MARTSON LAW OFFICES
10 East High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 243-3341
Attorneys for Defendant
BRANDY INVESTORS, LP, : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
Respondent/Plaintiff : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V.
NO. 09-4976
CALABRESE & SONS, INC., and : CIVIL ACTION - LAW
Petitioner/Defendant :
DEFENDANT'S PETITION FOR STAY OF EXECUTION
AND NOW, comes the Petitioner/Defendant, Calabrese & Sons, Inc. ("Calabrese"), by and
through its attorneys, MARTSON LAW OFFICES, and files the following Petition, pursuant to Pa.
R.C.P. Rule 3162, seeking a stay of execution and an orderly transfer of possession of real estate as
follows:
1. This Petition arises from actions under the above referenced docket relating to
Confessions of Judgment at No. 09-4977 and Confessions of Judgment in Ejectment at No. 09-4976
against Calabrese and seeks a stay of execution in order to prevent irreparable harm upon Calabrese
and halt in-place, ongoing federal military procurement.
2. Issues relating to contesting the final amount owed under the judgment have not yet
been disposed as is evidenced by the Order of Judge Oler dated November 6, 2009, attached hereto
as Exhibit "A."
3. Judge Oler's Order disposes of Calabrese's objections to the confessed judgment but
acknowledges that the amount at issue remains undetermined. Moreover, Brandy Investors, despite
requests, has yet to account for the status of the escrowed funds, including interest and current
balance.
4. Brandy Investors filed a Motion for Emergency Order of Possession on or about
October 23, 2009, while the action in front of Judge Oler was pending. The instant action in
possession was assigned to the Honorable M. L. Ebert, Jr.
5. On November 9, 2009, Judge Ebert issued an Order (attached hereto as Exhibit "B")
granting Brandy Investors immediate possession without opportunity for hearing or for disposition
of the matters related to whether or not Brandy Investors' prayer for emergency possession is
appropriate.
6. On November 12, 2009, Brandy Investors filed a Praecipe for Writ of Possession
requesting that the Sheriff of Cumberland County deliver possession of the premises at 406 Brandy
Lane, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, to Brandy Investors.
7. Substantial hardship to Calabrese, its employees and customers, including federal
military procurement entities would occur if Brandy Investors were allowed to immediately eject
Calabrese from the facilities.
8. The facilities are a substantial machine shop operation with heavy machinery and
ongoing federal contracts in place that would require substantial time and investment to remove, and
simply ejecting Calabrese and leaving the equipment and in-progress federal contracts in place would
cause substantial hardship and dislocation to not only Calabrese but also to, its employees, and the
United States Navy, among other customers.
9. Allowing Brandy Investors to in effect "shutter" Calabrese will halt substantial
pending progress payments due on U.S. Navy contracts and halt $2.6 million in ongoing U.S. Navy
contracts critical to aircraft launch and recovery operations.
10. Upon information and belief, while Brandy Investors has posted the property for lease
or sale, no tenant is immediately available for this machine shop facility, which is 89,000 square feet.
11. Counsel for Brandy Investors does not concur in the relief sought in this Petition.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner/Defendant Calabrese & Sons, Inc., respectfully prays that the
Court will stay the execution and issue an Order providing for the orderly transfer of possession of
the real property located at 406 Brandy Lane, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
Date:- ' m"& \% Nvij\
MARTSON LAW OFFICES
n
By
David A. Fitzsimons, Esquire
Seth T. Mosebey, Esquire
10 East High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 243-3341
Attorneys for Defendant
EXHIBIT A
BRANDY INVESTORS, LP,
Plaintiff
V.
CALABRESE & SONS, INC.,
and JOSEPH CALABRESE,
Defendants
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
: CIVIL ACTION - LAW
: NO. 09-4977 CIVIL TERM
IN RE: DEFENDANTS' PETITION FOR
RELIEF FROM CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT
BEFORE OLER, J.
ORDER OF COURT
AND NOW, this 60' day of November, 2009, upon consideration of Defendants'
Petition for Relief from Confession of Judgment, and following oral argument held on
November 4, 2009, the petition is denied.
NOTHING in this order is intended to represent a ruling that Defendants are not
entitled to a return of all or part of the security deposit in this case.
BY THE COUR,
v/.
I /PC,
J. esley Oler, r., J.
John H. Pietrzak, Esq.
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Attorney for Plaintiff
Da id A. Fitzsimons, Esq.
East High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
Attorneys for Defendants
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EXHIBIT B
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BRANDY INVESTORS, LP,
Respondent/Plaintiff
V.
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
: CIVIL ACTION
CALABRESE & SONS, INC., : NO. 094976
Petitioner/Defendants
CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT
ORDER
2009, upon consideration of
AND NOW, this q-41 day of & I - ,
maeat
Defendant, Calabrese & Sons, Inc.'s Petition for Relief from Confession of Judgment in
Ejectment and Plaintiff, Brandy Investors, LP's Answer thereto, as well as upon consideration of
Plaintiffs Emergency Motion for Order of Possession and Defendants Answer thereto, if any, it
is hereby ORDERED that Defendant Calabrese & Sons, Inc.'s Petition for Relief from
Confession of Judgment in Ejectment is DENIED.
It is further ORDERED that Plaintiff Brandy Investors, LP is granted immediate
Possession of the property located at 406 Brandy Lane, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055.
M. L. Ebert, r., J.
Counsel for Plaintiff:
John H. Pietrzak, Esquire, Reager & Adler, P.C., 2331 Market St., Camp Hill, PA 17011
Counsel for Defendant:
Seth T. Mosebey, Esq., Martson Law Offices, 10 East High Street, Carlisle, PA 17013
I, Joseph Calabrese, President of Calabrese & Sons, Ina, hereby verify that I am audwrized
to sign this Verification and have reviewed the foregoing document and to the extent that the
foregoing document contains facts sugpfied by or known to me, they are true and correct to the best
of my knowledge. information and belief.
I understand that false statements made herein are subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S.A.
§4904, relating to unswom falsification to authorities.
Calabrese & Sons, Inc.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Mary M. Price, an authorized agent for Martson Law Offices, hereby certify that a copy of
the foregoing Defendants' Petition for Stay of Execution was served this date by depositing same
in the Post Office at Carlisle, PA, first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
John H. Pietrzak, Esquire
Reager & Adler, P.C.
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
(717) 763-1383
Attorney for Plaintiff
MARTSON LAW OFFICES
By:
M . Price
Ten East High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 243-3341
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BRANDY INVESTORS, LP, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
PLAINTIFF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V.
CALABRESE & SONS, INC., and
JOSEPH CALABRESE,
DEFENDANTS NO. 09-4976 CIVIL
ORDER OF COURT
AND NOW, this 16`" day of November, 2009, upon consideration of the Calabrese &
Sons, Inc.'s Petition for Reconsideration,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND DIRECTED that the Petition for Reconsideration of this
Court's Order dated November 9, 2009, is DENIED.
By the Court,
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M. L. Ebert, Jr., J.
John H. Pietrzak, Esquire
Attorney for Plaintiff
/Seth Mosebey, Esquire
David Fitzsimons, Esquire
Attorney for Defendants
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REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
BY:JOHN H. PIETRZAK, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 79538
Email: Jpietrzak(&ReaggAdlerPC.com
BY: THOMAS O. WILLIAMS, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 67987
Email: TwilliamsAReagerAdlerPC.com
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Telephone: (717) 763-1383
Facsimile: (717) 730-7366
Attorneys for Brandy Investors, LP
BRANDY INVESTORS, LP, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
Respondent/Plaintiff CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V. : CIVIL ACTION
CALABRESE & SONS, INC., NO. 09-4976
Petitioner/Defendants
: CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT
RESPONDENT BRANDY INVESTORS. LP'S ANSWER TO PETITIONERS' PETITION
FOR STAY OF EXECUTION
AND NOW, comes the Respondent, Brandy Investors, LP, by and through its attorneys,
Reager & Adler, P.C., and files the following Answer to Petitioner's Petition for Stay of Execution
of Writ of Possession, and in support thereof, avers the following:
1. No response required.
2. Denied. The amount of the Confessed Judgment for monetary damages under
Docket No. 09-4977 is final. Defendants Calabrese & Sons, Inc. and Joseph Calabrese filed a
Petition for Relief of the confessed judgment for monetary damages. Their petition was denied by
Judge Oler in an Order dated November 6, 2009, attached to Petitioner's Petition for Stay of
Execution as Exhibit "A". Judge Oler did not open or strike the confessed judgment and his Order
does not in any way call into question the amount of the confessed judgment. The reference to a
return of the security deposit has no bearing on the amount of the confessed judgment under
Docket No. 09-4977 and this allegation is raised by Petitioners only to cause confusion and delay
execution of the writ of execution for that judgment.
3. Denied. Judge Oler's November 6, 2009 Order speaks for itself. There is nothing
contained in the Order that "acknowledges that the amount at issue remains undetermined." Judge
Older denied Petitioners' Petition for Relief and therefore the amount of the confessed judgment at
Docket No. 09-4977 is not in question. Calabrese has made no demand upon Respondent Brandy
Investors, LP ("Brandy") to account for the $70,025.00 security deposit held in escrow. To the
extent that there is any question concerning these funds, they remain in escrow, but have no
bearing upon the confessed judgment filed at 09-4977.
4. Admitted. By way of further answer, Brandy's motion pertained only to the
Confession of Judgment for Possession at Docket No. 09-4976 before Judge Ebert and had no
bearing whatsoever on the matter pending before Judge Oler at Docket No. 09-4977.
5. Admitted in part; Denied in part. Brandy admits that Judge Ebert issued the Order
dated November 12, 2009 granting possession to Brandy. Brandy denies that such order was
issued "without the opportunity for a hearing." Brandy's October 23, 2009 motion was filed
merely in an effort to have Judge Ebert rule upon Calabrese & Sons, Inc.'s ("Calabrese") prior
Petition for Relief from the Confession of Judgment for Possession under Docket No. 09-4976,
filed on August 20, 2009, and which Brandy had Answered on September 14, 2009. The necessity
to seek an immediate resolution of Calabrese's Petition for Relief was due to Calabrese's ongoing
failure to pay any rent from August 1, 2009 to the present. Every month that Calabrese is able to
delay Brandy from obtaining possession costs Brandy an additional $25,136.42 in rent and
approximately $4,500 in pro-rated taxes and insurance.
6. Admitted.
7. Admitted, with clarification. While Brandy must acknowledge that eviction will
necessarily entail hardship to Calabrese, such is unavoidable. Calabrese has by its conduct
forfeited any right to remain in the leased premises. Calabrese defaulted on rent and other
payments due under the Lease in a principal amount of $106,140.53, not including applicable late
fees, which resulted in the filing of the instant confessions of judgment on July 22, 2009. Since
that time, Calabrese has defaulted on a further $100,545.68 in rent payments and $34,464.34 for
2009 School Taxes paid by Brandy in August 2009. Calabrese apparently did not begin making
plans for an "orderly transfer of possession" when it made the conscious decision to stop paying
rent in August 2009. Any resultant hardship is Calabrese's fault alone and does not provide this
Court with an "equitable basis" to stay the execution of the previously issued writ of possession.
8. Denied. Brandy is not seeking to "simply eject" Calabrese. This is a process that
has been ongoing for over four months, during which time Calabrese has continued to default upon
all payments due under the Lease while apparently not making any preparations for what it must
have known was its eventual eviction. The fact that Calabrese has not been planning for its
eventual eviction in order to minimize disruption to its employees and customers, shows only that
Calabrese continues to act in an unreasonable manner. This does not provide an "equitable basis"
for a stay of execution under Pa.R.C.P. 3162.
9. Brandy has insufficient information to either admit or deny this averment. It is
sufficient to say that any disruption, while unfortunate, has been brought about by Calabrese's own
actions in defaulting upon the obligations under the Lease.
10. Admitted. While Brandy does not have a tenant prepared to take immediate
possession, this does not mitigate in favor of permitting Calabrese to remain in possession of the
leased premises. Calabrese stopped paying any rent in August 2009. To permit Calabrese to
remain in possession, at Brandy's significant expense, would be manifestly unfair.
11. Admitted.
WHEREFORE, Respondent, Brandy Investors, LP, requests this Honorable Court to deny
Petitioners' Petition for Stay of Execution of the Writ of Possession under 09-4976.
NEW MATTER
12. Because Calabrese now seeks relief on equitable grounds, it is necessary to ensure
that the Court has all of the facts relevant to such equitable considerations before it when
considering Calabrese's Petition.
13. Calabrese has a long history of defaulting upon the payments due under its June
2006 Lease with Brandy.
14. In 2007, Calabrese defaulted on rent payments for July and August, as well as tax
and insurance premium payments, in the total principal amount of $65,447.09. Brandy confessed
judgment at Docket No. 07-4277 and collected a judgment totaling approximately $77,009.73,
including late fees, interest and attorneys' fees on or around February 1, 2008.
15. In 2008, Brandy filed another confession of judgment against Calabrese, at Docket
No. 08-2519. There, Calabrese defaulted upon February, March and April 2008 rent, as well as
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taxes due in 2007 and 2008, insurance due in 2007 and amounts due for roof repairs, all in the total
principal amount of $120,075.63, not including late fees, interest or attorneys' fees. Brandy
ultimately withdrew this confession of judgment because the recession hit and Calabrese was
paying rent during the pendancy of the appeal of the judgments. Calabrese never paid any of the
amounts due under this confession of judgment, which was withdrawn, and they remain
outstanding today.
16. The present Confessions of Judgment at 09-4976 (ejectment) and 09-4977
(monetary damages) are based upon Calabrese's failure to pay rent for February and June 2009,
and taxes and insurance due in 2008 and 2009, in the total principal amount of $106,140.53, not
including late fees, interest or attorneys' fees.
17. Since the current confessions of judgment were filed on July 22, 2009, Calabrese
has defaulted on rent for August, September, October and November 2009 and taxes due in
August 2009, for a total principal amount due of $135,010.02, not including late fees.
18. The total amount that Calabrese owes Brandy, not including the 2007 confession of
judgment, which was collected upon, is $361,226.18.
19. Calabrese has given no indication that it intends to pay its rent when it becomes due
on December 1, 2009, in the amount of $25,136.42.
20. As can be seen from the amounts above, Calabrese has a long and continuous
history of failing to comply with the payment obligations under its Lease. This long history of
non-payment has caused great, continuous and ongoing harm to Brandy, who has been forced to
pay the mortgage, taxes and insurance on the building despite Calabrese's failure to live up to its
obligations.
21. Brandy is in danger of losing the leased premises to the bank if it must continue to
suffer a tenant who has shown its intention of remaining in the leased premises for as long as
possible without paying rent.
22. Despite Calabrese's history of non-payment, on November 17, 2009, after this
Court issued the Order granting possession to Brandy, Brandy offered to permit Calabrese to
remain in the premises until January 31, 2009 (a date picked by Calabrese's attorney) in order to
perform an "orderly wrap-up" of its operations. In exchange, Brandy required that Calabrese pay
November and December 2009 and January 2010 rent, as well as $4,500 per month in pro-rated
taxes and insurance, in advance, for a total of $88,909.26. Brandy requested an answer to this
proposal by the end of business on November 19, 2009. Calabrese has not responded to this
request. Counsel for Brandy communicated this offer to Calabrese's counsel by telephone and
email on November 17, 2009. A true and correct copy of the November 17, 2009 email is attached
hereto as Exhibit "A".
23. Calabrese has successfully delayed execution of the confession of judgment for
possession of the leased premises for over four months while it has apparently not made any
preparations to wrap up its business or vacate the premises.
24. At the "eleventh hour" Calabrese seeks the mercy of the Court to grant it a stay of
execution of the writ of possession. Calabrese asks the Court to do equity while Calabrese itself
has not acted in an equitable manner towards Brandy. Calabrese has not brought any new
information to the Court's attention that would warrant a stay of execution that was not considered
by both Judge Ebert and Judge Oler in their separate granting of Orders denying Calabrese's two
Petitions for Relief. In both matters, Calabrese was found to not be entitled to relief.
25. Calabrese respectfully requests this Honorable Court to perform equity on behalf of
Brandy and deny Calabrese's Petition for Stay of Execution.
WHEREFORE, Respondent, Brandy Investors, LP, requests this Honorable Court to deny
Petitioners' Petition for Stay of Execution of the Writ of Possession under 09-4976.
Respectfully submitted,
REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
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Date: November 24, 2009
Jo H. Pietrzak, Esquir
A orney I.D. No. 79538
Thomas O. Williams, Esquire
Attorney I.D. No. 67987
Attorneys for Plaintiff, Brandy Investors, LP
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John Pietrzak
From: John Pietrzak
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 3:18 PM
To: 'David A. Fitzsimons'
Cc: 'Seth T. Mosebey'
Subject: Calabrese
David,
My clients have authorized me to forward the following proposal to postpone takeover of possession of the leased
property until January 31, 2009, the date upon which you have indicated your client needs to wrap up his
business operations in an orderly fashion.
Brandy Investors will postpone having the Sheriff execute on the writ of possession until January 31, 2010 in
exchange for advance payment of 3 months rent (November, December 2009 and January 2010) in the amount
of $25,136.42 per month plus $4,500 per month pro rata for taxes and insurance, for a total of $88,909.26. The
amount of $88,909.26 must be paid to Brandy Investors by wire transfer or cashier's check no later than close of
business on Thursday, November 19, 2009.
Brandy Investors will not agree to use the security deposit as part of this payment.
Please advise if your client will agree to these terms.
Thank you,
John.
John H. Pietrzak
Reager & Adler, P.C.
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011-4642
(717) 763-1383
fax: (717) 730-7366
JPietrzak@RQagprAdlerT?C.com
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11/24/2009
VERIFICATION
I, Jack Jurasits, hereby verify that I am a Partner in Brandy Investors, LP, and, as such, I
am authorized to verify the averments of the foregoing document are true and correct to my
personal knowledge, information and belief. I understand that false statements herein are made
subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S. §4904, relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
Date: (IIO(l 29 By: 0"
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BRANDY INVESTORS, LP,
Respondent/Plaintiff
V.
CALABRESE & SONS, INC.,
Petitioner/Defendants
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
: CIVIL ACTION
: NO. 09-4976
: CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN EJECTMENT
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the date set forth below a true and correct copy of the foregoing
Respondent's Answer to Petitioners Petition For Stay of Execution was served via certified U.S.
mail, return-receipt requested, to the following:
Seth T. Mosebey, Esquire
Martson Law Offices
10 East High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
Dated: November 24, 2009
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BRANDY INVESTORS, LP, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
PLAINTIFF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V.
CALABRESE & SONS, INC., and
JOSEPH CALABRESE, :
DEFENDANTS : NO. 09-4976 CIVIL
ORDER OF COURT
AND NOW, this 20th day of November, 2009, upon consideration of the Defendant's
Petition for Stay of Execution,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND DIRECTED that the Plaintiff file an Answer to the
Petition on or before November 24, 2009;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND DIRECTED that a status conference with counsel on
the matter will be held at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 25, 2009, in chambers of Courtroom
No. 5 of the Cumberland County Courthouse.
By the Court,
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M. L. Ebert, Jr., J.
ohn H. Pietrzak, Esquire
Attorney for Plaintiff
Seth Mosebey, Esquire
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Attorney for Defendants
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BRANDY INVESTORS, LP,
Plaintiff
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CALABRESE & SONS, INC.,
Defendant
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL ACTION
09-4976 CIVIL TERM
CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IN
EJECTMENT
IN RE: STATUS CONFERENCE
ORDER OF COURT
AND NOW, this 25th day of November, 2009, after review
of the defendant petition for stay of execution, the defendant's
answer thereto, and argument by counsel in the matter, IT IS
HEREBY ORDERED AND DIRECTED that the defendant's petition for
stay of execution is denied.
By the Court,
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