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S ❑x Complaint ❑ Writ of Summons ❑ Petition
E E] Transfer from Another Jurisdiction ❑ Declaration of Taking
C Lead Plaintiffs Name: Lead Defendant's Name:
T Harold W. Morgan William M. Meehan
I Are money damages requested? El Yes M No Dollar Amount Requested: ❑within arbitration limits
(check one) []outside arbitration limits
N Is this a Class Action Suit? ❑Yes D No Is this an MDJAppeal? ❑ Yes El No
A Name of Plaintiff/Appellant's Attorney: Wayne F.Shade, Esquire
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HAROLD W. MORGAN and : INj T�E�A�OF ��PE�SYLVANIA
EAS OF
JOYCE K. MORGAN,
Plaintiffs : CIVIL ACTION—LAW
V.
NO. 2014 - CIVIL TERM
WILLIAM M. MEEHAN and
JOICE A. MEEHAN,
Defendants : ACTION TO QUIET TITLE
NOTICE
You have been sued in Court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the
following pages, you must take action within twenty (20) days after this Complaint and Notice
are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with
the Court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if
you fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you
by the Court without further notice for any money claimed in the Complaint or for any other
claim of relief requested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights
important to you.
YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO
NOT HAVE A LAWYER, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW.
THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER.
IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE
TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER
LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE.
Cumberland County Bar Association
32 South Bedford Street
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013
Telephone: (717) 249-3166r
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Wayne . Shade,Esquire '
Supreme Court No. 15712 = ti
53 West Pomfret Street Q
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013
Telephone: 717-243-0220
Attorney for Plaintiffs
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HAROLD W. MORGAN and : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
JOYCE K. MORGAN, : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Plaintiffs : CIVIL ACTION—LAW
V. NO. 2014 - CIVIL TERM
WILLIAM M. MEEHAN and
JOICE A. MEEHAN,
Defendants : ACTION TO QUIET TITLE
COMPLAINT
AND NOW, come Plaintiffs HAROLD W. MORGAN and JOYCE K. MORGAN,
by and through their attorney, Wayne F. Shade, Esquire, and respectfully represent, as
follows:
1. Plaintiffs HAROLD W. MORGAN and JOYCE K. MORGAN are adult
individuals (hereinafter the "MORGANS") who reside at 235 York Road, Carlisle,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 17013.
2. Defendants WILLIAM M. MEEHAN and JOICE A. MEEHAN are adult
individuals (hereinafter the "MEEHANS") who reside at 311 York Road, Carlisle,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 17013.
3. On or about October 10, 2002, the MORGANS purchased the real estate
premises, with improvements thereon erected, known and numbered as 315 York Road,
Carlisle, South Middleton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, from Vernon E.
Calaman and Doris`E. Calaman (hereinafter the "Calamaris").
4. The Calamans purchased the property in question on January 21, 1963, and
they owned it continuously thereafter until they sold it to the MORGANS.
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5. The MEEHANS purchased the property where they reside on or about July 25,
2003.
6. The property at 315 York Road shares a common boundary with the property at
311 York Road.
7. More than forty years ago, Vernon E. Calaman erected a chain-link fence
precisely on the property line between 315 York Road and 311 York Road.
8. The chain-link fence was erected with the express, oral consent of Myrtle V.
James, the then owner of the property at 311 York Road.
9. The chain-link fence has been maintained on the property line, by the Calamans
and the MORGANS, continuously since it was erected.
10. The legal description of the property at 315 York Road, Carlisle, South
Middleton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, is, as follows:
ALL that certain tract of land with the improvements thereon
situate in South Middleton Township, Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the intersection of the northwestern
line of a 40 foot service road (said service road having been made in
connection with the new Legislative Route No. 799-4 limited access
highway) and the northeastern line of York Road, said 40 foot service
road being between the premises herein conveyed and the premises of
Ralph K. Kissinger; thence in a northeasterly direction along the
northwestern side of said 40 foot service road, a distance of 287 feet,
more or less, to a point, said point being the intersection of the
extension of the northwestern line of said service road and the
southwesterly line of said service road (said service road turning here by
an arc with a small radius); thence in a northwestern direction along the
southwestern line of said service road, a distance of 123.5 feet, more or
less, to an iron pipe; thence in a southwesterly direction along a row of
trees dividing the property herein conveyed and other property now or
formerly of George H. James and Myrtle V. James, his wife, a distance
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of 287 feet, more or less, to an iron pipe on the northeastern line of York
Road; thence in a southeasterly direction along the northeastern line of
York Road, a distance of 123.5 feet, more or less, to a point, the Place
of BEGINNING.
HAVING erected thereon a dwelling known as 315 York Road,
Carlisle, PA 17013.
SUBJECT to the limit of slope of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania along York Road, the line of the herein described
premises along York Road being the required right-of-way line of York
Road.
BEING the same property which George H. James and Myrtle V.
James, his wife, granted and conveyed to Vernon E. Calaman and Doris
E. Calaman, his wife, grantors herein, by deed dated January 21, 1963
and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds for Cumberland
County, Pennsylvania, in Deed Book "T", Volume 20, Page 114.
11. The MEEHANS are claiming that the chain-link fence is on their property and
that they own it.
WHEREFORE, the MORGANS respectfully request that your Honorable Court
issue a decree that the chain-link fence is on the property line between the properties at
315 York Road and 311 York Road and that the chain-link fence belongs to the
MORGANS and award such other relief as may be equitable and just.
Wayne F. hade, Esquire
Supreme Court No. 15712
53 West Pomfret Street
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013
Telephone: 717-243-0220
Attorney for Plaintiffs
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The statements in the foregoing Complaint are based upon information which has
been assembled by my attorney in this litigation. The language of the statements is not
my own. I have read the statements; and, to the extent that they are based upon
information which I have given to my counsel, they are true and correct to the best of my
knowledge, information, and belief. I understand that false statements herein are made
subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S. §'4904 relating to unsworn falsification to
authorities.
Date: September 5, 2014
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SHERIFF'S OFFK=E OF CUMBERLAND =O
Ronny RAnderson k), i"L
Sheriff (�� THE PRO-HnNOr` I`�
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COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA
Jody S Smith
Chief Deputy
Richard W Stewart
Solicitor
Harold Wilham Morgan (et al.)
vs.
William M Meehan (et al.)
Case Number
2014-5242
SHERIFF'S RETURN OF SERVICE
09/19/2014 10:10 AM - Deputy Dennis Fry, being duly sworn according to law, served the requested Complaint &
Notice by handing a true copy to a person representing themselves to be Ryan Meehan, son, who
accepted as "Adult Person in Charge" for William M Meehan at 311 York Road, South Middleton, Carlisle,
PA 17013.
DEN FRY, D UTY
09/18/2014 10:10 AM - Deputy Dennis Fry, being duly sworn
according to law, served the requested Complaint &
Notice by handing a true copy to a person representing themselves to be Ryan Meehan, son, who
accepted as "Adult Person in Charge" for Joice A Meehan at 311 York Road, South Middleton, Carlisle,
PA 17013,
DENNKSFRY DEP
SHERIFF COST: $51.27 SO ANSWERS,
September 22, 2014 RONNYRANDERSON, SHERIFF
(c.) CounhiSuite Sheriff, Toleosoft,
HAROLD W. MORGAN and : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
JOYCE K. MORGAN, : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Plaintiffs : CIVIL ACTION — LAW
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WILLIAM M. MEEHAN and ®
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STIPULATION
AND NOW, this /9a day of Dece,r b e r' , 2014, come Plaintiffs
HAROLD W. MORGAN and JOYCE K. MORGAN and Defendants WILLIAM M.
MEEHAN and JOICE A. MEEHAN, by and through their respective attorneys, Wayne F.
Shade, Esquire, and Hubert X. Gilroy, Esquire, of Martson Law Offices, and with regard
to the above -captioned matter, stipulate and agree, as follows:
1. The chain-link fence between the properties at 311 York Road, Carlisle,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and 315 York Road, Carlisle, Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania, is on the property line between the properties.
2. The chain-link fence is the property of Plaintiffs.
3. Defendants will not damage or remove the fence and will not interfere with the
Plaintiffs' maintenance of the fence in its current location. The right of the Plaintiffs to
maintain the fence in its current location is not deemed to be an approval for the Plaintiffs
or their agents to enter on the property of the Defendants.
4. Plaintiffs agree that there shall be no herbicides or poisons sprayed into the
yard of the Defendants while Plaintiffs are maintaining their fence.
5. The parties agree that this Stipulation and subsequent Court Order
incorporating the Stipulation represents a mutual release of the parties in connection with
any prior matters relating to the fence in question.
6. The Order issued pursuant hereto will be binding upon any successors in title of
the Defendants.
7. It is the desire and intention of the parties hereto that this Stipulation be filed in
the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and that the foregoing
proposed Order of Court be endorsed by the Court so as to have the full effect thereof.
MARTSON LAW OFFICES
Wayne F. Shade, Esquire
Attorney for Plaintiffs
By:
Hubert X. ilroy, Esq
Attorneys for Defend,, nts
We verify that the statements made in the foregoing Stipulation are true and
correct. We understand that false statements herein are made subject to the penalties of
18 Pa. C.S. § 4904, relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
Date: De c e.M\Per 29, 2 o 4 Y
Harold Zol-cp/Wfer
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ioyy e K. Morgai
We verify that the statements made in the foregoing Stipulation are true and
correct. We understand that false statements herein are made subject to the penalties of
18 Pa. C.S. § 4904, relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
Date: Dec e,vb er I q, 201q
William M. Meehan
HAROLD W. MORGAN and
JOYCE K. MORGAN,
Plaintiffs
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
: CIVIL ACTION — LAW
v. : NO. 2014 — 5242 CIVIL 1hRM
WILLIAM M. MEEHAN and
JOICE A. MEEHAN,
Defendants : ACTION TO QUIET TITLE
ORDER OF COURT
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AND NOW, this .5 ,day of (AA ., 201‘, Plaintiffs HAROLD W.
MORGAN and JOYCE K. MORGAN and Defendants WILLIAM M. MEEHAN and
JOICE A. MEEHAN, represented by their independently selected private counsel,
respectively, Wayne F. Shade, Esquire, and Hubert X. Gilroy, Esquire, of Martson Law
Offices, and having stipulated and agreed with regard to the issues presented in the
above -captioned matter, it is hereby ordered and decreed, as follows:
1. The chain-link fence between the properties at 311 York Road, Carlisle,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and 315 York Road, Carlisle, Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania, is on the property line between the properties
2. The chain-link fence is the property of Plaintiffs.
3. Defendants will not damage or remove the fence and will not interfere with the
Plaintiffs' maintenance of the fence in its current location. The right of the Plaintiffs to
maintain the fence in its current location is not deemed to be an approval for the Plaintiffs
or their agents to enter on the property of the Defendants.
4. Plaintiffs agree that there shall be no herbicides or poisons sprayed into the
yard of the Defendants while Plaintiffs are maintaining their fence.
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5. The parties agree that this Stipulation and subsequent Court Order
incorporating the Stipulation represents a mutual release of the parties in connection with
any prior matters relating to the fence in question.
6. The Order issued pursuant hereto will be binding upon any successors in title of
the Defendants.
By the Court,
`Wayne F. Shade, Esquire
Attorney for Plaintiffs
Hubert X. Gilroy, Esquire
Martson Law OFfices
Attorneys for Defendants
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HAROLD W. MORGAN and : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
JOYCE K. MORGAN, : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Plaintiffs : CIVIL ACTION — LAW
v. : NO. 2014 — 5242 CIVIL TERM
WILLIAM M. MEEHAN and
JOICE A. MEEHAN,
Defendants
TO: David D. Buell, Prothonotary
paid.
: ACTION TO QUIET TITLE
PRAECIPE
Please mark the docket in the above matter "Settled and Discontinued" with costs
Date: January 12, 2015
Wayne . Shade, Esquire
Supreme Court ID # 15712
53 West Pomfret Street
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013
Telephone: 717-243-0220
Attorney for Plaintiffs
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