HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-3674PHELAN HALLINAN & SCHMIEG, LLP
LAWRENCE T. PHELAN, ESQ., Id. No. 32227
FRANCIS S. HALLINAN, ESQ., Id. No. 62695
ONE PENN CENTER PLAZA, SUITE 1400
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103
(215) 563-7000
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC
REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.
8201 GREENSBORO DRIVE, SUITE 350
MCLEAN, VA 22102
Plaintiff
V.
MICHAEL D. TRITT
A/K/A MICHAEL D. TRIPP
1 FORESTRY RD
SHIPPENSBURG, PA 17257-9683
Defendant
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CIVIL DIVISION
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
COMPLAINT IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE
NOTICE
You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the following
pages, you must take action within twenty (20) days after this complaint and notice are served, by
entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the court your defenses
or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may
proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the court without further notice for
any money claimed in the complaint or for any other claim or relief requested by the plaintiff. You may
lose money or property or other rights important to you.
YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A
LAWYER, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU
WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER.
IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE
PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE.
Lawyer Referral Service
Cumberland County Bar Association
32 South Bedford Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
(800)990-9108
File 4 : 119358
IF THIS IS THE FIRST NOTICE THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED FROM
THIS OFFICE, BE ADVISED THAT:
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION
PRACTICES ACT, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq. (1977),
DEFENDANT(S) MAY DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE
DEBT OR ANY PORTION THEREOF. IF DEFENDANT(S)
DO SO IN WRITING WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF
RECEIPT OF THIS PLEADING, COUNSEL FOR
PLAINTIFF WILL OBTAIN AND PROVIDE
DEFENDANT(S) WITH WRITTEN VERIFICATION
THEREOF; OTHERWISE, THE DEBT WILL BE ASSUMED
TO BE VALID. LIKEWISE, IF REQUESTED WITHIN
THIRTY (30) DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THIS PLEADING,
COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF WILL SEND DEFENDANT(S)
THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL
CREDITOR, IF DIFFERENT FROM ABOVE.
THE LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE US TO WAIT UNTIL
THE END OF THE THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD
FOLLOWING FIRST CONTACT WITH YOU BEFORE
SUING YOU TO COLLECT THIS DEBT. EVEN THOUGH
THE LAW PROVIDES THAT YOUR ANSWER TO THIS
COMPLAINT IS TO BE FILED IN THIS ACTION WITHIN
TWENTY (20) DAYS, YOU MAY OBTAIN AN EXTENSION
OF THAT TIME. FURTHERMORE, NO REQUEST WILL
BE MADE TO THE COURT FOR A JUDGMENT UNTIL
THE EXPIRATION OF THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER YOU
HAVE RECEIVED THIS COMPLAINT. HOWEVER, IF
YOU REQUEST PROOF OF THE DEBT OR THE NAME
AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN
THE THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD THAT BEGINS UPON
YOUR RECEIPT OF THIS COMPLAINT, THE LAW
REQUIRES US TO CEASE OUR EFFORTS (THROUGH
LITIGATION OR OTHERWISE) TO COLLECT THE DEBT
UNTIL WE MAIL THE REQUESTED INFORMATION TO
YOU. YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN ATTORNEY FOR
ADVICE CONCERNING YOUR RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS IN THIS SUIT.
IF YOU HAVE FILED BANKRUPTCY AND RECEIVED A
DISCHARGE, THIS IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT
A DEBT. IT IS AN ACTION TO ENFORCE A LIEN ON
REAL ESTATE.
File# 119358
Plaintiff is
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC
REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.
8201 GREENSBORO DRIVE, SUITE 350
MCLEAN, VA 22102
Plaintiff, is or will be, the owner of legal title to the mortgage that is the subject of this action, and
nominee for the entity indicated below, which is the owner of the entire beneficial interest in the
mortgage:
CITIMORTGAGE, INC.
1000 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE
MAIL STATION
OTALLON, MO 63368-2240
2. The name(s) and last known address(es) of the Defendant(s) are:
MICHAEL D. TRITT
A/K/A MICHAEL D TRIPP
1 FORESTRY RD
SHIPPENSBURG, PA 17257-9683
who is/are the mortgagor(s) and real owner(s) of the property hereinafter described.
3. On 07/15/2002 mortgagor(s) made, executed and delivered a mortgage upon the premises
hereinafter described to PLAINTIFF which mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Recorder of
CUMBERLAND County, in Mortgage Book: 1794, Page: 3140.
4. The premises subject to said mortgage is described as attached.
5. The mortgage is in default because monthly payments of principal and interest upon said
mortgage due 03/01/2005 and each month thereafter are due and unpaid, and by the terms of said
mortgage, upon failure of mortgagor to make such payments after a date specified by written
notice sent to Mortgagor, the entire principal balance and all interest due thereon are collectible
forthwith.
File #' 119358
6. The following amounts are due on the mortgage:
Principal Balance $100,240.52
Interest 3,228.96
02/01/2005 through 07/18/2005
(Per Diem $19.22)
Attorney's Fees 1,250.00
Cumulative Late Charges 137.04
07/15/2002 to 07/18/2005
Cost of Suit and Title Search $ 550.00
Subtotal $ 105,406.52
Escrow
Credit 0.00
Deficit 0.00
Subtotal $ 0.00
TOTAL $ 105,406.52
The attorney's fees set forth above are in conformity with the mortgage documents and
Pennsylvania law, and will be collected in the event of a third party purchaser at Sheriffs Sale. If
the Mortgage is reinstated prior to the Sale, reasonable attorney's fees will be charged.
The mortgage premises are vacant and abandoned.
WHEREFORE, PLAINTIFF demands an in rem Judgment against the Defendant(s) in the sum of $
105,406.52, together with interest from 07/18/2005 at the rate of $19.22 per diem to the date of
Judgment, and other costs and charges collectible under the mortgage and for the foreclosure and sale of
the mortgaged property.
By: /s/Francis S. Hallinan
LAWRENCE T. PHELAN, ESQUIRE
FRANCIS S. HALLINAN, ESQUIRE
Attorneys for Plaintiff
PHELAN H INAN & SCHMI
File: 119358
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
ALL that certain lot or piece of ground, with a two-story frame dwelling house and other buildings thereon erected known
and numbered as 598 Walnut Bottom Road, Shippensburg, situate on the South side of the Walnut Bottom Road, in the
Village of Lees Cross Roads, Southampton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, between lot now or late of
Hugh Rebuck on the East and the farm late of Adam Reese, now or late of Ethel Reese on the West, at the intersection of
the said Walnut Bottom Road with the road leading to the P. & R. R., (mown as 'Railroad Street'.
BEGINNING at a point in the center line of the Walnut Bottom Road, being Route 9174; thence along said center line
two hundred ten and five-tenths (210.5) feet to the intersection of the center line of the Walnut Bottom Road with the
West line of the said Strohm Road; thence along said Railroad Street, South eleven (11) degrees East, one hundred eighty-
five (185) feet to a post; thence by the existing fence line along line of land now or formerly of the Cumberland County
Industrial Development Authority in a westerly (corrected from previous erroneous direction in prior deed of easterly)
direction, one hundred seventy (170) feet to a post; thence along line of lands now or formerly of Ethel Reese by a fence
line in a northwesterly (corrected from previous erroneous direction in prior deed of northeasterly) direction thirty-four
(34) feet to a post; thence by the same along said fence line in a northerly direction, one hundred twenty-six (126) feet to a
point in the center line of the Walnut Bottom Road, a place of BEGINNING.
BEING the same real estate which Kathleen Green Shazes, Executrix of the Estate of Palmer L Green, and Kathleen
Green Shazes, Executor of the Estate of Julia G. Green, dated May 01, 1981, and recorded in Deed Book 'K', Volume 29,
Page 21, granted and conveyed to Paul E. Ocker and Emma Jane Ocker, his wife, Grantors herein.
PREMISES: 598 WALNUT BOTTOM ROAD
File #'. 119359
PAMELA F. SNOOTS, hereby states that he/she is ASST. SECRETARY of CITIMORTGAGE, INC.
mortgage servicing agent for Plaintiff in this matter, that he/she is authorized to take this
Verification, and that the statements made in the foregoing Civil Action in Mortgage Foreclosure
are true and correct to the best of his/her knowledge, information and belief. The undersigned
understands that this statement is made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S. Sec. 4904 relating to
unswom falsification to authorities.
PAMELA F. SNOOTS, ASST. SECRETARY
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SHERIFF'S RETURN - NOT FOUND
CASE NO: 2005-03674 P
COMMONTWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATI
VS
TRITT MICHAEL D AKA MICHAEL D
R. Thomas Kline Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff, who being
duly sworn according to law, says, that he made a diligent search and
inquiry for the within named DEFENDANT
TRITT MICHAEL D AKA MICHAEL D TRIPP but was
unable to locate Him in his bailiwick. He therefore returns the
NOTICE
COMPLAINT IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE
NOT FOUND , as to
the within named DEFENDANT , TRITT MICHAEL D AKA MICHAEL D
TRIPP ,
598 WALNUT BOTTOM ROAD
SHIPPENSBURG, PA 17257-
ADDRESS PROVIDED IS VACANT.
Sheriff's Costs: So answerer.
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Docketing 6.00 _ -?
Service .00
Affidavit .00 z R. Thomas Yeline
Surcharge 10.00 Sheriff of Cumberland County
NOT FOUND RETURN 5.00
21.00 PHELAN, HALLINAN & SCHMIEG
08/18/2005
Sworn and subscribed to before me
this day of ?ylezo 64-
A.D.
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CASE NO: 2005-03674 P
SHERIFF'S RETURN - REGULAR
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA:
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATI
VS
TRITT MICHAEL D AKA MICHAEL D
DAVID MCKINNEY Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of
Cumberland County,Pennsylvania, who being duly sworn according to law,
says, the within NOTICE
TRITT MICHAEL D AKA MICHAEL D TRI
DEFENDANT
was served upon
the
, at 0019:10 HOURS, on the 17th day of August , 2005
at 1 FORESTRY RD
PENSBURG, PA 17257-9683 by handing to
MICHAEL TRITT
a true and attested copy of NOTICE together with
COMPLAINT IN MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE
and at the same time directing His attention to the contents thereof.
Sheriff's Costs
Docketing 18.00
Service 16.00
Affidavit .00
Surcharge 10.00
.00
44.00
Sworn and Subscribed to before
me this day of
?C4W J&J? A.D.
Prot ota y
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R. Thomas Kline
08/18/2005
PHELAN, HALLINAN & SCHMIEG
By: Deputy Sheriff
PHELAN HALLINAN & SCHMIEG, LLP
Lawrence T. Phelan, Esq., Id. No. 32227
Francis S. Hallinan, Esq., Id. No. 62695
Daniel G. Schmieg, Esq., Id No.
One Penn Center at Suburban Station
1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1400
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1814
(215) 563-7000
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC
REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Plaintiff
vs
MICHAEL D. TRITT
Defendant
: I Court of Common Pleas
: I Civil Division
CUMBERLANDCounty
No. 05-3674
PHS# 119358
PRAECIPE
TO THE PROTHONOTARY:
Please mark the above referenced case Discontinued and Ended without
prejudice.
Please mark the above referenced case Settled, Discontinued and Ended.
Please mark judgments satisfied and the Action settled, discontinued and
ended.
Please Vacate the judgment entered and mark the action discontinued and
ended without prejudice.
X Please withdraw the complaint and mark the action discontinued and
ended without prejudice.
Date: October 29, 2008 -?
Francis Hallinan
Attorney for Plaintiff
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Curtis R. Long
Prothonotary
(Office of toe i9rotoonotarp
Cumberrantl Countp
Renee K. Simpson
Deputy Prothonotary
John E. Slike
Solicitor
b.N CIVIL TERM
ORDER OF TERMINATION OF COURT CASES
AND NOW THIS 29TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2008 AFTER MAILING NOTICE OF
INTENTION TO PROCEED AND RECEIVING NO RESPONSE - THE ABOVE
CASE IS HEREBY TERMINATED WITH PREJUDICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PA
RCP230.2
BY THE COURT,
CURTIS R. LONG
PROTHONOTARY
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