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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIACIVIL ACTION - LAW
MARY ANN SMILER
PlaintiffV.
NATIONSTATR MORTGAGE, LLC
Defendants
No. 11-05832
PLAINTIFF REQUEST FOR ADMISSIONSDIRECTED TO DEFENDANT
To: Mary Ann Smiler vs. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Plaintiff Mary Ann Smiler, hereby requests that the Defendant,Nationstar Mortgage, LLC. respond to the within request for admissions within the time providedby the Rules of the Court. This request is deemed to be continuing up and including the time oftrial.
CHERI ROBINSON & ASSOCIATES
Date: August 19, 2011 Cheri Robinson, Esq.
1. Deferrdant admits that the " Certrfying officer" who signed this
document is not an employee of MERS.
If the answer is anything other than an unqualified "Yes" please
provide a list which includes the name, last known address, last
known employer and last known contact information of every
"Certtfyrng Officer" of MERS who is an employee of MERS.
RESPONSE:
2. Defendant admits that MERS is not entitled to the payment of any
money with respect to the mortgage that is in issue in this case.
If the answer is anything other than an unqualified "Yes" please
provide a full explanation of MERS claim that it is entitled to
payment of monies due on this mortgage complete with every
document or agreement which MERS relies upon to claim the right to
be paid any monies due under the terms of the promissory note in
issue in this case.
RESPONSE:
3. Defendant admits that MERS, nor a member of MERS, has any rights
to tra:nsfer the ownership of a promissory note by umortgage
assignment.
If the answer to this question is anything other than an unqualified
"Yes" please provide a complete explanation of the claimed right or
authority to transfer the ownership of any promissory note by either
MERS or its member by the use of language in a mortgage
assignment which claims to transfer the ownership of the promissory
note to the person or entity who is the assignee of the mortgage
assignment complete with every document or agreement which
MERti relies upon.
RESPONSE:
4. Defendant admits that MERS cannot legally assign any interest in a
mortgage loan that it does not own.
If the answer to this question is anything other than an unqualified
"Yes" please provide a complete explanation of the claimed ability
for MERS to legally assign any interest in a mortgage loan that it does
not own complete with every document or agreement which MERS
relies upon.
RESPONSE:
5. Defendant admits that MERS does not create any beneficial interest
in a mortgage loan by registering the loan on its system.
If the answer to this question is anything other than an unqualified
"Yes" please provide a complete explanation of the claimed ability
for MERS to create a beneficial interest in a mortgage loan by
registering the loan on its system complete with every document or
agreement which MERS relies upon.
RESPONSE:
6. Defendant admits that the use of the MERS's system (the MERS
database) does not transfer any beneficial interest in any mortgage
loan.
If the answer to this question is anything other than an unqualified
"Yes" please provide a complete explanation for the proposition that
the use of the MERS system (the MERS database) transfers any
beneficial interest in any mortgage loan complete with every
document or agreement which Defendant relies upon.
RESPONSE:
7. Defendant admits that the MERS database is simply an eleckonic
registry where the members of MERS track the actual underlying
promissory notes and mortgages which are registered on the MERS
system
If the answer to this question is anything other than an unqualified
"Yes" please provide a complete explanation for the proposition that
the MERS database is not simply an electronic registry where the
members of MERS track the actual underlying promissory notes and
mortgages which are registered on the MERS system complete with
every document or agreement which Defendant relies upon in
response.
RESPONSE:
8. Deferrdant admits that registering a transfer of an interest on the
MERII database does not legally transfer arry interest in any
promissory note or mortgage lien.
If the answer to this question is anything other than an unqualified
"Yes" please provide a complete explanation for the proposition that
registering a transfer of an interest on the MERS database legally
transfers any interest in any promissory note or mortgage lien
complete with every document or agreement which Defendant relies
upon.
RESPONSE:
9. Defendant admits that the integrity of the data which is entered in
the MERS database depends upon the accuracy of the information
which is input to the MERS database by MERS members.
If the answer to this question is anything other than an unqualified
"Yes" please provide a complete explanation for the proposition that
the integrity of the data which is entered in the MERS database does
not depend upon the accuracy of the information which is input to
the MERS database by MERS members complete with every
document or agreement which Defendant relies upon.
RESPONSIJ:
10. Defendant admits that MERS has no way to verify the authenticity or
accuracy of the entries made in the MERS database by its members.
If the answer to this question is anything other than an unqualified
"Yes"' please provide a complete explanation for the proposition that
MERI} has a way to verify the authenticity or accuracy of the entries
made in the MERS database by its members complete with every
doculnent or agreement which MERS relies upon
RESPONSE:
Defendant admits that entries in the MERS database are not evidence
of the legal transfer of ownership interests in any rnoftgage lien or
promissory note.
If the answer to this question is anything other than an unqualified
"Yes" please provide a complete explanation for the proposition that
entries in the MERS database are evidence of the legal transfer of
ownership interests in any mortgage lien or promissory note
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complete with every document or agreement which Defendant relies
upon.
RESPONSE:
12. Defendant admits that MERS is not a party to the mortgage
indebtedness (the promissory note) which is securedby any
mortgage that names MERS as mortgagee.
If the answer to this question is anything other than an unqualified
"Yes" please provide a complete explanation for the proposition that
MERS is a party to the mortgage indebtedness (the promissory note)
which is secured by any mortgage that names MERS as mortgagee
complete with every document or agreement which supports this.
RESPONSI]:
13. Defendant admits that MERS has no risk as to the nonpayment of any
mortgage for which it serves as nominee.
If the answer to this question is anything other than an unqualified
"Yes" please provide a complete explanation for the proposition that
MERS has a risk as to the nonpayment of any mortgagefor which it
serves as nominee complete with every document or agreement
which supports this.
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14. Deferrdant admits that MERS ever experiences a default when any
borrower fails to make a payment on any MERS as mortgagee
mort6;age securing the payment of a promissory note.
If the answer to this question is anything other than an unquatified
"Yes" please provide a complete explanation for the proposition that
MERS experiences a default when any borrower fails to make a
payment on any MERS as mortgagee mortgage securing the payment
of a promissory note complete with every document or agreement
which supports this.
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15. Defendant admits that MERS does not have any personal interest in
whether any borrower makes any payment on any mortgage
promissory note secured by u MERS as mortgagee to the mortgage
lien.
If the answer to this question is anything other than an unqualified
"Yes" please provide a complete explanation for the proposition that
MERS has a personal interest in whether any borrower makes any
payrrrent on any mortgage promissory note secured by u MERS as
mortgagee to the mortgage lien complete with every document or
agreement which supports this.
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16. Defendant admits that irrespective of your membership agreement
with any entity granting them the right to assign a mortgage lien,
that the member may not make the mortgage assignment unless the
member would have the right to make the mortgage assignment
under: the controlling State law.
If the answer to this question is anything other than an unqualified
"Yes" please provide a complete explanation for the proposition that
irrespective of your membership agreement with any entity granting
them the right to assign a mortgage lien that the member may t make
the mortgage assignment despite the fact that the member would not
have the right to make the mortgage assignment under the
controlling State law complete with every document or agreement
which supports this.
RESPONSE:
17. Defendant admits that any authority to act which MERS grants to
any member of MERS is at all times subordinate to the controlling
State law applicable to the transaction in question.
If the answer to this question is anything other than an unqualified
"Yes"' please provide a complete explanation for the proposition that
any authority to act which MERS grants to any member of MERS is at
all times subordinate to the controlling State law applicable to the
transaction in question complete with every documen! case law,
legal opinion or agreement which supports this.
RESPONSE:
Defendant admits that any grant of authority to act on Defendant's
behalf granted to MERS does not supercede the state raw
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requi:rement that the member have an independent right under State
law to undertake the proposed action.
If the answer to this question is anything other than an unqualified
"Yes" please provide a complete explanation for the proposition that
any grant of authority to act on Defendant's behalf granted to MERS
supercedes the State law requirement that the member have an
independent right under State law to undertake the proposed action
complete with every document, case law,legal opinion or agreement
which supports this.
RESPONSE:
19. Defendant admits that every action taken in this case by MERS in the
name of the originator or previous lender is an action actually
undertaken by the mortgage servicer for the underlying mortgage
loan who is using MERS's name to take such actions.
If the answer to this question is anything other than an unqualified
"Yes" please provide a complete explanation for the proposition that
every action taken in this case by MERS in the name of the originator
or previous lender is not an action actually undertaken by the
mortgage servicer for the underlying mortgage loan who is using
MERSi's name to take such actions complete with every document
case law,legal opinion or agreement which supports this.
RESPONSE: