Posted on 11/30/2011 1:08:13 PM PST by AnAmericanAbroad
A 103-year-old woman and her 83-year-old daughter were just moments from being evicted from their home Tuesday, when sheriff's deputies and the moving company hired by the bank decided not to go through with the action.
Channel 2's Ryan Young was there when the family started thanking God for the miracle. At justthree weeks shy of her 104th birthday, Vita Lee has shared her home on Penelope Road in Northwest Atlanta with her daughter for 53 years.
"I love it. It's a mansion," Lee said about her house.
Fulton County sheriff's deputies and movers showed up at Lee's home Tuesday after Deutsche Bank planned to kick the two women out. The moving company and the deputies took one look at Lee and decided that would not happen.
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Don’t they have to have a court order to evict? If so, it’s about time somebody stood up to a judge.
Great sheriff and movers!
Is the house on some prime property? Is THAT why Chase won’t take the payment? Shoot, we’re living in Potterville.
The story doesn’t say, unfortunately.
I would assume they have to possess a court order to evict. That’s SOP.
Of course, nowadays, who knows? In my 42 years, the America I grew up in is unrecognizable. I’d even say in the 10 years I’ve been in Europe, it’s even MORE unrecognizable.
Maybe the first hint of the Tsar's troops going over to the people.
It’s going to start happening more and more often. Front line troops deciding the mission is just too corrupt and refusing to execute their orders. Elitists have no power if no cop or soldier is willing to enforce their orders.
They hold mine. I have no complaints, but I pay on time...
I agree.
I’m not an LEO, nor have I ever been, but just as a human being, I don’t think I’d be sleeping too well knowing I’d just pushed a centenarian (and an octogenarian too) out into the street.
Maybe that house is indeed sitting on some prime property; it could explain why Chase won’t take payment.
With all the BS regarding banks, bankers, Eurobanks, bailouts for banks (and incompetent governments), I’m not too big a fan of banks.
My son had a very bad experience with Chase Bank. I would not buy a pi$$pot from them.
OK. I was just wondering.
I’ve read grumbling about Chase on various boards, regardless of ideology (left or right).
I had some nightmarish problems with my mortgage after WaMu was taken over by JP Morgan which joined with Chase. There was a lot of confusion, thousands of people lost their jobs, paperwork got lost, my payments were misrouted. It was a mess. The people at Chase were saintly and super-reasonable through the whole disaster. They could not have tried harder and they helped clean up a situation caused by the people who were no longer there.
Common Sense reigned supreme on that day.
My mortgage is with Chase now, after they took over Washington Mutual. Nothing really to report. It’s a straight, fixed 30 year. We make the payments from an automatic withdrawal. The accounting always seems accurate. That said, we’re currently refinancing to a 15 year with our credit union, paying off a HELOC at the same time.
Maybe it is.
I have no problems with following the law. But sometimes, you have to answer to a higher power, whether you want to call it God, your conscience, or just simple human decency.
I hope the deputies don’t catch any flak over this. In my personal opinion, they made the right call. Some things beyond the pale, even if it is technically “legal”.
The Sheriff’s department needs to give the deputies a commendation. Likewise the moving company.
They showed excellent judgment and saved their employers a PR nightmare.
Maybe it is.
I have no problems with following the law. But sometimes, you have to answer to a higher power, whether you want to call it God, your conscience, or just simple human decency.
I hope the deputies don’t catch any flak over this. In my personal opinion, they made the right call. Some things are beyond the pale, even if it is technically “legal”.
I agree, and PR nightmare is an understatement.
How would you like to be the Chief explaining to inquiring reporters why you just threw a 103 year old woman out into the street?
Better yet, WHY DOESN’T SOMEONE ASK THE BANK THIS QUESTION?!?!?
Sorry for yelling. It’s a legitimate question, though. The family says they have the money to pay the loan (either the monthly payment or perhaps the balance, the story doesn’t say which). So, why doesn’t Chase accept it? You’d think a bank would be more than happy to resolve something like this. And that would be good PR for the bank too.
I’m seeing Bette Davis hollering “Damn yew!!!” at George Kennedy.
You can see it too at about 7:20 in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs3jk49o8Ww
Good to hear, and glad that Chase worked with you on that.
I had some friends that ended up unemployed as a result of the WaMu debacle. Sadly, one of them ended up dead....she killed herself. The old running car in the garage bit.
I hope some of the punks at WaMu responsible for that fiasco find themselves in Hell one fine day.
Reminds me of a patient I once had in the hospital...she was a pistol...tough old gal, vigerous, had all her brain functions working and over 100, her daughter was sending her to a nursing home...sounds bad except her daughter was in her 80’s and in poor health and her grandaughter was in her late 60’s with poor health. Neigher one could keep up with the patient anymore. She went to a fine nursing home and daughter and granddaughter felt bad about the whole situation.....sometimes you just have to smile and shake your head and understand....
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