Bank of New York v, Foster, R.

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NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37
BANK OF NEW YORK, MELLON FKA BANK IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
OF NEW YORK SUCCESSOR TO JP PENNSYLVANIA
MORGAN CHASE BANK AS TRUSTEE FOR
THE HOLDERS OF THE STRUCTURED
ASSETS SECURITY MORTGAGE PASS
THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2003-
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Appellee
v.
ROBERT FOSTER
Appellant No. 53 EDA 2014
Appeal from the Order November 18, 2013
In the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County
Civil Division at No(s): 2010-000946
BEFORE: LAZARUS, J., MUNDY, J., and PLATT, J.*
JUDGMENT ORDER BY LAZARUS, J.: FILED DECEMBER 23, 2014
Robert Foster appeals from the order entered in the Court of Common
Pleas of Delaware County denying his motion to postpone/stay ejectment
from residential home. Due to Foster’s failure to preserve his claims for
appellate review, we affirm.
This matter stems from a foreclosure action. On November 15, 2013,
Foster filed an emergency motion to postpone/stay ejectment from
residential home. An emergency hearing occurred on November 18, 2013.
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Retired Senior Judge assigned to the Superior Court.
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At the hearing, Foster argued that the ejectment action should be stayed to
permit his counsel to file a nunc pro tunc motion to set aside the Sheriff’s
sale. The court denied Foster’s motion following the hearing, characterizing
it as a collateral attack on the foreclosure action.1 This timely appeal
followed.
On appeal, Foster challenges the trial court’s decision to deny his
motion to postpone/stay the ejectment proceedings. However, Foster has
waived his claims. See Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b)(4)(vii) (issues not included in
Rule 1925(b) statement are waived); see also, Commonwealth v.
Kearney, 92 A.3d 51 (Pa. Super. 2014) quoting Commonwealth v. Lord,
719 A.2d 306, 309 (Pa. 1998) (“Any issues not raised in a Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b)
statement will be deemed waived.”). Specifically, Foster’s concise statement
of errors complained of on appeal is a nearly verbatim restatement of his
November 15, 2013 emergency motion and does not include his issues on
appeal. Because Foster failed to include his appellate issues in his Rule
1925(b) statement, we are constrained to affirm. Lord, supra.
Order affirmed.
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We note that a Sheriff’s sale or foreclosure judgment is only open to attack
on the grounds of fraud, or want of authority in the officers making the sale.
See Roberts v. Gibson, 251 A.2d 799, 800 (Pa. Super. 1969). Thus it
follows that an attack on a Sheriff’s sale usually cannot be made in a
collateral proceeding. Caplan v. Kent, 76 A.2d 764 (Pa. 1950). An
ejectment action is a proceeding collateral to that under which the land was
sold. Mencke v. Rosenberg, 51 A. 767, 769 (Pa. 1902). Accordingly,
Foster’s challenge is an impermissible collateral attack on the Sheriff’s sale.
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Judgment Entered.
Joseph D. Seletyn, Esq.
Prothonotary
Date: 12/23/2014
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