Stockyards files lien against city of Hillsboro
By
Brandy Chandler-brandychandler@gmail.com
A lien has been filed against the city of Hillsboro by the attorney for the Union Stockyards for the amount of $156,880.
Filed on May 13, the "praecipe for issuance and filing of certificate of judgment lien" notes a Dec. 2, 2009 judgment against the city in Highland County Common Pleas Court, in which the city was ordered to pay $140,000 to the Union Stockyards, at a rate of interest of .67 percent for 2008 and .42 percent for 2009, with further interest to be determined at a later date.
A praecipe, according to legal-dictionary.org, is "a written request to a court to issue a writ or otherwise require an action from a party to a suit."
The Highland County Clerk of Courts on May 13 certified, "a judgment or decree was rendered by the court in favor of (the) Union Stockyards judgment creditor(s) and against (the) city of Hillsboro, judgment debtor, in the amount of $156,880, with a statutory rate of interest."
On May 14, Hillsboro Safety and Service Director Ralph Holt told The Highland County Press that he didn't know why a lien would be filed this week, as an appeal is pending and both parties are scheduled to give oral arguments to the Fourth District Court of Appeals on June 3 in Adams County Common Pleas Court.
Attorney for the stockyards Tom Tepe declined to comment on the filing.
Hillsboro deputy law director Kathryn Hapner, who is handling the case for the city, did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Union Stockyards owners Bill and Janet Butler sued the city in 2008, following Hillsboro City Council’s passage of an emergency resolution on Oct. 2, 2007, which authorized Mayor Dick Zink to purchase the stockyards property for no more than $325,000. An appraisal report the city later had conducted valued the 1.53 acres of property at $185,000. The city ultimately did not go through with the purchase.
In a June 13, 2009 decision in Highland County Common Pleas Court, visiting Judge John Martin ruled in favor of the Butlers and ordered the city to pay $140,000 in damages to the Butlers. On June 19, 2009, Hillsboro City Council voted to have Hapner file an appeal of Martin’s decision with the Fourth District Court of Appeals.
A lien has been filed against the city of Hillsboro by the attorney for the Union Stockyards for the amount of $156,880.
Filed on May 13, the "praecipe for issuance and filing of certificate of judgment lien" notes a Dec. 2, 2009 judgment against the city in Highland County Common Pleas Court, in which the city was ordered to pay $140,000 to the Union Stockyards, at a rate of interest of .67 percent for 2008 and .42 percent for 2009, with further interest to be determined at a later date.
A praecipe, according to legal-dictionary.org, is "a written request to a court to issue a writ or otherwise require an action from a party to a suit."
The Highland County Clerk of Courts on May 13 certified, "a judgment or decree was rendered by the court in favor of (the) Union Stockyards judgment creditor(s) and against (the) city of Hillsboro, judgment debtor, in the amount of $156,880, with a statutory rate of interest."
On May 14, Hillsboro Safety and Service Director Ralph Holt told The Highland County Press that he didn't know why a lien would be filed this week, as an appeal is pending and both parties are scheduled to give oral arguments to the Fourth District Court of Appeals on June 3 in Adams County Common Pleas Court.
Attorney for the stockyards Tom Tepe declined to comment on the filing.
Hillsboro deputy law director Kathryn Hapner, who is handling the case for the city, did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Union Stockyards owners Bill and Janet Butler sued the city in 2008, following Hillsboro City Council’s passage of an emergency resolution on Oct. 2, 2007, which authorized Mayor Dick Zink to purchase the stockyards property for no more than $325,000. An appraisal report the city later had conducted valued the 1.53 acres of property at $185,000. The city ultimately did not go through with the purchase.
In a June 13, 2009 decision in Highland County Common Pleas Court, visiting Judge John Martin ruled in favor of the Butlers and ordered the city to pay $140,000 in damages to the Butlers. On June 19, 2009, Hillsboro City Council voted to have Hapner file an appeal of Martin’s decision with the Fourth District Court of Appeals.