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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lainie Simon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 13, 2015 11:29 AM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The clerk in PB would bounce it back and require that it be done as a statement of claim.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mar 13, 2015, at 10:58 AM, Anthony J. Horky <<a href="mailto:ahorky@horkylaw.com">ahorky@horkylaw.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Harry: I believe you can file in county court. Recently I looked for a statute that mandated that claims under $5000 be filed solely in small claims court but did not find
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Harry Heist<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 13, 2015 10:45 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'RPPTL Landlord Tenant Committee'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [RPPTL LandTen] Jurisdiction question</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Is it required that a simple security deposit dispute case for $1200 be filed in Small Claims Court or can an attorney file in County Court with a regular 20
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If it is not proper, would a Motion to Dismiss be proper? The attorney who filed is not returning calls or emails so we can’t even try to settle this dumb case.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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