Vinia Hall, 103-Year-Old Woman, Allowed To Stay In Home After Deputies And Movers Refuse To Evict Her (VIDEO)

After a bank issued an eviction notice for a home in Northwest Atlanta, sheriff's deputies and movers went to the residence to remove the people who lived there. But when they found Vinia Hall, 103, and her daughter, Vita Lee, 83, the movers and deputies decided not to follow through with it.

According to WSBTV, the women had been engaged in a long legal battle with Deutsche Bank, the financial giant accused of widespread mortgage fraud by the U.S. government earlier this year and is the focus of a $1 billion lawsuit filed by the Justice Department. In November, Deutsche Bank paid $165 million to settle a suit claiming that it had misled credit unions about the risk of securities tied to mortgages.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ali Muhammad, Hall's grandson, took out a second mortgage on the house from Deutsche Bank National Trust. Although Hall lived in the residence for 53 years, Muhammad was listed as the owner. In 2009, Deutsche foreclosed on the property, according to the paper. (The loan is now controlled by Chase Bank.)

The Journal-Constitution reported that Mayor Kasim Reed of Atlanta, Derrick Boazman, a former city council member, and Vincent Ford, a state senator, all intervened to keep Hall in her longtime home.

“[Chase] should write this off at a loss,” Boazman said.

"I saw the sheriffs, who came to put them out, take off and leave. I gave all glory to God," community activist Michael Langford said.

"Please don't come in and disturb me no more," Hall said. "When I'm gone you all can come back and do whatever they want to," Hall said.

Hall is set to turn 104 in three weeks.

Comments

[HOWARD NO]

06:32 AM on 12/31/2011

good for grandma and good for the movers and the sheriff's these banks are to much happy birthday and many more and Happy New Year for sure

[njoytday]

10:06 PM on 12/07/2011

The Deutche bank gave the orders to evict, but thank GOD the sheriff and mover did not just follow the orders. Thank GOD for humans having some jobs and not robots. I think a person should rather quit their job than do something that heartless. Let them garnish the pay of the grandson or freeze his assets as he owns the home as the deed is in his name only now, or work something else out but leave this elderly lady and her elderly daughter in the home they have always lived in. Money can always be gotten again but health may not come back and the 83 year old daughter was rushed to the hospital Shame on that Deutche bank who uses the law to do such a nefarious action. There aught to be a law to take these cases on a one by one bais.
I am not saying payment owed in not due but there has to be an alternative to eviction here.
God bless the mover and sheriff for having a human heart.
The bank in this case go get some bailout.
This is a nice story thank you.

[apt06]

08:05 PM on 12/05/2011

Good ol southern hospitality and common sense prevails. " Mercy & grace have met together, righteousness & peace have kissed each other"-Psalms What a splendid example of biblical proportions. These are real men who let their conscience be their guides, instead of some cold, insensitive law. Justice said "evict her" but grace said "let her stay". I know Jesus would approve.

[dadale23]

06:45 PM on 12/05/2011

There is some humanity left after all

[Dolfens]

05:20 PM on 12/05/2011

God ALWAYS take care of his Children, IF you BELIEVE in your Heart and Never doubt. Thank You Atlanta Police Department for your Compassion, and also to the People who act on her behalf with this case. Thank You Chase Bank. God has his ANGELS everywhere. God Bless You All....

[GoCards1978]

12:03 PM on 12/05/2011

I'd like to thank those deputies who decided to do the right thing because it was the right thing to do.

[freethinker9]

12:18 AM on 12/05/2011

Good for them. As Augustine said, "an unjust law is no law at all."

[AlaskanWannaB]

05:32 PM on 12/04/2011

A good feel good story. Thanks to the deputies and movers. My grandmother also turned 104 on November 29 of this year. Such a blessing to Ms. Hall.

[K White]

04:02 PM on 12/04/2011

I love this article. And I am so happy for Mrs. Hall. I hope she enjoys her 104th birthday. And what a great job done by the deputies and movers.

[hoxsie454]

04:00 PM on 12/04/2011

The grandson is to blame for this mess. Not the 103 year old grandmother.

[njoytday]

10:09 PM on 12/07/2011

yes he needs to have his assets frozen or his pay garnished or work it out somehow. He is so lucky to have the genes for longevity.

[rdgluck]

03:41 PM on 12/04/2011

Thank Goodness someone has finally shown some common sense and compassion!

[njoytday]

10:10 PM on 12/07/2011

Creeps me out that the Deutche bank had none.

[rrickarr]

03:26 PM on 12/04/2011

These deputies and movers should be given a medal. In fact the President should summon them to the White House for a real honour. It is so beautiful to see that people are still capable of doing the RIGHT thing. Forget the bank, forget the eviction notice; these men stood tall and did the RIGHT thing and we should all rejoice.

[user905596]

03:20 PM on 12/04/2011

What a heart rending story! The sheriff's office and the movers prove that there is some humanity left in the world.

[karvictho]

02:51 PM on 12/04/2011

What they should do is transfer the loan to the grandson, who is resposible for putting her in debt. Then the grandson can deal with fighting off the bank. I will admit not knowing any of the circumstances surrounding this situation. What I do know is many elderly people, regardless of their social standing, are preyed on by family, friends, and institutions who do everything possible to get the elderly person's assets. Good on the movers, and sheriffs for not moving the ladies.

[Rogerduly]

03:30 PM on 12/04/2011

And what will transfering the loan to her grandson do? They'll still evict all occupants to perfect the security of their collateral. Some people don't know what they're talking about.

[njoytday]

10:13 PM on 12/07/2011

The possibility of elder abuse needs to be examined here. The grandson owns the home so if he works he should be making payments and allow his family to live out their life there.

[divalocity]

10:15 PM on 12/08/2011

So true! Sometimes family members can be the worse when it comes to finance, especially if we allow them to prey off of our kindness.

[Jenagain]

02:19 PM on 12/04/2011

I wonder how much extra money the grandson put in his pocket from the refinance, knowing that he wouldn't make the mortgage payments.

[karvictho]

03:02 PM on 12/04/2011

I just read that the amount of refinance is $17,000.