Josh Duggar ’19 kids’ star appeals real estate lawsuit after being a no show twice

ARKANSAS (KNWA / KFTA) – The real estate lawsuit against ALB Investments, LLC, affiliated with Josh Duggar, is still ongoing. Duggar’s new attorney seeks the annulment of the September 2020 “Quiet Title” court ruling.

In January 2021, Springdale attorney Samuel Adam Martin filed a motion against Carl Echols (Appellate Leader) in the Arkansas Court of Appeals on behalf of ALB Investments, LLC.

The complainant applies for a “request for relief (applies to a higher court to set aside the decision of a lower court – basically an amendment to the action).

In the 21-page letter filed in March 2021, Martin argued that the court made a mistake by removing the first lawyer, Travis Story, among other things.

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The Circuit Court’s decision of March 23, 2020 disqualifying applicant Travis Story’s legal counsel was erroneously entered, resulting in the court unceremoniously of the applicant’s pending motion for a summary of the judgment without legal counsel present and therefore without legal counsel Rejected A proper hearing on their case and the title of the court to calm the title in favor of Defendant Carl Echols, who was also entered in error and should be considered null and void, should be remitted in order for Complainant to properly defend Travis Story as legal counsel and returned to the stance as it was on March 16, 2020 after the Respondent responded to the Appellant’s request for a summary of the judgment, in order to continue this case from that point on.

ARKANSAS Court of Appeal, BENTON COUNTY, motion for relief [PG 19].

Story was disqualified by the judge for being listed as ALB’s tax records manager, creating a conflict of interest.

The lawyer who replaced Story was Joshua Bryant. Bryant is currently listed as a registered agent for ALB Investments, LLC and Story as an officer. This was found in a website search by the Arkansas Secretary of State on May 17, 2021.

The real estate lawsuit involves Carl Echols, Edward L. Lewis and ALB Investments, LLC. In April 2019, Echols sued his cousin Lewis, accusing him of reselling properties he bought from him for $ 17,500 in 2006.

Echols and his family had lived and paid taxes on the property. In 2016, Lewis sold the property for $ 1,000 to ALB Investments, a company that Duggar had listed as a registered agent. Echols went to court and said the property had been sold without his knowledge.

On September 30, 2020, a Benton County judge ruled in favor of Echols and a “silent title” was ordered.

Now to the recent lawsuit [filed in March 2021]The case is being handled by a third lawyer, Martin, who has filed an appeal.

“We won the actual case. My client, Carl Echols, has received a certificate and the property bears my client’s name, ”said attorney Kesha (Chiappinelli) Zaffino.

Zaffino will not represent Echols in the appeal process, for one reason she does not do any appeal work.

“In my opinion, Martin was paid a piece of money, and instead of being honest, that was his customer [Josh Duggar]After missing two consecutive hearings, he will instead make an argument that the judge ruled erroneously, “Zaffino said. She asked, “If you don’t appear in court … what’s your position?”

Respondent Edward Lewis was properly served on April 10, 2019 but did not do so
Answer and is by default.

ALB Investments LLC did not appear for the hearing on September 10, 2020
will be fined $ 5,000 in attorney’s fees and expenses.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, JUDGED AND RESOLVED that the ownership of the property described above is hereby absolutely absolute in the fee and confirmed by the petitioner Carl Echols; Existing or potential detrimental claims or interests of persons of any kind, in particular with respect to the defendant, their unknown heirs, planners, successors and agents as well as all persons who assert claims through or under them, will be deleted and declared null and void. and that this court continues to have jurisdiction over this action in order to grant other facilities that prove necessary and
appropriate.

Benton County, Arkansas Circuit Court, Civil Division. September 30, 2020.

When Duggar did not show up for the final hearing after Story was released from the case, Zaffino politely called Josh and asked if he knew he was in court [that particular day].

“He told me he didn’t know he had court and then talked about other things … he didn’t seem to care,” said Zaffino. “I might be thinking of Travis [Story] I forgot to tell him since he’s no longer Duggar’s lawyer. That’s why I gave it [Duggar] a courtesy call, and I could legally because, as far as I knew, he was not represented by a lawyer at the time. “

Echols’ attorney had offered to settle the lawsuit before the trial scheduled for April 27, 2020.

“We offered to pay him $ 1,000, which is the amount he paid Lewis for the property and a few more, and let’s just call it a day,” Zaffino said, “but he refused.”

If Martin’s appeal is won, it means the case would start over in a lower court. Echols is under no obligation to respond to the appeal as it will not lose anything. But if he did, it would cost him thousands of dollars in legal fees, said Zaffino: “I would say it would cost Echols about $ 10,000 to hire a lawyer and respond to this case. He would probably need legal assistance. “

Zaffino believes this appeal could drag on for a few more years, especially given Duggar’s current legal situation regarding federal charges of possession and reception of child pornography.

ALB INVESTMENTS, LLC

ALB Investments, LLC was incorporated in Arkansas on August 24, 2015.

The currently registered agent is Joshua Bryant, 9 Halsted Circle, Rogers, Arkansas. Travis W. Story is the founder / organizer and does not display an address. The principal’s address was 438 E. Millsap Rd., Suite 103, Fayetteville, Arkansas. At one point, that address was associated with Story, but Story’s current business address was 3608 Steele Blvd., Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Travis Story, Story Law Firm | Courtesy photo

The exact owner of ALB Investments, LLC is unknown because Arkansas along with three other US states – Delaware, New Mexico, and Wyoming – has confidentiality clauses (in Arkansas it is Act 865, which was created in 2007).

On the day ALB Investments, LLC was formed, Josh and Anna Duggar sold their home in Siloam Springs to ALB Investments for $ 65,000 plus tax that same day [then located] in Siloam Springs.

The business address for ALB Investments is the same as the home address of Siloam Springs on Kinchloe Road. Story signed the deed as a scholarship holder and notary public. According to the state document, the date stamp issued by the district is the following day.

In summary, Alreadysh and Anna Duggar sold the house to themselves.

The five-bedroom, three-bath two-acre home sold for $ 336,500 in February 2020, according to real estate websites.

According to the Washington County Tax History for Joshua and Anna Duggar, they paid personal property taxes at two locations: 1900 block on N. Porter Road in Fayetteville (2010-2013) and 500 block on Arbor Acres Ave. in Springdale (2014-2020).

An online search was performed for ALB Investments, LLC of Arkansas for a website or service provided by ALB Investments, LLC, but nothing was displayed. There’s an ALB Investments, LLC in Farmington, Utah, but the company doesn’t appear to have any Arkansas connection.

In North Carolina there is an ALB Investments, LLC, which is part of Connected Investors. Owned by Tony Brannon, this agency appears to be a consortium of real estate investors. No partners in Arkansas were listed according to an online search.

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