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Quinn never attended any meetings related to West Pine. She was
not an officer or director of the corporation. She did not know
whether she was listed as a shareholder.6
Mrs. Quinn knew Mr. Quinn was the secretary of West Pine.
During the years 1979 through 1981, she knew Mr. Quinn visited
the Pottsville IRS office, but she did not know the purpose of
his visits. She was familiar, with that IRS office and with Mr.
Clark from her own work responsibilities with the law firm, and
she knew Mr. Quinn had to file West Pine's quarterly payroll tax
returns there. Mrs. Quinn did not learn of West Pine's tax
problems until she was called to testify at her husband's
criminal trial in Philadelphia in 1987.
Credit Alliance Action and Aftermath
On June 14, 1982, Credit Alliance Corporation (Credit
Alliance) entered a default judgment against the Quinns in the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania on the basis of the Quinns' personal guarantees of
payment of West Pine equipment lease/purchases. Credit Alliance
also entered this judgment in the Court of Common Pleas of
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, on September 7, 1982. Mr. Quinn
had signed Mrs. Quinn's name to the guarantee without her
6In 1984, after the years before the Court, two men from
Philadelphia appeared in her home and insisted that she sign a
blank stock certificate for West Pine. Mrs. Quinn did not wish to
sign without contacting an attorney but did so under pressure
from these men and Mr. Quinn. She did not know the purpose of
this certificate. No evidence of the certificate or its purpose
was presented at trial.
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