I need to find a law to collect a payment.?

Question

I did a auto repair job for a man that claimed the auto was his but when i completed the job he then had his father contact me and refuse to pay for the job done as he did not hire me to do it himself so i refused to release the car to him and in turn his father is taking me to court and sueing me for all kinds of extras like inconvinience ect... and the justice of the peace that is presiding over the case seems to not be looking at the case in an unbiast manor i am unable to afford a laywer so i am on my own now the parish that i live in has picked up the car because the owner never did and i am being sued for that also so if anyone has any real advise it would be greatly appreciated thank you all for your time James ( also his father has stated to the justice of the peace that he would not have approved of me working on the car because he just had the motor and trans put in it about a year ago but he gave me money to buy the parts with himself at my home in front of my fiance').

Answer 1

You had a contract with the son to do work on the car for payment. Whether or not the father and I would assume owner of the car wished that work to be done is not relevant because the work was done. You are well within your legal rights to hold the car until you receive payment. In my opinion, this guy has no cause for legal action against you. Repairs were done to his car so awarding him a monetary award would be inequitable gain, meaning that the father got something, the repairs on his car, for nothing. This sounds like a scam to me.