i needed a place to stay and i asked if i cud stay with her. she said for 700 i said i cud only pay 400 and she said okay. i didnt start payn until my second month wen i got my second job so i had paid for two months of 400 plus 170. i left under my own accord and moved to my own place. now she says she's gona take me to court for 700 for four months plus late fees& will lie and say she evicted me and lie and say she had a witness sayn the rent was for 700! she works for a restaurant making no real money so thta's y she's threatning me cuz i actually hav a real job, two jobs. shud i pay her greedy a** or let it go to court?
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There was no rental agreement. it was for a room in a house that she doesnt even own or isn't even in her name. and i gave her more than a 2 week notice. my girlfriend was in the house wen i told her that 700.00 was to much and 400.00 was all i cud afford to pay no one else was in the house at the time. we didnt signn a rental agreement.
2007-11-27 04:57:54 · 5 answers · asked by memybaby11804 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Since you didn't sign anything you are good to go, it will be impossible for her to prove that you even lived there unless she has copies or reciepts from you paying her the rent you did. With here not being the owner either or landlord, let her go through the huge trouble of taking you to court, just be honets with the Judge and the Judge will call it for what it really is and probally kick her out of the court room.
2007-11-27 05:08:18 · answer #1 · answered by Surfininjunmonkey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In some states a verbal agreement is a binding contract. If you never agreed to the higher amount and you signed no agreement I would say.... let her take you to court. Without documentation there isn't much she can do and she will have to pay fees to even file the claim.
Write up a paper, now while it is fresh on your mind, by date, what was discussed and what was agreed and times you talked, when you paid, Did you get receipts for what you paid?? and when you gave notice and when you left. etc Be thorough.
My thought is she will threaten but not do anything. But keeps your own records of how many times she calls you particularly if she calls you on the job. And remember 2 people can tell lies and get friends to back them up.
2007-11-27 13:15:19 · answer #2 · answered by Lyn B 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One life lesson is that many people threaten to sue and few actually do. Suing costs money and time and effort...and when you win, you don't get money...you get a piece of paper which you then have to spend MORE time and money collecting on.
Without a lease, the traditional rule is that you have a "tenancy at sufferance" -- i.e., you're a month to month tenant. As long as you give her more than 2 weeks notice, you're fine.
She has nothing to document the $700, and you and she each have witnesses. Is hers really willing to commit perjury? Dangerous road, keeping one's story straight.
Me, I'd yawn at her threats and say "bring it." Bet she won't.
This is not legal advice, but just what a longtime paralegal would do.
2007-11-27 13:30:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She's all blow and no go. Soon as she finds out how much it costs to file the lawsuit, it'll go away.
Normally, an interest in real property (which is what a lease is) is required to be in writing and signed by the person obligated to pay.
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2007-11-27 13:07:23 · answer #4 · answered by scottclear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This girl has no legal claim against you. It sounds like there is more to her resentment than rent payments.
2007-11-27 13:05:59 · answer #5 · answered by beez 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋