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Originally posted by sandz
get someone else into the house until you can afford to sell it, if you agreed verbally or even in your intentions of saying you will sign off on the lease you are legally responsible to do so - its a verbal contract and in this case is just as likely to hold up in court as a written one.
i understand you're pissed off but is it really worth all the effort (especially if you take him to court..) just make him pay you a few hundred $ for the things you mentioned, and let that be the end of it.. signoff on the lease
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The money itself is one thing, but the bigger thing is the fact that he'd be stepping all over me, taking advantage thinking I'd do nothing about the situation - and that he'd be exactly right. This kid has pulled this shit for 8 months straight, and I've somehow just let it slide, and put up with it.
This time he's gone one step too far, and he's going to have to pay for what he's done.
As far as a verbal contract in court goes, how do you think the judge would interpret it. "Why did you say you'd let him off the lease then backed out of it?"
"Well your honor, we had two agreements, first he wouldn't have people over nonstop, and secondly he'd get the drugs out of my apartment. He's had people over every single day/night and has housed drugs and used them in my apartment on multiple occasions".
I don't think the judge will like him too much after that. If he denies it, a simple blood test would to the trick. He's smoked every day for 6 months straight (is stoned tonight, at his "new place" actually).