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Originally posted by Snapper
good thing, cause you would not have won.
I feel for you, cause I have had roommates and tenants pull the same shit.
Here's what it comes down to, from my experience. Unless you are owed $2000 or more, dont bother with small claims court. Stand up to bad roommantes right away. Once you let shit slide for a few months, you'll never restore order.
I had a roomie who smoked pot in the house. I told him twice not to, but he kept doing it. I told him I would call the cops next time he did. He smoked again, I called them. He flushed $400 worth of pot down the toilet when they knowcked on the door. But forgot the stash in his bedroom. Cops hauled his loser ass away. Thats the only way. For this story, call cops to get your stuff back, but forget court or all that shit. Chances are you wouldn;t win anyway, no matter what he signed. Its all hearsay.
Chalk up the losses to learning experience, and set the rules and enforce them from now on. I have nothing against pot, just dont want it in my house. You seem to feel the same way, so refuse any roommate that does pot.
Just my two cents. Good luck to you though
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Actually none of it is hearsay when you get right down to it. He signed a lease, a legal binding that he was responsible for this apartment, including half of the costs for it. By signing that, he agreed, and that's what the courts looked at. On a side note, mentioning his drug habits in a formal court wouldn't exactly make the judge drop to his knees to give the kid a BJ. He'd be all over his ass even more.