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Originally posted by Ace-Ace
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.
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You would think so, wouldn't you? Unfortunately, even with a signed lease, the violations you claim are hearsay, unless a police report was filed. You can tell the judge he smoked pot, but he can tell the judge you were worshipping Satan and sodomizing sheep. Judge isn't going to submit him to a drug test any more that he's going to ask a local sheep to take a rape kit test. Small claims court does not work that way. Take my word for it. Only way you win in small claims is with a police report, a bounced check, or a traceable good (like your stereo). Anything else, the judge has no way of telling who is lying, so he'll just assume everyone is lying, and go off the written record.
You probably could win on the lease, if you say he just walked out on it. But if all his money is being spent on lighting up his brain, its not like you're going to collect anyway. Like I said, not worth it for under one or two grand. Just walk away man. You'll have a lot less stress. If you see the guy in a few years, mop the floor with his ass, that'll make you feel better.