I wrote this guy a check to use his apartment the other day for a shoot, for $200.
Guy calls 2 days later to say he lost the check, and wants me to reissue it. I reissued the check after putting a stop payment on the first one, for $185
Guy calls 24 hours later to say he lost the second check, so I deduct the $30 stop-payment fees and I write him a third, for $170.
Checked my bank account today, and to my suprize I see the $185 check has cleared. I call him to ask him for the third check back, and he says he never cashed the second one and it must have gotten stolen.
I called the bank a few minutes ago and had a stop-payment put on the third check, so I'm not getting taken for $355, but I guess it comes down to this. No matter what the check says, it's going to have someone's signature with his name. I can't tell what's what, and I can't tell who's bank account it actually went into. I also don't know if he may have given the check to a friend, to split it with. Should I hold him liable for the lost check? I don't see any alternative at this point.
Guy calls 2 days later to say he lost the check, and wants me to reissue it. I reissued the check after putting a stop payment on the first one, for $185
Guy calls 24 hours later to say he lost the second check, so I deduct the $30 stop-payment fees and I write him a third, for $170.
Checked my bank account today, and to my suprize I see the $185 check has cleared. I call him to ask him for the third check back, and he says he never cashed the second one and it must have gotten stolen.
I called the bank a few minutes ago and had a stop-payment put on the third check, so I'm not getting taken for $355, but I guess it comes down to this. No matter what the check says, it's going to have someone's signature with his name. I can't tell what's what, and I can't tell who's bank account it actually went into. I also don't know if he may have given the check to a friend, to split it with. Should I hold him liable for the lost check? I don't see any alternative at this point.
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