Q: Can an old business partner collect debt from our time together if there was no expense contract only a lease?
This was a 3 year partnership of a shared store front not a shared business, we kept our businesses separate. Now that I have left he is trying to collect added on fees and payments I never agreed to. Everything was verbal and there was no signed agreement on shared expenses. while together I did pay my share over that 3 year period. I have agreed to pay him a portion of what he is asking but there is a difference of 1500 that I think is unreasonable, does he have a case?
A: Anybody can file a lawsuit. Whether a plaintiff wins depends on the facts, circumstances and evidence presented to the court. He could file in small claims court. Verbal contracts can be enforced by the court, but if there is differing testimony, with nothing to corroborate two conflicting versions, then it is difficult for the plaintiff to prove the claim.
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