Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Pennsylvania
Verbal Agreement
Verbal agreeement made with a friend who was stating up a new business. Agreeement made to purchase a laptop computer using my credit since friend's credit not approved due to startup business expenses. Agreement was friend would pay in full at end of 1 year, April 2004. Friend stopped communcating with me in March and has not followed through. Two letters have been sent to friend outlining our verbal agreement with bill for computer. No return communication. Please advise.
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Re: Verbal Agreement
You can take the "friend" to small claim's court and demand return of either the price of the laptop or the laptop. You own it.
Re: Verbal Agreement
First lesson...don't make verbal agreements for large amounts of money or property. Write your agreement down!!
On the issue of what you can do. You can probably constructively show that you purchased the computer on his behalf. You have a receipt (or can get one) and he has a computer. Was anyone else a witness to the agreement? You can sue him in small claims court (district justice level in PA) and seek either the computer or the money.
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