Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California
The previous owner of my house ( i bought it about 3 years ago) left a threatening note on my door yesterday saying that I owe her money for her phone and cable bill- she never shut them of (which I didn't know) When we moved in we had cell phones and hooked up a land line several months later and we got our own cable shortly after we moved in. She says if i don't call her she will press charges, can she? and for what exactly?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Anyone can sue any person but it does not mean they will win. She probably could only take you to small claims but you could claim that her statute of limitation for personal injury already won if it has been more than 2 years. I don't know how reasonable it is to know that your phone and cable were never switched.
That is not a personal injury case, so the 2 year statute of limitations is inapplicable. I have a hard time believing that you did not know that utilities such as phone and cable were still in the previous owner's name.
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