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What is it called when an entity trys to bill for an amount that is false?
What is it called when an entity trys to bill for an amount that is false? I know fraud is the simple answer. But is there another term when there is a business involved specifically when a verbal agreement was previously made. I have a company billing me for work after the fact for removal of rock and soil. The verbal agreement was that we would give them the extra site spoils...
04/11/2009 | Category: Contracts » Oral | State: Arizona | #15954Is there a way I can Enforce an Oral Promise to Pay Debts of the Deceased?
My Aunt passed away recently with debts up to ying-yang. Two of her properties was transferred to a person (not family) via 'Quit Claim Deeds' with a verbal agreement that this person will pay her debt. It never happen. Being the trustee in her will, how do I go after this guy who now probably had sold the properties to someone else? Is there anything I can do at all or am I w...
03/02/2009 | Category: Contracts » Oral | State: Arizona | #15420What are the consequences of ending our lease early when we were told it would not be a problem?
We are leasing a commercial office from our attorney. When we signed the 5 year lease, we asked her if for some reason we were unable to honor the lease for the 5 years would she hold us to the lease. She said at the time she would not, so we signed the lease. Now when we need to get out of the lease for financial reasons due to the economy she says she cannot let us out of t...
02/09/2009 | Category: Contracts » Oral | State: Washington | #15208Is an oral contract legal and binding?
If the tenant and landlord have a verbal agreement that the tenant will install new carpet at the termination of the three-year lease does this constitute an oral contract and a legal amendment to the written Rental Agreement under Hawaii law?
01/29/2009 | Category: Contracts » Oral | State: Rhode Island | #15096Is an oral contract legally binding?
I entered into an oral contract with a bar owner to take over a kitchen in his bar to provide food for the customers. The bar owner said he wanted to open on a certain date and I bought equipment and was ready to perform before that time. The bar owner didn't get things done in time, so he put off the time of opening to the last week of December. I changed my holiday schedule a...
01/15/2009 | Category: Contracts » Oral | State: Nevada | #15005Does a oral contact stand up in court in Missouri?
Does a oral contact stand up in court in Missouri?
10/23/2007 | Category: Contracts » Oral | State: Missouri | #10825Are oral contracts legal and enforeable in Washington State?
Are oral contracts legal and enforeable in Washington State?
10/18/2007 | Category: Contracts » Oral | State: Washington | #10526Is my daughter's boyfriend bound to the terms of their oral agreement to pay half of utilities?
My daughter and her boyfriend moved in together. They agreed to split the rent and utilities. Both names are on the lease for the apartment. She put the cable in her name and he put the utilities in his name with the agreement that she would pay him the difference between the cable and utilities. He decided after 6 weeks he did not want to live in Tallahassee and returned t...
06/20/2007 | Category: Contracts » Oral | State: Florida | #6549How Can I Get Out of a Sales Contract for a New Car?
In the state of Virginia can I get out of a contract for a new automobile?
08/23/2011 | Category: Contracts » Recission | State: Virginia | #25391Can a Finance Company Claim the Abandoned Trailer on the Property We Bought?
My Husband and I were rented a lot in a trailer park in Toledo Oh. The agreement included an abandoned trailer that we were told to fix up with our own money. They said that we could stay indefinitely, but they did not tell us this trailer was abandoned. It is red flagged by the financial company. What can we do? Is there a Law against this?
08/16/2011 | Category: Contracts » Recission | State: Ohio | #25336