Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in California

Money not owed

i had a person working with me, he bought a laptop computer for me on his credit card, he never wanted me to pay the amount of the computer back to him. now he quit and his dad has called me threatening legal actions if i dont return the computer to his son. there was a verbal contract stating i owed the kid nothing, and now i no longer have the computer and he has nothing in writting showing that i owned the computer but it shows he bought it on his card. how do i protect myself, and can his father just throw out that verbal contract.


Asked on 8/21/04, 2:08 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Benjamin Berger Berger-Harrison, A Professional Corporation

Re: Money not owed

It would not be a contract, unless the kid received something of value from you in exchange for the computer. It might be a valid gift. Once a gift is made, it's made. The person making the gift cannot later change his mind. However, if the kid denies that he ever made a gift to you, you may have an uphill battle in pursuading others (judge, jury, D.A.) that he did.

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Answered on 8/21/04, 3:36 am


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