Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

Rent Repayment

My husband and I rented property for our cattle to graze on. There was a verbal agreement and we paid the property owner for one year of rent, which expired on Feb 1, 2008. In the fall of 2007 the property owner and her son came to us needing to borrow money. They said that if we gave them the money they needed, it would pay for 2 additional years of rent on the property. The adjacent property we also had rented from the property owner in questions mother. The property that we loaned the money on is land-locked by the mothers property. The mother asked us to end our cattle grazing on her property as of Jan 1 2008. The first mentioned property is now unable to be used. The owner said she would reimburse our money we loaned her on January 1, 2008. We have been getting the run-around ever since. As we have nothing in writing, only a cancelled check that was made out to the property owners son, do we have any legal standing to resolve this matter? The amount in question is $3,800.


Asked on 2/13/08, 4:07 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert L. Bennett Law offices of Robert L. Bennett

Re: Rent Repayment

Absolutely, you have legal standing!

Your oral agreement is as binding as a written contract, just harder to prove. But, when you combine testimony regarding the agreement with a copy of the cancelled check, you have a very solid case.

Please feel free to e-mail, or call, my office if you need more.

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Answered on 2/13/08, 5:13 pm


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