Legal Question in Business Law in Kansas

Re: overpaid

Do you have a written lease? If so, the lease may have a provision regarding payments and disputes. You mentioned that the payments took place over a five year period but you don't indicate the dates. Under Massachusetts law, most contract cases have a six year statute of limitations so some of the lease payments may have been made long enough in the past that you cannot be sued for them. If the carriers were to sue, I do not expect that a judge or jury would be symptathetic to your claim that becuase of direct deposit you did not know you were overpaid. After all, if you had been underpaid, I'm sure you would have noticed and made sure you were being paid what you deserved. Finally, you're not arguing over a lot of money so I'm sure the carriers would be willing to make a deal for repayment of a portion of the funds.