Legal Question in Business Law in Kansas

We received a certified letter today from one of our past clients. We have a business where we break and train horse. They had agreed on 3 months training for $1200.00. They came at 1.5 months and took the horse out of our barn without notifying us of their actions. In the letter they sent were numerous accusations of us mistreating their horse, but they were never present during the training done on this horse. He came into us as a herd stallion of 4 yrs and was only broke to lead. We had many other clients present during any work done with this horse and they all state that these accusations are bogus. The people have "demanded" that we refund them the full $1200.00 as an "apology" for the misstreatment they have received. The last day the horse was here we had him at the vet to have him gelded per owners request, who were there during this procedure and paid for it. The next day was Sat Dec 5th and the people knew we weren't going to be home and that is when they came and took him off our property. Do you believe that they have any rights in this matter, or should we just not worry about it?


Asked on 1/12/10, 1:12 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Anthony Smith LawSmith

If the paid for the entire "breaking process" and removed their animal before completion, a cour tmight find that you owe some of the money back. You did nto have to do the last 1.5 months of training. How much, if any, that you owe would be determined by the agreement or contract you had with the owners. Get a local attorney to look at any written agreements or other documents you have, if you want a more certain opinion.

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Answered on 1/21/10, 7:07 am


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