Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Massachusetts
I co-signed with a friend for furniture so we could have for new apartment, with the agreement they make the payments and keep the furniture if they moved. They have now stopped making the payments on it and will not give me the furniture in the exchange for the balance due, over $800. Is this furniture now considered stolen, since they took furniture when they moved?
2 Answers from Attorneys
who is they?
No, not stolen, because they are co-owners. But if the agreement was for them to pay 100 percent of the bill for the furniture, then they owe someone -- either the furniture company or you, if you have been making the payments -- that money. If they are unwilling to live up to their end of the deal, I think your best course of action would be to sue them in small claims court. This is a relatively easy process, and it doesn't require that you hire a lawyer. The big issue, however, will be establishing that they agreed to pay the full bill for the furniture in the first place. Good luck.
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