Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Missouri

crooked mechanic

I own a small trucking company and for several years I had a local garage doing all my repairs. I had always paid my bills until I took one of my trucks into his shop to have a head gasket replaced and he decided to take it upon hisself to do alot more to the vehicle than I had approved. approx. $4000 more than I had approved!! To make matters worse several other large shops and dealers told me that it was impossible to have the damage that he had said he'd repaired. I went ahead and made several payments reguardless and of which several were made in cash and I recieved receipts for payment. I had paid my bill down to approximately $1600 when his head mechanic had a guilty concience and came to me and told me that it was all a scam and that he didn't even do the work that he had claimed. So I called the owner and told him what I knew and that I would be doing business elsewhere and he wasn't getting anymore payments. This was 2 1/2 years ago and last week I was served papers that he is suing me. I no longer have the receipts showing my payments and he is showing them in my balance as he is showing like I never paid anything. The employee is willing to give a statement or testify but I can't afford to get an attorney. Any advice?

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