Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in New Jersey

stop payment

a friend asked me to loan him rent

money. he was supposes to pay me

back first thing the next morning so i

agreed to write his landlord a check

for his rent. the next morning i was

not able to get in touch with my

friend so i put a stop payment on the

check fearing i would not get the

money back. now the landlord is

trying to sue me for his rent money. i

have not been able to get in touch

with my friend since this happened.

does the landlord have a case?


Asked on 10/11/08, 2:32 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Corbett Corbett Law Firm LLC

Re: stop payment

I think not. However, you can easily protect yourself against the possibility that the judge won't see things the way I do by filing a third party complaint against your "friend". That way you will all be in court at the same time.

See also: http://info.corbettlaw.net/lawguru.htm

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Answered on 10/11/08, 2:56 pm


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