Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Texas
car sueing
can a person sue me over a car that is mine? a friend of mine offered to take over the payments on my car with the understanding that after it was paid off, he would give me 1500.00 (what I paid for the car until he took over payments including a trade in vehicle), the car was paid off and he did not)I have been waitng 3 months since he siad he would pay me. no transfer of title, no written agrrement, no insurance in his name, no receipts in his name.does he have a case? I have the title and an extra set of keys. i did repossess the car and he decided to sue.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: car sueing
Sure he can sue you. The question is whether he can make it stick. Since he broke his promise to pay you the $1500, you have a fair argument that his payments in your name were the same as if he'd rented the car from you.