Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Texas

A friend and I were falsely misrepresented about legal documents of renting at an apartment complex, where we were specifically told throughout the whole process by the employee that we were filling out an Application and not a Lease Contract. We were also asking the guy if it was an application or contract because we were not ready to sign a contract just yet and he would assure us that it was only the application and other documents not the contract and now we are told to either pay about $8870 to break the lease or find two other people to take over by 8-22-09 which both are unrealistically unreasonable. Do we have a case worth fighting for and/or sue although we already initialed the contract? We are both college students who don't have this type of money or capabilities to have our credit ruined...please help!!


Asked on 8/13/09, 1:27 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
TC Langford Langford Law Office

If you are adults, you are legally allowed to execute documents. Inherent in that right is the obligation to read what you are signing.

Generally, oral assertions do not override the terms of a contract. Unless you have witnesses to actual deception, you were not provided with copies of your documents, you were not allowed to read the documents, or there was some real fraud involved (switching pages), then you probably have an enforceable contract. You need to read it, to determine what your options are.

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Answered on 8/21/09, 12:44 pm


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