I am the plaintiff. I filed suit against my landlord on oct.11. I held onto the papers and waited up until the last day possible of having them served in proper amount of time. Our court date was set for Dec. 6th. On Dec 5th I received notice from the courts that the L.L. had requested a postponement and it had beeen granted. New date Jan.9th, 2003. On Dec. 31, I received a certified letter from the courts with the document I mentioned stating she is now countersuing me for unpaid rent in the amount of a $1000.00.
My claim is for a total of $942.00. Breakdown- $6oo.00 for the L.L. acting in bad faith by returning a partial of the deposit 48 days after I vacated, the state says it has to be done within 21. She returned $700.00 out of $1300.00. It was still another week before I received a statement of herr breakdown. The only deduction I did agree with her on was for the 6 days rent she withheld. Our 30 day notice was up on Aug 3, but I did not return the keys to her until the 6th Because I wanted to do alot more clening than the law says I have to do, because the house isss 4 sale. The remainder of $348.00 she kept I filed the claim on.
Also I was informed yesterday that if either party request a postponement, a copy of the request is also to be mailed to the other party. Is this true? I didn't get one.