troubled13
Junior Member
State of Arizona:
My landlord sued us over breaking the lease; however, we won in court because the home was inhabitable. It was a small claims case in which he filed a claim and we counterclaimed. In our counterclaim, we attached our lease agreement. In the security deposit area, a deposit was scribbled in. Long story short, at the notary, we had no evidence that last months rent was paid, so landlord scribbled it in the security deposit area. He is stating that we forged the documents, even though we said to the judge, it was not forgery nor are we asking for a return of security deposit. All we counterclaimed for was breach of lease by landlord and money owed during the many weeks of inhabitibilty. We won, but now he wont leave us alone threating us and blackmailing us stating that he can send us to jail and fine us 10,000.00 for forging a document. The small claims judment is binding and cannot be appealed, so I guess my question is, where do we go from here? Can we prove that it was not forged even if there are no initials or signatures on that page or can he even sue us for that when we never asked for our security deposit back? He thinks that he can because it is his "civil duty" to bring this to attention and have us go to jail and pay him money. I really just think he is angry that he owes us so much money when in fact he filed the claim on us. Thank you for any input.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
My landlord sued us over breaking the lease; however, we won in court because the home was inhabitable. It was a small claims case in which he filed a claim and we counterclaimed. In our counterclaim, we attached our lease agreement. In the security deposit area, a deposit was scribbled in. Long story short, at the notary, we had no evidence that last months rent was paid, so landlord scribbled it in the security deposit area. He is stating that we forged the documents, even though we said to the judge, it was not forgery nor are we asking for a return of security deposit. All we counterclaimed for was breach of lease by landlord and money owed during the many weeks of inhabitibilty. We won, but now he wont leave us alone threating us and blackmailing us stating that he can send us to jail and fine us 10,000.00 for forging a document. The small claims judment is binding and cannot be appealed, so I guess my question is, where do we go from here? Can we prove that it was not forged even if there are no initials or signatures on that page or can he even sue us for that when we never asked for our security deposit back? He thinks that he can because it is his "civil duty" to bring this to attention and have us go to jail and pay him money. I really just think he is angry that he owes us so much money when in fact he filed the claim on us. Thank you for any input.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
