horseperson
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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? SD
My wife boards one horse with "full care" at an equestrian facility and has a contract on that one horse. Her boarding fees are always paid. She then brought on two more horses that were put in the pasture with no contract, just a verbal agreement that my wife would do chores to pay for their stay.
The facility owner sells the two pasture horses without my wife's consent. The facility owner claimed that the two horses are technically hers as she does not believe my wife has done enough chores to pay for their stay. The facility owner then claimed that my wife owes $5,000 for the two pasture horses stay. The following day, the facility owner says that my wife owes $7,000. The facility owner then threatened to seize the "full care" horse unless the $7,000 is paid.
Additional information:
We still have the registration papers for the two pasture horses.
Neither the facility owner or my wife kept track of how much she has worked and there was nothing said about how much my wife would earn toward the horses doing chores.
The facility owner is on the verge of losing her facility and is basically trying to get as much money as possible out of my wife.
My questions: If we take our "full care" horse out of the facility, can she do anything about seizing it? The contract on that horse pertains only to that one horse and there is no debt on it's care.
My wife did not obtain a copy of the contract, so it's entirely possible that the facility owner could print off another page regarding the other two horses and attach it to the contract.
My wife boards one horse with "full care" at an equestrian facility and has a contract on that one horse. Her boarding fees are always paid. She then brought on two more horses that were put in the pasture with no contract, just a verbal agreement that my wife would do chores to pay for their stay.
The facility owner sells the two pasture horses without my wife's consent. The facility owner claimed that the two horses are technically hers as she does not believe my wife has done enough chores to pay for their stay. The facility owner then claimed that my wife owes $5,000 for the two pasture horses stay. The following day, the facility owner says that my wife owes $7,000. The facility owner then threatened to seize the "full care" horse unless the $7,000 is paid.
Additional information:
We still have the registration papers for the two pasture horses.
Neither the facility owner or my wife kept track of how much she has worked and there was nothing said about how much my wife would earn toward the horses doing chores.
The facility owner is on the verge of losing her facility and is basically trying to get as much money as possible out of my wife.
My questions: If we take our "full care" horse out of the facility, can she do anything about seizing it? The contract on that horse pertains only to that one horse and there is no debt on it's care.
My wife did not obtain a copy of the contract, so it's entirely possible that the facility owner could print off another page regarding the other two horses and attach it to the contract.