<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by twilley:
Ipaid my rent on booth at an antique mall and the manager lost the check and requested I replace it. I would only agree if they would reimburse me for the stop check fee. They took the amount of the check I gave them and deducted it from sales without my
consent. Is it my responsibilty to replace a check I gave them if they lost it?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
My response:
"Self help" or "Set off" without a court's approval is theft and conversion. You have a good case against them if you want to press matters. They cannot merely go into your cash register and start taking money. However, insofar as the lost check is concerned, normally, they would be on the hook for cancellation fees, but then they'd say "we never got the check in the first place."
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