recovering money

[sahara]

detroit michigan; i sent a friend money while he was incarcerated and i have receipts and when he got out i bought him clothes and lent him money to get him and his daughter things and i have some receipts for that and he lived with me and was supposed to help pay rent to my mother(we stayed with her) and he never did, but i have receipts that i payed his and my share. we never had a written agreement that he would pay me back, it was all verbal, can i sue for things i don't have receipts or promisary notes for?

 

[JETX]

Yes, you can certainly take legal action without a written agreement, but you are much less likely to win. When you sue someone, the burden of proof is on you to prove your case. And without some substantiating evidence to support your claims that the money was loans, all he has to do is say that they were gifts and there was NO agreement to repay you.

Further, based on your description of the 'borrower', it may be unlikely that he would pay your judgment if you were to get one. And he probably has no seizable assets to enforce the judgment.

Bottom line... sounds like "another life's lesson learned".