If my previous business partner and roommate has jumped ship, how can I get the money he owes me?
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If my previous business partner and roommate has jumped ship, how can I get the money he owes me?
If my previous business partner agreed to pay $1400 and put it into the business when we started it together. And now (3 months later) has agreed to give me his share of the business can I sue him for the $1400 he promised to give to the company. He also was a roommate that has not paid his rent for the last 2 months. How can I get that money as well?
Asked on April 27, 2012 under Bankruptcy Law, Colorado
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If the $1,400 owed to you for your former business partner's share of the enterprise that you two started and he has agreed to give you his share, make sure you get such an agreement in writing from him. If his offer to give you the share of his stake in the business you are writing about is in lieu of the $1,400 owed, then the $1,400 is now off the table and you have no factual basis to sue him for the $1,400.
If he has not paid his share of the rent for the past two (2) months, you are entitled to bring a legal action for this amount unless this amount is factored in the value of the share of the business he is giving you. Either your former roommate gives you the money owed or you have to file a presumed small claims court action against him.
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