*Since they already complied doesn't that kinda take the wind out of your lawsuit? * On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 8:44 PM, surfswab <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bought a new(er) 750 the last week in August from a guy who said he > was previous owner's landlord and had accepted the bike in lieu of > back rent. > > He had a title, signed off by the "tenant" and a bill of sale, so I > had no reason to doubt the story. > > But when I went to the DMV, they confiscated my title, told me it was > void because the tenant had filed for a duplicate (!) > > After several unsuccessful rounds of attempting to contact either of > these characters (they live in a different county) I filed suit > against both of them in Magistrate (small claims) Court. > > Didn't hear anything for a couple weeks, but then got a flurry of > phone calls and emails with all kinds of the-dog-ate-my-paperwork > stories -- both falling all over themselves, willing to do whatever > they could to correct the situation. > > This sudden cooperation kinda surprised me until I got notice in the > mail that their local Sheriff had served them with summons. > > The tenant magically came up with the current title, which he'd just > happened to "find" in a pile of papers. He agreed to meet me at a > notary public to sign it off and provide a bill of sale, also > notarized, if I would withdraw the lawsuit. > > I agreed to that, but told him I wouldn't do it until I had proper > title, in my name and in my hand. > > Long story short, I have title in hand, plates on the bike and all is > copasetic. But I haven't withdrawn the suit yet. > > Why? I wanna keep these two squirming for awhile, just on general > principle. I haven't figgered out what they were up to. It takes 30 > days for a dupe title to be issued, so the tenant's application for it > started long before the bike was offered for sale and I came on the > scene. > > So I don't think they were trying to screw me, neccessarily. I > suspect the tenant was trying to get over on the landlord by giving > him the old, signed off title, then applying for a new one, maybe > planning to repo the bike at some point in the future. I don't think > he was counting on the landlord selling the bike, or me to file suit. > > So I dunno. But it was kinda fun turning on the light and watching > the cockroaches scatter (!) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- * * * * -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
