General Practice Legal Questions

That depends. If your husband sold the truck and there was no discussion about the personal items, then the sale included everything in the truck. If there was a specific discussion that the sale did not include the items in the truck, then the sale did not include the items in the truck. If the latter, then you can file a civil action lawsuit against the buyer in small claims court for the cost of the items. As you might have learned, next time take everything out of the vehicle before you transfer possession to the buyer.... Read More

In a vacuum, a stock sale changing ownership of a corporation is not an assignment of the corporation’s assets or liabilities the same entity is still obligated and getting the benefits.  However many contracts define “assignment”  to include a change in the corporation’s control.  You need to look at the underlying contract to see how assignment is defined. ... Read More

If your bf gave you the car, he has no legal right to take it back.  He may claim that he didn't give the car to you outright, however, but only let you use it, or only gave it to you on condition that you stayed together, or some other version of the facts other than an outright gift.  It is by no means certain that the court will believe you.  The fact that you are listed as a driver on his insurance doesn't prove the gift.  If anything it supports a claim that it wasn't a gift, because if the car was yours why wasn't it covered by your insurance?  Assuming that you have nothing in writing in which he said that the car was yours, and no unbiased witness (maybe the car salesman?) the most powerful evidence of who is the true owner would probably be the title.  Who is listed as the owner on the title?... Read More

Absent an explicit contract providing for it (to which you would need to be a party) you can't inherit your father's debt.  Any debt he leaves after his death will be paid by his estate, which will leave less for you to inherit, but you have no obligation to pay any debts which arenot covered by the estate's assets.... Read More

If I understnad you correctly, you had a contract with the company to provide you with tickets and merchandise in exchange for $100.  The company breached the contract  by failing to provide the merchandise.  Assuming that these are the facts, this is a classic breach of contract claim.... Read More

That's a tough question.  If you were never served, you are not subject to the court's jurisdiciton and theoretically could have any judgment entered against you vacated, and you may feel that you don't want to wake up the plaintiff to the problem by taking any action.  On the other hand, you're taking a chance that the plaintiff may have made some effort to serve you of which you are unaware, and that wehn push comes to shove, a court may hold that you were validly served and therefore a default judgment entered against you is enforceable.  If it were me, I probably would not want to take the chance, but I might wait untiil the statute of limitations has run.  Defamation claims generally have short limitations periods (I don't know what Georgia's is), and if you get the case dismissed on jurisdictional grounds after the statute of limitations has run, it will probably be too late for the plaintiff to sue you again.  Whether you choose to wait until the limitations period has run or not, you eventually would make a motion to dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiciton; if jurisdiction is an issue other than just the service, you may be able to make a limited appearance just to contest jurisdiction, without appearing generally in the case.... Read More