I loaned my brother-in-law $2,000 and he hasn't paid me back. I now conclude he has no intention to. There wasn't a written agreement, since I trusted him at the time, considering that the money I gave him was part of my life insurance sum, and when my husband passed on to heaven, my brother-in-law said he'd take of me for my husband. So I trusted my brother-in-law because I thought he would be upstanding enough to pay me back in order to honor my husband who is his brother. Anyway, even though there was no written agreement, there are two people who can vouch that I LOANED him $2,000, and that's my brother-in-law's ex-wife and his sister. My question is: is a verbal testimony enough if I were to take my brother-in-law to small-claims court? And what are the chances of winning the case with nothing written but just verbal testimony?
