My jurisdiction is: Virginia
My old roommates are sueing me over security deposit money. We wrote two checks for this deposit when we moved in. We were only given 2,550 from the 3,300 back after we moved out.
Now without going into all the math, and the whole this and that factors, the first check was written to me, and the second was split between the two of them equaling, nothing came to me. In the end, I ended up taking $65 more then my equal cut of the returned amount. Now I did this because I was the only person there during the walk through, and had to do all the finishing touches, all the extra work, and everything the landlord asked alone because niether I nor the landlord could reach them during the week of the moveout. I feel justified that I should be able to keep this money.
Now when they filed the claim it was before I had given them their cut from the 1st check, and before the second check was issued. Which means the original claim is way beyond the sum that we were even issued. There is a lot more fingure pointing, this and that going on but I was hoping that I have some brief points and a case here to present to the judge. I would like a legal opinion on what my rights and my side should be. I was even hoping that since the orginal claim was requested before they received money I might even be able to get this dismissed, since the REAL argument is only over $65, not the $1,100 they made the claim for. Now we tried to do a court mediation, and they finally agreeed that I only received $65 more then I should have. What are the major points I should concentrate on to help explain my side to the judge?
My old roommates are sueing me over security deposit money. We wrote two checks for this deposit when we moved in. We were only given 2,550 from the 3,300 back after we moved out.
Now without going into all the math, and the whole this and that factors, the first check was written to me, and the second was split between the two of them equaling, nothing came to me. In the end, I ended up taking $65 more then my equal cut of the returned amount. Now I did this because I was the only person there during the walk through, and had to do all the finishing touches, all the extra work, and everything the landlord asked alone because niether I nor the landlord could reach them during the week of the moveout. I feel justified that I should be able to keep this money.
Now when they filed the claim it was before I had given them their cut from the 1st check, and before the second check was issued. Which means the original claim is way beyond the sum that we were even issued. There is a lot more fingure pointing, this and that going on but I was hoping that I have some brief points and a case here to present to the judge. I would like a legal opinion on what my rights and my side should be. I was even hoping that since the orginal claim was requested before they received money I might even be able to get this dismissed, since the REAL argument is only over $65, not the $1,100 they made the claim for. Now we tried to do a court mediation, and they finally agreeed that I only received $65 more then I should have. What are the major points I should concentrate on to help explain my side to the judge?
