Unpaid Rent

Unpaid Rent

Judge Mathis

Judge

rental,civil

EPISODE VITALS

Show Judge Mathis
Date Added Mar 15, 2018
Season 1
Episode 6
Ruling in favor of dismissed

Amount of ruling: $0

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QUICK OVERVIEW

Plaintiff is suing for unpaid rent, $1003.

EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Plaintiff claims they used to live together, he left the apartment without paying rent, for no reason; later on plaintiff found out itw was for another woman. Per plaintiff they had an agreement for him to pay half the rent, defendant denies it. Per plaintiff the rent went up because they were living in low income and they discovered that defendant was not reporting his wages. Judge considered they were both committing fraud against the government, case dismissed.

ABOUT Judge Mathis

Judge Mathis is a former Detroit-area district court judge. He listens to diverse litigants plead small-claims cases in his TV courtroom. A regular segment, Ask Judge Mathis, features the judge answering viewer questions to advise people with legal situations that they face. Prior to entering the legal world, Mathis was involved with gangs and spent time in jail as a young man before turning his life around.