Can i take someone to court with only a person to testify on my behalf?
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Can i take someone to court with only a person to testify on my behalf?
I bought a car from a third party and
the back repoed it due to non payments.
I was never told by the third party
about any payments.
Asked on June 19, 2017 under Business Law, Virginia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Yes, you can sue the third party due to his/her nondisclosure of a material (important) fact which was (presumably) known to him, which nondisclosure was made to get you to buy the car--which would be fraud--and/or for breach of contract--for violating the agreement (even if only oral or unwritten) to sell you a car with clean title, where you would own it free and clear of liens or obligations to others. (That you would get clean title when you are buying something, when no clouds on title were disclosed to you, is such a basic term that even if it's not stated explicitly, courts would imply it to the agreement.)
You can sue based only on witness testimony--even only on one witness's testimony. The court will decide how credible and reliable the testimony is, so if you have bad witnesses, you might lose--but you can still file the lawsuit.
You can sue the third party for your money back and possibly your costs to sue him/her.
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