Pay for utilities yourself, then sue
the landlord for breach of contract, and ask for compensation of the cost of the utilities.
Not exact matches
On February 5, 2009, the
landlord of our premises located at 349 Oyster Point Boulevard, South San Francisco, California filed a complaint against us in the Superior Court
of California
for the County
of San Mateo alleging
breach of contract and termination
of our lease, seeking a writ
of attachment and a temporary protective order,
for which a hearing was held on February 6, 2009.
In defending a young college student against a
landlord's
breach of contract lawsuit, successfully argued
for and obtained a dismissal
of the case halfway through trial.
Others had taken on
landlord - tenant cases, civil litigations against municipalities,
breach of contract cases
for local businesses, and human trafficking research.
Broadly speaking, if you sue because
of a
breach of a
contract, the defendant will usually be the person or business you
contracted with (
for example, the
landlord who
breached your lease).
For example, the tenant may only have
breached the terms
of the
contract because the
landlord acted unlawfully.
For breach of contract you would need to prove that the
landlord failed to discharge their obligations under the...
the damages payable to the
landlord under the statute should be assessed in exactly the same way as
for a repudiatory
breach of contract.
Additionally the
landlord might learn that you are in
breach of the rental
contract, and decide to take legal actions or impose additional fees
for the mistake.
Curtis Properties Corp. v. Greif Companies (236 A.D. 2d 237)- cause
of action in quantum merit reinstated (see, Curtis Properties Corp. v. Grief Companies [212 A.D. 2d 259]-RRB-; broker engaged as exclusive buyer's agent; broker may proceed both on
breach of contract and quasi-
contract theories where there is a bona fide dispute as to the existence
of a
contract or the
contract does not cover the dispute in issue; quantum meruit recovery is proper where the defendant wrongfully has prevented the plaintiff's performance
of a written agreement; broker negotiated lease terms
for principal with a third party which principal used to negotiate their own lease terms with their current
landlord.