Mr. McGrew, you have a cabin.
>> He doesn't hear well.
You have the cabin.
This is regarding the cabin.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Are you his mate?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Then let me deal with you.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. McGrew has a
cabin, and he wanted
to remodel the cabin.
The two of you decided to hire
the defendant to do that.
You gave him two credit cards,
one from a fix-it shop
and one from a Home Depot.
You also asked him
to take your son with him
when he went up to the cabin.
Is that correct?
>> Grandson.
>> Judge Judy: It's a grandson?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: So he took your
grandson with not only your
approval, but you thought
it would be a good idea,
whether you asked him or not.
Okay.
He went up to the cabin.
The claim is that
he misused the credit cards.
He has a counterclaim.
He said he did most of the work
that was done,
and you owe him for the work
that he did on the cabin.
What was the contract price
that you made with him
for doing the cabin?
>> I'm so glad you asked.
>> Judge Judy: Just answer my
I said,n.
"What's the contract price?"
>> There was no agreement.
He was to go up there
and get an idea,
communicate back
and give us a proposal.
That never happened.
>> That's not true.
>> Judge Judy: Yeah.
That doesn't sound
right to me at all.
>> That is not true at all.
>> Judge Judy: At all.
Because you went up there.
You gave him the credit cards
in order to do that and,
according to Mr. McGrew,
transferred $1,700 to vendors.
Well, that wasn't done with
the intention of him coming back
to give you a proposal.
If that's the case, then you had
no contract with him.
Then, if you gave him
the credit cards,
you gave him the credit cards.
Whatever he spend
on the credit cards was his.
So let's not play cute
with each other.
Do you understand?
>> I understand, and I disagree.
>> Judge Judy: Well, then,
if you didn't have
a contract with him,
he says that the work he did
for you in his counterclaim
was $3,500 for work
completed and not paid for.
And if you didn't pay him,
and if you didn't have
a contract, then we apply
the rules of quantum meruit,
which means he gets what he can
show me he did in the cabin.
And if he was there for a week,
and if he hauled loads of trash,
and if he painted
part of the cabin,
then he's going to get paid.
Do you understand?
>> I understand.
>> Judge Judy: Great.
Now, the only thing that
I'm actually interested in
with regard to the credit cards,
because you gave him
credit cards to use.
Do you understand
that, Mr. McGrew?
You gave him credit
cards to use.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Good.
But there is an allegation here,
Mr. Niles,
that you bought merchandise
at Home Depot.
You returned that merchandise.
And, instead of crediting
it back
to The Home Depot credit card,
you took it in cash cards
and put it in your pocket.
>> That it not true, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Did you return
merchandise to Home Depot?
>> Yes, I did.
>> Judge Judy: Did you have them
credit the credit card?
>> Yes, I did.
>> Judge Judy: Great.
>> That's the only way
to get credit, back on the card
that you purchased
the items with.
It went right back on the card.
>> Judge Judy: So now you --
that's what I'm interested in,
with the credit cards.
So now, you show me
where he returned the items,
which he said he did,
and got cash cards for it
instead of putting it back
on your credit card.
>> Can I share with you...
>> Judge Judy: No.
What you could do is show me
exactly what I asked for,
which is proof
that he returned items
to Home Depot,
and instead of getting credit,
he got cash cards.
And, if he got cash cards,
I will assume
that he put them in his pocket.
Do you have that proof?
>> I will have to defer
to Erika.
She's got all the...
>> Judge Judy: Fine.
Erika is who?
>> I paid $6,000 worth of bills.
She's got the receipts.
>> Judge Judy: Listen.
I don't care.
That's all I want.
>> We did have a contract,
Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: No, we did not --
>> There is a written contract
with the
Do It Center for the credit card
for the use of it.
>> Judge Judy: Would you please
just show me
what I asked you for?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And let's do it
quickly.
All I want to see is where
he returned items to Home Depot
and got cash cards.
>> There isn't going to be
because I didn't do that.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
If she doesn't have it,
she doesn't have it.
>> Yes.
>> There's one of them.
>> Judge Judy: Byrd, would you
have her circle what
she wants me to look at there?
>> Some of the returns
right there.
>> Judge Judy: The returns and
credit card.
>> Yes.
It's the credit card
with the credit.
>> Judge Judy: May I see it?
>> But then it says,
if you look at it,
it says payment reversals.
They gave the payment back,
but it didn't go to the card.
>> Judge Judy: Can I see
what she's talking about?
I actually don't see
what you're talking about, here.
So far, I haven't seen anything
that suggests
that he returned items
and got, in effect, cash for it.
>> Well, mainly it was
the Do It Center.
>> Judge Judy: Your complaint,
which he has to answer, says,
"He charged several purchases on
The Home Depot card,
immediately returned them,
and was given the return balance
on a gift card
instead of having the balance
go back on the credit card."
That's all I want
to see proof of.
>> I don't...
>> Judge Judy: ...have that.
Fine.
>> No.
What you're saying is --
that's not what we submitted.
It was the Do It Center
we had a contract with.
>> Judge Judy: It's not
happening for you.