>> Judge Judy: Mr. Holmes,
Miss Robertson and you
were engaged to be married,
and during the time that you
were engaged, you needed a car.
Miss Robertson had a car
of her own, and she also had
an older car that wasn't
running.
So far correct?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: According to your
complaint -- Stand up, sir --
unless you're having trouble
hearing me.
Are you having trouble hearing
me?
>> A little.
>> Judge Judy: I'll try to keep
my voice up.
Very few people say that they
can't hear me.
>> I'm sorry.
[ Light laughter ]
>> Judge Judy: According to your
complaint, Miss Robertson
said to you, "Listen.
The car's not running.
If you fix up the car,
it's yours."
So you took the car,
you fixed it up,
you got it running.
You probably added some more
man things to it that it didn't
need.
According to her, you added
some, you know, frills.
The engagement ended, and
Miss Robertson kept the car.
Miss Robertson said she was
merely letting you borrow
the car.
She said if you fix it,
you can borrow it.
I don't believe that,
by the way.
Because that's not the way
two people that are getting
married talk to each other.
They might say, "If you fix it,
you know, we're gonna be
together.
It will be our car.
You know, we'll be a married
couple," maybe.
More likely you said, "If you
fix it, 'cause it's not working,
you can have it," because you
anticipated that you were
going to get married.
Anyway, you are suing
Miss Robertson for the money
that you put into the car.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Miss Robertson
has a counterclaim.
Counterclaim is that when
you were engaged, you bought
two wedding bands -- one for
a guy and one for a girl.
She has yours, which she says
she has no use for --
you have hers.
You each have one.
Is that right -- or you sold it?
>> That's wrong.
This is the only part
that I have left of it.
Before we got married,
she wanted to wear it,
she wore it.
>> Judge Judy: No, no. Let --
Did you buy one ring or two?
>> She bought both of them,
she has both of them,
except for this piece here.
>> Judge Judy: Could I see
what he's showing me?
She bought both wedding bands?
>> But she got frustrated.
When I laid the ring away,
she wanted the ring.
I told her to wait --
just wait another week or two,
I'll go get it.
She didn't want to wait,
so Miss Robertson --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> I'm sorry.
>> Judge Judy: How many rings
do you have?
>> I have two rings.
>> Judge Judy: What is this
ring?
>> That goes to the set
that she wore on her finger.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Who paid for this?
>> She paid for it.
>> Judge Judy: You paid for this
one, too?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Would you give
this to her, please?
>> Byrd: Sure.
>> Judge Judy: It won't look
good on you, anyway.
[ Laughter ]
>> Thank you. Judy: Now, let's t
to the car, which is gonna be
a very easy thing for me.
I want to know what you can
prove that you spent on the car
to get it running.
>> [ Sighs ] Well --
>> Judge Judy: That's not
a "well."
>> I'm sorry.
>> Judge Judy: I want to see
what it cost to get the car
running.
I don't want to see
tinted windows.
I don't want to see rims.
I don't want to see Bose
speakers.
I don't want to see --
I want to see what it cost
to get the car running.
>> That's all I'm asking for.
Did you put these in yourself?
>> I did everything myself
except the transmission,
'cause I don't have knowledge
on transmission, so I didn't
do that.
>> Judge Judy: So everything
else you did yourself.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: You have the car
now?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Is it running?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Why not?
>> I don't know what's wrong
with it.
It actually stopped working
before I called off
the engagement.
>> Judge Judy: Well, where is
it?
>> It's parked in front
of my parents' house.
>> Judge Judy: And that's where
you want to just leave it?
>> Well, that's where it was at
before I let him borrow it.
>> Judge Judy: No, you didn't
let him borrow it.
You told him that if he fixed
it, he could have it.
$1,066 is what you spent
to get it running.
Is the car worth that?
>> I don't know what the car
is worth.
I don't...
>> Judge Judy: When did
the engagement terminate?
>> Sometime in September.
>> Judge Judy: So, for six
months, the car's been sitting,
not running?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Why?
I don't understand.
Why don't you junk it
or just let him have it?
It's going to cost $1,066.
>> I ended up getting another
vehicle in, like, 2012.
So the car had been on Non-Op.
>> Judge Judy: On what?
>> Non-Op.
>> Judge Judy: I don't know
what that means.
>> Non-Operational.
>> Judge Judy: So, but then
he got it running.
>> Well, I let him borrow it.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
He got it running.
Now you haven't used the car
in six months.
My question to you is,
if it's gonna cost you --
because he's gonna get
the money back that he put
into the car 'cause you now
have the car.
It's not like an engagement
ring.
>> The car was never for sale.
When I agreed to let him borrow
the car --
>> Judge Judy: I'm just asking
you a question.
>> It was never to be his.
>> Judge Judy: It was sitting
in front of your parents' house
not doing anything for
six months.
You haven't looked to junk it
for parts because you'd have
to put money in to fix it,
which you're clearly not doing.
So why don't you just let him
have the car?
>> The car was never to be his
to begin with.
>> Judge Judy: $1,066.
Judgment for the plaintiff.
Your counterclaim is dismissed.