you, Ms. Wheeler.
You and the plaintiff shared a
house together.
And everything was fine.
Together you rented some
furniture, some rent-to-own,
which is -- you lease it.
>> It wasn't a lease.
It was an outright purchase
with payments being made.
But it was in Subrine's name.
>> Judge Judy: So she was making
the payments.
>> Well, I was making the
payments.
>> Judge Judy: To?
>> Subrine.
>> Judge Judy: For your half.
>> Yes, for my half.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, so it was
not rent-to-own.
It was purchased.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: On her credit
card.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: You acknowledged
that it was a joint
responsibility...
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: ...by giving her
half while you were living
there.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Then you moved
out...
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: ...because you
didn't get along with her
daughter.
Her daughter moved in.
You didn't get along with her
daughter.
I don't care about that because
it has nothing to do with me.
The only thing that has to do
with me is the furniture.
udy: So, you moved
out, and you took the furniture.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And you stopped
paying for the furniture.
>> I had made the payments that
were agreed upon.
>> Judge Judy: While you were
there.
But there were still more
payments that had to be made for
the furniture.
>> Well, whenever I made the
payments, my payments were
supposed to go into a savings
account.
She was supposed to be making
monthly payments.
And she was never making any of
the payments.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> She never made any of the
payments.
>> Judge Judy: Show me.
Well, show me first that you
gave her money for half the
furniture.
>> I have my bank statements
that shows the money
coming out.
>> Judge Judy: No, just...
That's a very heavy package.
It would take four stamps
to mail that package.
So, what I want you to do is
take a circle and show me where
you made monthly payments to
the furniture --
>> I highlighted them for you,
ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Perfect.
>> And I even have a list that
itemizes what each one is for
each month.
If you'll notice while you're
looking at that that all the
payments that are made to her
are the only time that there are
counter checks or ATM
withdrawals.
>> Judge Judy: No, just a
second.
I just see ATM withdrawals.
How do I know what they're for?
One is for $500.
One is for $300.
One is for $200.
How am I supposed to know what
they're for?
>> Each month, I paid $500.
$300 was the rent, and the $200
was for the furniture.
So, if you look, I can explain
that there is $500 every month
that's either an ATM --
>> Judge Judy: One is for $120,
an ATM withdrawal that you've
highlighted.
How do you explain --
>> If you'll look at the sheet
where it says, "May, June, July,
August," it breaks it down, and
if you look at the breakdown, it
ends up being $500.
>> Judge Judy: I'm not looking
at your breakdown.
>> It's on that.
>> Judge Judy: No, I'm not
looking at your breakdown.
That's prepared for litigation.
I don't look at that.
>> Okay. Well, we're friends.
The payments that I was making
were supposed to go into a
savings account.
>> Judge Judy: Why?
>> They wouldn't let you make
the payments off early every
month.
They wanted you to make the
monthly payments, and at the
very end, you could make one
final payment to pay it off
completely.
That's what mine was supposed to
go to.
>> Judge Judy: That's
rent-to-own.
>> Well, we bought it from the
furniture store, and they're not
known for rent-to-own.
>> Judge Judy: And then you have
one for $386.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: How much is left
on the furniture?
>> $1,865.41.
>> Judge Judy: May I see that,
please?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: How much was the
furniture originally?
>> It's at the top of the thing.
It shows the payoffs at each
stage of making a payment.
>> Judge Judy: How much was all
the furniture?
>> The total amount of the
furniture before it went to the
rental company was $1,566.50.
When the rental company took it
over, it became more than that
because you're paying monthly
payments.
>> Your Honor, I'd paid $1,600
on it.
I'd paid my half.
I'd already paid my half.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
But you didn't leave her half
the furniture.
[ Laughs ] Do you understand?
No, listen to me.
Paying your half is great.
Then what you do is, if you
own the furniture,
you sell the furniture if
you're leaving, and you
split up the proceeds.
But you took the furniture.
>> I left her furniture.
I had --
>> Judge Judy: It doesn't
matter.
>> I had furniture...
No, the agreement was that I had
furniture that is...
I have documentation of the
furniture and its value,
pictures of it.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
I don't care.
Listen to me.
>> Ma'am, it was an even trade.
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
>> It was an agreement.
It was an even trade.
>> Judge Judy: She wants it
back.
Give her the furniture back, and
then she'll make the payments.
And you come and take your
furniture.
>> But my furniture has bedbugs
in it because of her daughter.
>> Judge Judy: Ah, right.
Very good.
Judgment for the plaintiff in
the amount of $1,865.
We're done.
Thank you.