in your name in 2009.
>> That's correct.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
And you have a mortgage on the
house?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: When you
purchased the house, you
purchased it as a rental...
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: ...to rent it?
You had purchased it to live in?
>> We did.
We lived in it for about
7 years.
>> Judge Judy:
Who lived in it for 7 years?
>> My wife and I
and our children.
>> Judge Judy:
How many children?
>> Currently, I have five.
At the time, I suppose,
when we moved out, we had three.
>> Judge Judy:
You bought it in 2009.
You lived in the house,
you said, for 7 years.
>> I think it was 6, 7 years,
if I remember right.
>> Judge Judy: Well, try 6...
>> 6.
>> Judge Judy: ...because
according to your complaint, the
defendant lived there for 4
years, so that doesn't add up.
>> No, no. It would have been --
2014 is when she moved in to it,
October 2014.
>> Judge Judy: They moved in,
in October of 2013 according to
your complaint, Mr. Jones.
>> '13.
>> That means that you
and your wife and children
lived there for 4 years.
>> It might have been a typo.
I apologize.
I'm pretty sure that it's 2014.
I don't know if she can verify,
but pretty sure.
>> Judge Judy: How many years
did you live there?
>> Almost 4 years.
>> Judge Judy:
When did you move out?
>> April 19th, 2017.
>> Judge Judy:
What was your rent?
>> When we moved out,
it was $1,000.
When we moved in, it was $950.
>> Judge Judy:
When did it become $1,000?
>> About a year and a half
after we moved in.
>> Judge Judy:
How many bedrooms?
>> Three.
>> Judge Judy:
And who lived there?
>> Myself, my husband,
my two boys, and my father.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Jones
evicted you.
Is that correct?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And that was
on the 19th of April?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: You lived there
until the 19th of April?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: When did you stop
paying rent?
>> I paid partial rent
in January,
and in February
is when it started to back up.
>> Judge Judy: January, February
March, and April -- 4 months.
Prior to January,
had you paid your rent at $1,000
a month, previous year?
That would be all of 2016.
>> I was late on November,
but I paid that in December.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care
if you were late.
I'm not talking about --
By the time you moved out,
is what you're telling me
that you just hadn't paid
4 months rent?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Is that correct?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Of course not.
How many months rent?
When did she stop paying rent?
>> So, she was behind
$4,100 total by the end.
>> Judge Judy: No.
That's not what I asked you.
I said, when did she stop
paying rent?
>> It was March 13th.
The last one was $1,500.
That check was returned, so she
had a total of five checks
that were returned
over the course of about a year.
>> Judge Judy: Five checks
that were returned
insufficient funds.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Did she ever make those up?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Is that
in addition
to the rent that she never paid
starting in January?
>> No.
So that includes everything.
>> Judge Judy: So, 5 months?
>> She did make up a portion
of one, so about $4,100
is what she hasn't made up,
is the total amount
that she was delinquent.
>> Judge Judy:
When you moved in, Ms. MacMann,
did you give Mr. Jones
a security deposit?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: How much?
>> $500.
>> Is that correct, sir?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
Did you return that to her?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So you have her $500
security deposit.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Now, you're
claiming damage to the premises?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Damage to the
premises.
If you say that the defendant
owes you -- and she probably
acknowledges $4,000 of rent that
she owes you because she said
she hadn't paid in 4 months.
You're suing for $4,742,
which means that you,
in your calculations,
were allocating $642 to damage.
Correct?
$642 to damage.
I'm going by your numbers.
You're suing her for $4,742.
You say she owes you about
$4,100, which means that you --
you, yourself -- calculated
that she left $642
worth of damage.
And of the $642 worth of damage,
you kept her security deposit.
Correct?
>> That's correct.
Well, it was actually --
So, I took the security deposit.
So, it was a little more than
that.
The total damages was $1,742.
And so it's the security deposit
plus --
>> Judge Judy: The math is never
going to work out for you, sir.
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy:
Do you understand that?
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: [ Laughs ]
>> What I did was I just
eliminated last month of rent...
>> Judge Judy: Yeah, yeah.
I understand.
Math is not going to work out
for you.
>> Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
All right.
>> Judge Judy: So, it's $4,142.
Can I see the damage, please,
that you're alleging?
>> Yeah.
So, I have some before
and after photos.
>> Judge Judy: How old
are your boys, Ms. MacMann?
>> My one son just turned
11, and my other one is 9.
>> You can just show her.
>> Judge Judy: Tell me why
you stopped paying rent.
>> In September of last year,
my father passed away,
and I was being paid
to take care of him.
>> Judge Judy: By the state?
>> By the V.A.
>> Judge Judy: Mm-hmm.
>> So, federal. Yeah.
>> Byrd: Before. After.
>> And when we lost that income,
it hit us pretty hard.
>> Judge Judy: Okay,
so you had financial trouble.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Beautiful house.
>> Thank you.
>> Judge Judy: All right.
So we have a stain on the rug.
>> That's dog [bleep]
>> Judge Judy: Oh.
This is pretty disgusting.
That's pretty disgusting.
Is that the way you leave
this gorgeous house?
>> We left in a hurry.
>> Judge Judy: It's disgusting.
That has nothing to do
with your father passing away
or having financial problems.
That's called being a pig.
You have this nice home
that you moved into, clean.
That's not the way you leave it.
Judgment for the plaintiff
for the amount of $4,142.
We're done.
Thank you.