sometime in 2016, were in a
relationship for about three
years.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: And you lived
together.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: You're involved
somehow with horses.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: And at some point
during that relationship, you
purchased, along with the
defendant, a truck and a horse
trailer, and you each put down
some money for the down payment.
According to you, you were
paying the monthly payments on
the truck, as well as the
trailer.
Now, the two of you separated
when in 2016?
>> We separated, but still lived
together in February of 2016.
>> Judge Judy: And shortly
thereafter, the two of you,
according to your complaint,
drew up a contract with regard
to what you were going to do
with this truck and trailer.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like to see a
copy of that contract.
>> Thank you.
>> Judge Judy: Fine.
Let's move quickly with regard
to this.
Somebody took over the truck.
The truck is not of interest to
me anymore.
You got somebody to take over
the truck.
The only thing we have
unresolved is the trailer.
The trailer was in Mr. Scott's
name because he had better
credit.
The agreement was, you were
supposed to continue to make
payments on the trailer not to
the entity that had the mortgage
on the trailer, but $800 a month
to the defendant.
I don't know whether you did or
didn't.
I actually, quite frankly,
don't care.
What your lawsuit wants is the
$5,000 in payments that you
made -- or more -- towards the
trailer that you bought when?
>> October.
>> Judge Judy: Of what year?
>> '15.
>> Judge Judy: New or used?
>> Brand-new.
>> Judge Judy: How much was the
total purchase price?
>> I do not have the contact to
that effect --
>> Judge Judy: What was the
total purchase price, Mr. Scott?
>> It was $10,000.
>> Judge Judy: How much is left
on the trailer?
>> $9,000.
>> Judge Judy: $9,000 left?
>> Yes.
Because of the interest rate and
that, I was paying -- So, it
hasn't come down that much.
>> Judge Judy: So, $9,000 is
left, meaning that there's
$1,000 in equity...
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: ...in the
trailer.
You want the $5,000 that you put
into it.
That's not gonna happen.
>> Your Honor, if I may, I made
every payment towards that
trailer...
>> Judge Judy: I don't care.
>> ...from the first day.
>> Judge Judy: It doesn't
matter.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Even if I
cared...
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: ...he doesn't
have $5,000 worth of equity in
the trailer.
That's what happens when two
people who are not married...
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: ...have a
situation where they buy
property, it's in one person's
name, the other person's paying
for it, and then you come to
court and you ask the court to
resolve the issue.
I'm telling you how this issue
is gonna be resolved.
>> Absolutely.
>> Judge Judy: If he wants to,
because it's his trailer -- it's
in his name --
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: He can sell the
trailer.
I don't know how much he's gonna
get for the trailer because at
this point the trailer is two
years old, right?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: And it's been
used.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: So, you're not
entitled to money back, even if
you had an agreement.
>> Yes, Your Honor, but I do
have video of why I wasn't able
to have a discussion with this
gentleman, and I wanted to sit
and have a conver--
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
What difference does it make,
with regard to what I just said
to you?
>> I had a restraining order
filed against this man for
attacking me and I could not
come and discuss the terms with
him and he never called --
>> Judge Judy: What does that
have -- Listen to me.
>> I would have paid cash for
the trailer if he would have
called and made that
arrangement.
I would have given him the cash
to pay the trailer off.
However, he didn't call.
He came and just took it.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> And the only reason that I
did that is because he's a
hospice nurse and he would put
me on these pills that he took
from dead patients.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Guevara, this
is a straight-up case.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: The property is
in his name.
The two of you are not married.
You were in a relationship.
It was foolish to buy things
together.
It was doubly foolish to put the
debt in his name.
Is he using the trailer?
>> We have a business --
>> Judge Judy: Shh.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: You're using the
trailer?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
And you're paying the monthly
fee for the trailer.
>> Yes, I am.
>> Judge Judy: And it's in your
name.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: That's it.
Case is over.
And you used the trailer for two
years?
>> We used the trailer together.
>> Judge Judy: Good.
Then you shouldn't have put it
in his name.
>> If I may, if I may --
>> Judge Judy: I'm not --
>> The thing that's really
important for me to express to
you, Your Honor, is, I would be
willing to negotiate any type of
payment or pay off on the
trailer because of the nature of
my use of it, no problem.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Buy another trailer.
>> I did.
I have purchased another
trailer.
However --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: So, you bought
another trailer.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: When did you buy
another trailer?
>> Two months ago.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Guevara,
we're done.
>> Okay, but, Your Honor, it's
very important to me I express
the reason why I could not ever
approach Mr. Scott -- because of
this video.
I need you to watch this video.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care why
you couldn't approach him!
I don't care if he built a moat
around himself with crocodiles.
>> [ Chuckles ]
>> Judge Judy: Do you
understand?
>> I completely understand.
>> Judge Judy: The trailer is in
his name.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: He's paying the
loan off on it.
You used it for two years, and
for two years, you made payments
on it.
But because of the interest
rate, the payments didn't come
down.
He still owes $9,000 on the
trailer.
Our case -- yours against him --
is over.
And I don't know what you're
doing here because you bought
another trailer anyway, for
which I assume you're making
payments.
>> However -- If I may,
Your Honor --
>> Judge Judy: And I don't care