Judge Beats Lawyer & Deceptive Plaintiff at Their Own Game! 

These are some of the best pro se parties I've seen. They read the lease, knew the lease, and had pointed questions about the lease. They brought salient evidence. Bravo!

The defendants did a great job with their questions. They did better than his attorney and he has been an attorney for 34 years. Doesn’t even know to ask for permission to approach the judge. 😂

The landlord took the stand with not one, but TWO manila folders full of paperwork and apparently nothing except the lease agreement was germane to the case. 😂

Doing law for 34 years and just walks straight up to the judge. Stupid.

Judge Simpsons statement at end regarding waste of time was the best summation of this ridiculous litigation.

Bravo Judge Simpson! The defendants did an outstanding job in representing themselves. The plaintiff appeared to be trying to take the defendants to the cleaners and he did so by intentionally misleading the court especially with regard to the 'painters'. I think he was just mad that the renters challenged him on the four corners of the lease and the unresolved pest infestation in the house. This case had an excellent outcome!

Who in the world lists a house by mistake 😂😂

The defendants were amazing for not being lawyers!!! Way better than the plaintiff’s

This is why Judge Simpson is my favorite.

Judge Simpson is asking to see the invoices. How is that so difficult to understand. We get an invoice for every fill, so he should have those invoices.

Horrible plaintiff lawyer.

Should've called Hank Hill as an expert

Re. The paint job. The idea that the job is being done as a credit is belied by the fact he is asking for the tenants to pay. If he has applied it as credit to a debt owing, that other person has accepted responsibility for the cost. But if he is asking for it in court, he hasn't transferred the credit to said other person, meaning he hasn't paid anything for it currently. It seems to be either double dipping, or lieing.

I rented a home once that had a propane tank. My landlord filled it up before I moved in and I filled it up when I moved. Why is this so difficult for some? UNcommon sense???

Aaaaannnd…..That’s what ya get for attempting to be a sheister !! The PLAINTIFF OWES THE DEFENDANT..talk about Sweet Justice… This couple played the game well, they crossed THIER T’s and Dotted THIER I’s and For once a tenant came out on top.Shame of that landlord and his ambulance chasing lawyer…🤯🤯

"you have to win the case to get court costs. you lost." "but we have this court cost! and this other court cost!" quiet coyote! open your listening ears, counselor

What a terrible lease agreement. Both sides need to put everything in writing. Landlord suing for painting he claimed he paid for, but then switched his story.

Judge Simpson is the best!

So if I'm not paying someone for a service because they're doing it as a favor and repayment of money that they owe me, I can pass the theoretical cost of that service onto someone else? Cool, cool.

This was a fascinating watch. That plaintiff should sue his own lawyer to get his money back.

Best legal advice I ever heard, "Get It In Writing."

This lawyer probably wrote the lease as well. One of the worst lawyers I have ever witnessed.

I think the plaintiff's lawyer is full of baloney. His claims at the end come very close to contempt. The plaintiff's atty should pay his lawyer, the defendants don't have to.

I am careful what I say about a litigator, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets everyone who rents from him with what seems like a scam! There are several honest ways to do it. Like, putting in the contract how much propane is in the tank at the beginning, and leaving that much at the end. It sure does seem like a grift. He can’t be that stupid not to know he’s trying to get his tank filled, when it didn’t begin full!

This landlord is a crook

If I was fighting a case like this, I would PRAY for a judge like his honor. He’s fair, firm, and doesn’t put up with nonsense.

Wow that lawyer is pretty awful. The judge told him about as straight as he could without outright saying that he was going to side with the defendants. He gave the lawyer a chance to settle. Idk what happened out there of course, but I think if he would have just offered to drop everything in exchange for the security deposit, they probably would have gone with that. And he would have saved his client four hundred bucks.

What I hear is other people rented buildings and land on that property so they had a right to use the driveway most people that rent farm houses that are on Farmland don't get it So it sounds to me like he needs to rewrite his verbiage in the lease for the next renters on out buildings and driveway use, including if say 60 gallon propane when move in must be 60 gallon when you move out

Good decision.

You cannot amend a written contract verbally. It can only be done in the same form as the original-- in writing. Any ambiguities in a contract are *automatically* held against the party that drafted it. Legal Contracts 101. Edit to add: if the amendment is added, it has to be signed off by both parties. Disgusting how this attorney is trying to make a contract exist along the way through the argument of-- "well, I assumed they knew.."

If anybody sees this guy trying to rent a house, they need to run far far away do not rent from this underbelly of a landlord and just a piece of advice to anybody keep records keep check stubs keep receipts make copies. If not, you’ll be up against somebody like that.

This lawyer seems to mess up every time I see him in Judge Simpson's courtroom. The integrity of he and his client, the landlord is zip, zero, nada. Glad the renters were prepared.

I love these two! I've been waiting for this update!! 😁

No receipt for paint, no concise breakdown of propane charges or agreement specific to what he testified to equals no case! His lawyer is money hungry! 😂

If the lease stated that they had the whole property aren't they entitled to the rental money for the outbuildings during their tenancy?

All of the numbers aside (as they are clear as mud) the Judge is spot on that the discount makes no sense. Let's say you owe $1000 in rent and $500 for propane. You owe $1500 total. It makes no sense to say just pay me $1000 but do it in this contrived way... You're forgiving $500 so just forget the propane. If the propane was less then than half the rent then it's screwing the landlord. If it's more then it's screwing the tenant. When you add the fact that it was never clear how much the propane bill was, is or ever would be, it sounds like a scam to me. Then add the fact that it is just something the landlord claimed was agreed verbally, he still can't provide a clear paper-trail for what he claims is owed, and he's been caught running a scam with his friend for decorating services that haven't been completed. This guy is trying to scam people and should not be a landlord.

Awwww love Judge Simpson!!! See’s right thru the BS!!!! 🤣🤘🤘🤘

If you’re gonna have a lease or rental agreement go by that if we’re gonna have a friendly open, end it conversation and open end it rent when you get it kind of ordeal don’t be surprised when it comes to court and your lease or rental agreement ain’t up to snuff

❤ Judge Simpson ❤

Well done judge!

Good call Judge Simpson 👏🏼👏🏼

Judge Simpson is so chill, until he hears a lie!

Judge Simpson does not suffer fools.

I love how thorough Judge Simpson is in picking stuff apart. Sneaky man and Attorney beat at their own game. Trying to get more money than entitled to. The man is eloquent in defending their point of view not owing everything claimed. If the painting was in repayment to the owner should not be allowed as the man is putting out nothing. 😢😢😢

Yeah not sure this guy telling truth

I kept changing my quality of the video thinking towards the end thinking something was going on with my settings, but it turned out that it's the original video quality. Hope this helps anyone else tring to fix the quality of the video.

They had to use the propane if no one else rented the home before they movd in.

The changing of the camera views adds a little extra spice to the drama lol

Alot of landlords in these comments crying😂

"Well, see here, I've got some money, I think it's about... well, I dunno, some guy is gonna do it because he owes me money. Receipts? Naw, I don't have receipts, but I want money, yes sir." Typical Boomer brain. And follows it up with a mini-temper tantrum over court costs. I'd have loved to see this on Judge Judy - she'd have kicked him out on his arse.

its the Sheldon paradox. ambiguity in the lease favors the lessee

I don’t think the property owner is being deceptive, he’s just completely ignorant when it comes to renting property and how to go about doing it…verbal agreements, not taking notes, he doesn’t have proper paperwork and can’t recall dates.

Judge Simpson is always Fair what I don't like is when people rent other people's homes and don't pay the rent or utilities and leave the house they should always leave it the way they found it unless it was agreed upon to be able to paint or knock out walls anything like that people want to do that stuff they should take their money they pay in rent and put it into their own mortgage period 🤷‍♀️

Is just me or is lawyer shouting

You tube is totally out of control with commercials

Nobody ever read the lease before bringing it to court?

Too bad THIS Judge Simpson didn’t show up to work when he was presiding over the Electro Magnetic woman's failure to pay rent case.

They didn’t make a payment of anything your parents did

Alll hear say 🤦🤦make up a better lease

LMAO 🤣

Not feeling the dependants at all!

They may have legit reasons, however, they didn’t pay. That’s the primary obligation of the tenant. They can bring everything else to court at a later date for damages.

1700 for paint

It shouldn’t matter if the lease says they have to pay for the propane. They used it so they need to pay for it.

Lord forbid the judge uses common sense when determining how much paint and time it take to cover harsh dark painted walls

Hope the owner did not pay this attorney for his representation. The owner is not well-educated in business dealings and does not understand a lot of the questions he is being asked. These are all things the attorney should have looked at discussed with him before he took the case. I don’t know which one knows less about what they’re doing. Is it the lawyer who is trying to be an attorney or the owner trying to rent a property? I think it’s a toss up. I kind of feel sorry for the good ‘ol’ farm boy who has probably always done things verbally and doesn’t even understand what he is trying to do when he does.

So the painter owed the landlord so its technically his money. If it didn't need repainting from unapproved colors then the landlord would still be owed that money. Bad call

I love judge Simpson but he repeatedly lets horrible renters get over on landlords and lets them stay while not paying nothing. So basically he’s allowing them to continue to steal from the property owner. I watch a lot of court cases and he never gives landlords the same treatment as he gives renters.

I really like Judge Simpson, but it seems like he always favors squatters.

Simpson always on squatters’ behalf. I feel so badly for landlords in his court.

I think judge Simpson was wrong on this one. He repeatedly helped the tenants who hadn’t paid rent for months and helped them continue to screw over the landlord. Yeah the landlord may have been trying to hit them for more money but that man carried these lowlifes for months. So he is owed money.

Judge is not landlord friendly, I’ve come to notice.

why is the judge acting as an attorney too?

I believe the young couple took advantage of the older man. The older man went with the idea that speaking agreements and payments (including a general and poor lease) was ok. The young couple of a generation that is used to paper and computers and thinks little of verbal agreements or disagreements. But in the end the older man learned a lesson. I bet he saves the receipts from everything now.

Who is that cow binging a baby into the courtroom? Totally inappropriate.