Gwendolyn

City: 
San Ramon
Residence Type: 
Condominium
Landlord Type: 
Private Landlord -- No Rent Control

Leasing Agent accepted my rent check (4/17/10)late not realizing that the manager had sent it over to the attorney for a eviction to began. Summons Complaint taped to my door on 4/18/10. Managment kept calling me on 4/19/10 ask me (tenant) to pay attorney fees of 605.00. Management states over the phone that if I didn't pay fees that my rent check will not be accpeted and the attorney instruckted them to just mail it back and continue with the eviction. Since the notice wasn't properly served I went ahead and responded to the Complaint with in five days. I stated this in my answer informing the judge what managment was doing. Well! May 28th court day. Judge listen and then ruledagainst me even though managment accpted rent for the month of April. This happen once before managment accpted my check knowing they had retained an attorney. Managment had to eat the cost and case was dismissed. I'm so upset I didn't even get a fair trial. I had to do an emrgency stay even though plaintiff counsel didn't file a writ of possession. I paid the court 1700.00 thinking this money would go to managment. Not! Its for the stay. I was shocked. I'm appealing this case. When managment accpted rent payment for April they tried to automaticly take Mays rent, by auto withdrawl rejected the debt by them. This comes to show you that they had already had Aprils rent and no try to take out May's rent. I've been so depressed I'm unable to care for my son. I had to remove him from our home. I'm going all the way to fight this unjustice.

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