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    Jul 24, 2012, 02:35 PM
    Can I sue a partner on a company that we had just started?
    A partner and myself had started a manufacturing business together filed the DBA under both our names and got our first job as a company I was employed at my current job and had put my resignation in. He finished the job and got paid I had been trying to contact him since yesterday and he responded with a text telling me that him and his wife had been thinking and that it would be in his best interest if he started his own company instead. Can I sue him for anything? The job was complete and he received a check for it the company is under both our names I have text messages and emails stating that we are partners and how much we charged also the quote that we put in for the job? I need help with this.
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    Jul 25, 2012, 05:31 AM
    Hello J:

    Sure. Take him to small claims court. It's quick, cheap and easy.

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    Jul 25, 2012, 06:39 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by JesseGonzalez View Post
    A partner and myself had started a manufacturing business together filed the DBA under both our names and got our first job as a company I was employed at my current job and had put my resignation in. He finished the job and got paid I had been trying to contact him since yesterday and he responded with a text telling me that him and his wife had been thinking and that it would be in his best interest if he started his own company instead. Can I sue him for anything? The job was complete and he received a check for it the company is under both our names I have text messages and emails stating that we are partners and how much we charged also the quote that we put in for the job? I need help with this.
    Last time that happened to me (Business partner persuaded the customer to write the check to the partner and not the parthership.), I threatened to file a mechanic's lien. The customer paid the partnership which had done the work.

    Inform the customer that he/she/it contracted with the parthership and, although the customer may have paid your ex-partner, it hasn't paid the partnership, which did the work. Indicate that unless they make it good you will have to sue.
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