Stolen Horse--Man is BACK in jail!

[MaggieRae]

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Me neither....

 

[Reinbeau]

Let's not take this thread too far off track.....we all know we can't promote violence, even in jest.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Thanks Reinbeau!


As much as I may agree....gotta remain civil!

 

[The Chicken People]

Karma will get em! And the court system...Ropo if you can sue the Uncle..do it! It will be a good lesson if you hit him in the wallet! I dont see why he aint in trouble for receiving stolen property!

 

[cassie]

I don't understand why there should be any problems getting the horse back. You should not have to sue Uncle to get him returned. Periodically in the news there is a case of a car being stolen, sold multiple times, and when the stolen car is found, even years later and through numerous ownership changes, the car is still returned to its rightful owner. How is a horse any different?

 

[Catstar68]

I'd sue the pants off that *$@#$^& horse thief in civil court. I'd sue him for all the time you took off of work, the expenses you incurred (mileage to court, court fees), pain and suffering, loss of use income (Max could have been leased and earning you money this entire time, not just during but after his lease agreement), ANYTHING that is not optimal with Max when he gets home (get a vet check, teeth floated, farrier in to shoe, Coggins, vaccinations...the works and insist the idiot pay that bill).

Did I forget anything?

 

[jerseygirl1]

I wish I was a lawyer so I could afford to fly out there and take care of this for you
People are so mean

 

[Catstar68]

oh yeah, and then you need to write a tell-all book about this whole sorry saga. Do not change the names to protect anyone.

 

[cmjust0]

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You have to understand that there was a lease agreement in force at one point, but the terms were broken.. Does breaking the terms of a lease make one a thief and make the horse "stolen," or is it simply a dispute over a lease agreement? That determination hasn't been made yet, so the legal status of the horse is still up in the air. That's what these court dates are supposed to help determine.

Think about it this way...if you lease a car and miss a payment, does that make you guilty of grand theft auto? Probably not. Can the lessor of the car come take their car back? Sure....if they can find it. Would it seriously foul things up if they came to get their car back and found that you'd sold it to someone else, claiming that you tried to return it to the lessor but couldn't reach them? You bet your hind end it would.. Could you end up in jail for something like that? I'd say so, yeah... Could the lessor simply go get the car from whomever you sold it to, even if the new "owner" bought it on the up and up? I kinda doubt it, actually, but I really don't know... Needless to say, it would be a serious headache for the car company..

In this case, that's RoPo.

Bottom line...everything's all screwed up. Many of us suggested simply going to get the horse regardless of its legal status, considering that the guy who has it would have to wade through the same mountain of crap RoPo's currently wading through in order to sue her for re-stealing her horse or whatever.. Unfortunately, though, the guy who has the horse is apparently willing to hurt people to keep it. As in, he's threatened to do bodily harm to anyone who comes for the horse.

At this point, we're all just hoping that a judge finds some legal channel or another to be able to say "GIVE HER BACK HER HORSE, YOU NO GOOD S's.O.B's."

 

[Grapefruit Moon]

RoPo my thoughts are with you, hoping you can keep a peaceful heart throughout this trying ordeal.