I WON THE COURT CASE || RECORD KEEPING SAVED THE DAY
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You see, one thing you shouldn't take for granted is keeping a proper record of whatever transaction you are doing with anyone, be it a close friend or your business partner. Even if you don't wish to read further and get the detail of my court experience with a friend, I believe you have gotten a tip of value through my first statement of this blog.
So for this 3rd edition topic with the hive learners community, it's all about sharing our personal experience with the court or perhaps someone we know who has been to court before.
Sometimes in 2016, my husband and I bought a full plot of land with one of his close friends named Martins. Martins is also my husband's colleague in his place of work, they are so close to the point that he was our best man during my white wedding in 2014 and also the Godfather of my Second Son. So one day, a plot of land came out so suddenly and he came to our house and informed us about the land, its affordability, its good location, and also its table (dry) land & the owner needed money urgently, hence the low cost.
Martins didn't have the #4 million for the plot of land and so he wanted us to buy it with him and then share the land half plot each here in Lagos state Nigeria where we reside. My husband and I welcomed the idea and we processed the land transactions (both parties paid #2M each). The following year, Martins decided to leave Nigeria for the United Kingdom in search of greener pastures. He needed money urgently to process his visa and other requirements. He ran back to us pleading that we should buy his half plot of the land at the same #2M. My husband and I didn't have up to 2M to buy the land. Buying land at that moment wasn't in the picture, we had other things bothering us other than land. We told Martins to look for another buyer because we don't have the full money 🤑 💰 but he complained about not getting any buyer who was ready to pay immediately whereas he needed money urgently. He practically begged us to buy the land even if we should pay in installments.
As a friend, we considered his request by pending another project we wanted at that point just to buy his land so he can travel to the UK. We paid him #1.8M remaining, #200,000 to complete the payment. He was so excited. We did an agreement on when the balance should be made which was supposed to be in 6 months. Martins gave his land documents to one of his friends in Nigeria before he left for the UK and told us that we will receive the documents once we balance the remaining 20% fee and that was fine by my husband and me.
Unfortunately, we didn't have the balance exactly at that 6-month due to other issues that came up. We immediately put a WhatsApp call across to Martins in the UK explaining to him our financial situation then and pleading that he exercise a little patience for us which he accepted with a good heart. We were able to balance the 20% remaining fee on the 12th month. My husband transferred the money to him and I forwarded the screenshot to him. We chatted about it through WhatsApp. He acknowledged the payment and thanked us for sending the balance. He also confessed how the #1.8M we paid earlier assisted him before his travel.
After 3 months, we didn't hear from Martins, nor did we hear from his friend who was supposed to give us the land documents as agreed after the full payment. All our efforts to reach Martins on the phone proved abortive. A close friend, suddenly started rejecting our calls and never bothered to reply to our messages. One day, he called to give us breaking news.....guess what?
Martins opened his mouth and told my husband and me to send our account number so he can return the money we paid for the land that he is no longer selling his land. At first, I thought he was joking but I was wrong; he meant it! Like, how can you eat your cake and want to have it back? It's so terrible to experience, human beings are unbelievable. After the money solved your urgent need, after almost two years of land transactions, he changed his mind suddenly, like who does that? Unfortunately, we already built our house in the so-called land and that's where I am typing this content from .. lolz
To cut the story short, Martins flew to Nigeria and sue my husband and I in court. Luckily for us, all my Whatsapp chats with him about the land, both the first payment and the balance, and how he acknowledged it...I saved everything in my email, and I printed all before the court invited us. We got our lawyer and moved to the court.... in fact, the case was an easy peasy one for the Judges...Lolz
Just like I mentioned before, the Judges also reminded him that he can't eat his cake and have it. He explained his side of the story likewise my husband and I were patiently sitting and hearing them. My husband presented all our printed conversations with him and he couldn't deny it. The court ordered him to give us the land documents within 24 hours which he did.
I was so happy to have kept every single record about the land transactions irrespective of how close we are to Martins. I didn't allow my mind to be clouded by our friendship with him... honestly, we learn every day and I am happy that the little record I kept, saved the day in the law court.
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Amazing read!! Hahaha.
I swear keeping records are always so cool 😎 at times. He must have thought that there is no record for the transaction and if you had told him you have one he wouldn’t believe. I love the way you shocked him with the evidence.
And HUMANS ehn. Humans are cunning and can break their trust at any point in time…
I love the aspect where you said that you are typing in your house 😂 😂. The confidence 😂
Nice write up with a lot of morals
Hahaha 😂😂
Yes, the confidence...lolz 🤣
My dear, the more you socialize with humans, the more you become wiser
Thank you so much for such a nice comment 👍☺️
Jeez....humans are really this heartless
Truly, men make men behave the way they do.... How will you have a heart to help him again whenever he's in need!
Thank God you won
Awwwwwn 🥰
Dr sopulu is around.... Cool😎
Heartless and cunning.... imagine using our money to solve his problem and coming back to talk trash...
How are you doing bro... hope you are good 👍😊❤️
😂😂😂 Biggest aunt said am around 😂
Sure I am good
Thanks for record keeping
Hahaha 😂.
Thank you bro ☺️☺️😉😂👌👍
Han can be so funny sometimes
Especially all this so called friends we have
Imagine if you don't keep that little document all in the name of friends that is how he will win the case which he is guilty off
Am happy that he didn't o
That serves him right
When they are hungry they can do anything to get the food but when their belly is full they will turn to your enemy
Some friends are not worthy to call friends....in as much as we need friends , we should also be wise because human beings are naturally selfish
Am telling you
Martins opened his mouth and told my husband and me to send our account number so he can return the money we paid for the land that he is no longer selling his land. At first, I thought he was joking but I was wrong; he meant it! Like, how can you eat your cake and want to have it back?
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My sister, land wahala no be here oh!
People are wicked. How can he do that to his friend?
Thanks for sharing.
He did it because he wanted to achieve his selfish mission 😂
Thank you for stopping by sis 🥰
Omo some people can be heartless and forget things easily o, so Mr Martin that was begging you guys to buy the land just to complete his payment to fly out get there and became comfortable enough to come drag the agreement with you.
Thank God you guys have evidence of chat and your conversation to prove to the court about your initial agreement, what would have been for a house you've already built on .
Hmm I'm sure that relationship between your guys and godfather status of him to your son is broken.
It's well sha, I'm happy to know you guys overcome.
My dear...such of life
Of course whatever relationship we had with him has been broken 😂...his attitude shows he is not a good friend.
Thank you so much grandpa for your beautiful comment 😊
Hmmm that's people for you, he just tarnish his image and I'm sure you other friends we saw what he did would distance themselves from him too.
Thank God sha.
Why you con spoil your reply with grandpa na 🥺
Hahaha 😂😂
Are you not the grandpa?
@hopestylist please come over here oo 😂😂
Wow, humans can be very cunning. He actually thought he could outsmart you guys but luckily for you and your husband, you were a step ahead of him.
It is good to always document things properly, it paid off for you.
Yea .the benefit of documenting things my brother
I am happy 😊
I will take some documenting lessons because I very poor with it.
Lolz
Please do
Damn, that guy is selfish and heartless. I am sure he has ruined a good friendship with your family for the kind of attitude he gave plus, I don't expect your husband to keep any form of communication with him because he is non-deserving.
I am glad that you were able have chats messages, and transaction recorded because if not, it would have been very difficult to win the case.
It's obvious that he is so selfish... like after getting what he wanted urgently, he thought we knew nothing...of course the relationship has been ruined, no negotiations.
My husband no longer communicate with him, glad the guy is not in Nigeria sef..
Honestly saving those chats was as if something told me of what was ahead.
Thank you so much for visiting 👍
Ahhhh can you imagine this nonsense that wanted to occur before if you had not kept record of those transactions.
He really would have argued the case very well if those evidence were not available... Thank goodness you saved the situation.
I should do and come and visit that house that you typed this post from 😂
Honestly, I was keeping those records as if I knew that something fishy were going to happen at the end but glad I saved the day from unnecessary stress.
Oh yes... come oo 😂😂
Thank you so much for dropping by 👍🤗🥰
You did well to suspect the situation even though it isn't a common thing to do... Smart woman 🥰
Expect me with loads of fried chicken and turkey and freezed ice-cream 😂
Hahaha 😂😂😂
Thank you so much for the compliment...hmmm
Na this fried chicken and turkey and freezed ice cream I dey think now oo 😂😂
Think am well abeg 😂😂
Now I truly believe what is kept in a written record will one day save man from dangers way, how can a man be so cruel to do that, I am happy there was a written record that saved the day, well-done
My dear... just keep even a nonsense record 😅😅
It can save the day ☺️
Yea indeed
Omg ..
Thank God you don't clear chats like I do...😩
Ahhh lessons learnt.
I'm glad you and your husband actually won..
Thanks for sharing😊
My dear
My phone actually went wrong but what saved me was that I saved the chat in my email
Ohhhh that's good..
Thank goodness for something called email and Google. I'm just happy yeah
It's a good thing that the chats are kept. Yes, it's always nice to keep everything, even if it's a small receipt or bank statement. You never know when you might need them.
Exactly.. you never know when such record will be needed...I am glad I kept them
Thank you so much for visiting
just imagine! i don't know why some people can be so evil! he realized that the land has appreciated in value and wanted to reap the reward, something you have sold already, coming from a close friend, this is why it is hard to trust mankind because we don't know who is who... I guess that is the end of your family friendship with the so called martins the backstabber
Exactly....he noticed the land appreciation. You were too smart to grab this even when I didn't mention it. That was his major regret.. forgetting that the money solved his urgent need.
Mehhnn, trusting mankind is a lonnnggg thing now...lolz
We no longer relate with Martins...not again...
Yay! 🤗
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I have seen very similar cases many times. It is unfortunate to see how your "friend" only thought of his own benefit. Thank God justice was served.
Great job keeping score, if it comes to money trust is fine prove is better
Oh yes 🙂
Thank you 😊
Evidence based Accountability will mostly save you from unsolicited nonsense, especially as regards question able spendings.
Glad you won the court case, people can be terrible.
Came in via @dreemport
My dear...the experience made me to be wiser
Thank you so much for dropping by 👍
This is why I say there is no friend or family in business. Imagine if you have been naive and didn't keep records because you thought that you are friends then you would not have won the case. Am so glad you kept those records which eventually saved your house.
He must have realize that he won't get another opportunity to be able to buy that kind of land for such amount again. The importance of record-keeping can not be overemphasize. It helps a lot honestly.
People are really unbelievable. They turn out to be strikingly shocking at times.
I am happy for your victory. I can imagine the emotional crisis you abd your husband went through at that time. Thankfully, you saved the proofs.
My dear....I didn't expect such from a close friend but glad I was ahead of the game.
The emotional stress we went through prior to our victory wasn't funny but thank God it's now in the past 😅
It is understandable