Hi, me and a friend moved into an apartment on the same day the complex changed management. Between the hustle and bustle, we never signed a lease to the apartment, but were given keys and maintenance requests, keys to the mailboxes, etc...
We figured it would be cool just to see how long we could get away with this. Since we didn't sign a lease, they can't charge use back rent. No legal contract, no obligations, right?
I have read the squatting laws in Texas and (from I understand) the worst they can do is evict us. Because they have no record of us living in the apartment, they only know what we tell them. They are trying to make us pay rent for the ~2 months we have lived here with complete late fees included, adding up to just under 2000 dollars.
Am I wrong in thinking this, that they can't make us pay for an obligation that we never committed to? Or am I missing something?
EDIT: If anyone can supply court cases in the state of Texas as well as Federal if possible, that would be quite helpful. If you have any experience with this kind of stuff, any legal advice would be nice, though I am sure the apartment complex has no legal ground in this.

