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    Default Landlord Violating Verbal Agreement for Contract Services

    My question involves employment and labor law for the state of: California

    My husband and I are are resident managers at an apartment complex. When the owner first bought the property, he paid us with a payroll check. Then he decided to pay as contract labor and issue us a 1099. There was never a written employment agreement. It was all verbal. The agreement was that he pays us a monthly amount for living on-site and managing the property. He then deducts the rent from the monthly amount. He also pays us for hourly labor for any maintenance work. He also pays for out of pocket expenses and mileage. The hourly labor, expenses, and mileage are all billed to him on a monthly basis but the monthly amount for our services is not billed. He simply pays it. He stopped paying us in August 2008 because the property was running a deficit. He decided to bring in another couple to manage the property so our services were terminated. He said he will not pay us the money owes us. Can I sue him for that money even though there is no verbal agreement?

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    Default Re: Landlord Violating Verbal Agreement for Contract Services

    What do you mean "there is no verbal agreement"? You just got through describing your agreement. Did you mean "no written agreement"?

    You can use past payment and billing practices to establish your agreement for a court, even if there's no written contract.

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