Horse Heartbreak! | Part 1

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]>> Judge Judy: MS. SOMMER, I ASSUME THIS IS YOUR DAUGHTER.

[00:00:02]YOUR DAUGHTER LIKES TO RIDE HORSES.

[00:00:04]AND SOME TIME AGO -- YOU'LL TELL ME EXACTLY WHEN -- YOU LEASED A HORSE FROM THE DEFENDANT.

[00:00:09]THE HORSE'S NAME WAS SCOUT, AND THE IDEA WAS FOR YOUR DAUGHTER TO DO RIDING ON THE HORSE.

[00:00:14]WHEN YOU LEASED THE HORSE, YOU AGREED TO TAKE CARE OF HIM, TO FEED HIM, TO DO WHATEVER YOU DO TO TAKE CARE OF A HORSE.

[00:00:19]WASH HIM, CLEAN HIM, TAKE CARE OF HIM.

[00:00:21]>> YES.

[00:00:22]>> Judge Judy: ANYWAY, YOUR CONTRACT PROVIDED THAT YOU WOULD HAVE FIRST LOOK AT THE HORSE -- ACCORDING TO YOU.

[00:00:27]I HAVEN'T SEEN THE CONTRACT -- IN THE EVENT THAT YOU WANTED TO PURCHASE THE HORSE.

[00:00:31]YOUR DAUGHTER RODE THE HORSE FOR SOME MONTHS, AND THEN YOU WERE ADVISED BY THE DEFENDANT, ACCORDING TO YOU, THAT SHE HAD DECIDED TO SELL THE HORSE TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

[00:00:40]AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

[00:00:41]MS SHABAZIAN SAYS THAT SHE DID NOT SELL THE HORSE.

[00:00:44]SHE TOOK BACK THE HORSE BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTER WERE TAKING CARE OF HIM.

[00:00:50]SO, THERE'S NO BREACH OF CONTRACT BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T SELL THE HORSE.

[00:00:53]OKAY, NOW, TELL ME WHEN YOU BEGAN LEASING THIS HORSE FROM THE DEFENDANT.

[00:00:57]>> YOUR HONOR, I PURCHASED A HORSE -- >> Judge Judy: NO, YOU NEVER PURCHASED THE HORSE.

[00:01:01]>> NO, I PURCHASED A DIFFERENT HORSE, AND THAT'S HOW I MET THE DEFENDANT.

[00:01:04]>> Judge Judy: LISTEN TO ME.

[00:01:05]I DIDN'T ASK YOU THAT QUESTION.

[00:01:07]>> I STARTED LEASING SCOUT MAY 23, 2014.

[00:01:11]>> Judge Judy: I'D LIKE TO SEE THE CONTRACT.

[00:01:12]>> OKAY.

[00:01:15]AND THIS IS IMPORTANT, TOO, YOUR HONOR, SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, THAT'S HOW I CONTACTED KIM.

[00:01:19]>> Judge Judy: I DON'T C-- LISTEN TO ME.

[00:01:21]I JUST WANT TO SEE THE CONTRACT.

[00:01:22]>> OKAY.

[00:01:23]>> Judge Judy: THANK YOU.

[00:01:27]THERE'S NO TERMINATION DATE ON THIS.

[00:01:29]>> CORRECT.

[00:01:30]>> Judge Judy: WHY?

[00:01:31]>> IT WAS OPEN-ENDED.

[00:01:32]WE WERE JUST GONNA CONTINUE LEASING UNTIL -- >> Judge Judy: WELL, THERE HAS TO BE A TERMINATE -- IT SAYS THAT "PARTIES AGREE IN WRITING TO CONTINUE THE TERM OF THIS LEASE, IN WHICH CASE THE NEW TERMS SHALL BE ATTACHED HERETO, SIGNED AND DATED BY BOTH PARTIES.

[00:01:46]THE LESSEE" -- THAT'S YOU -- "SHALL HAVE THE OPTION TO RETURN THE HORSE TO THE OWNER PRIOR TO THE END OF THE LEASE TERM."

[00:01:53]BUT THERE WAS NO END TO THE LEASE TERM.

[00:01:54]SO YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN THE HORSE AT ANY TIME.

[00:01:58]>> CORRECT.

[00:01:58]>> Judge Judy: IT SAYS, "AT THE END OF THE LEASE, DATES STATED ABOVE" -- [ LAUGHS ] THIS IS SO EASY.

[00:02:04]IT'S LIKE A LAW SCHOOL PROBLEM.

[00:02:06]I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.

[00:02:08]"AT THE END OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT" -- OF WHICH THERE IS NONE.

[00:02:12]WE BOTH AGREE THAT THERE WAS NO LEASE DATE.

[00:02:15]SO, THE END OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT, AND THERE WAS NONE, "DATE STATED ABOVE" -- THERE WAS NONE -- "THE LESSEE" -- THAT'S YOU -- "HAS THE OPTION OF PURCHASING SAID HORSE FOR THE MUTUALLY AGREED UPON AMOUNT OF" BLANK.

[00:02:28]"IN THE EVENT THE OWNER PLACES THE HORSE UP FOR SALE DURING THE PERIOD OF THE LEASE," OF WHICH THERE IS NO PERIOD.

[00:02:36]'CAUSE WE HAVE NO PERIOD OF THE LEASE.

[00:02:38]"LESSEE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT FIRST REFUSAL OF THE HORSE WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF WRITTEN NOTIFICATION FOR THE AGREED UPON AMOUNT OF $1,200."

[00:02:46]BUT THERE IS NO TERM OF YOUR LEASE.

[00:02:47]SHE TOOK THE HORSE BACK.

[00:02:49]>> I THOUGHT THAT MEANT WE -- IT WAS MONTH-TO-MONTH.

[00:02:51]>> Judge Judy: I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU MEANT.

[00:02:53]THERE'S TERM IN THIS LEASE.

[00:02:54]NOW, SHE PAID YOU THE $300 A MONTH THAT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO FOR LEASING YOUR HORSE FOR HER DAUGHTER.

[00:03:01]WHEN DID YOU TAKE THE HORSE BACK?

[00:03:03]IN WHAT MONTH?

[00:03:03]>> IN DECEMBER.

[00:03:04]>> Judge Judy: CAN YOU TELL ME WHY?

[00:03:06]>> WE HAD COME TO THE END OF WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A TEMPORARY LEASE.

[00:03:11]THREE TO SIX MONTHS, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T WRITTEN DOWN.

[00:03:14]SO HER DAUGHTER COULD GAIN CONFIDENCE TO RIDE A HORSE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY BOUGHT FOR HER.

[00:03:19]I THOUGHT WE HAD ACCOMPLISHED OUR GOAL, AND WE HAD IN OUR MIND TO SELL THE HORSE EVENTUALLY TO A MUTUAL FRIEND, AND THAT TIME WAS UP.

[00:03:31]SO, WE SAID THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO, AND THEN WE DIDN'T.

[00:03:37]WE CHANGED OUR MIND.

[00:03:38]WE DIDN'T SELL.

[00:03:39]>> Judge Judy: WHY?

[00:03:40]>> WELL, BECAUSE JAN SUED US.

[00:03:43]SO THAT STOPPED EVERYTHING THERE.

[00:03:45]ALSO, THE OTHER THING IS I WOULDN'T HAVE SOLD THE HORSE TO JAN BECAUSE SHE WASN'T CARING FOR THE HORSE IN THE MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH GOOD HORSE CARE.

[00:03:55]>> Judge Judy: HOW?

[00:03:56]>> FEEDING THE HORSE WITH DIRTY BUCKETS, PUTTING THE HORSE AWAY WITH SPORTS MEDICINE BOOTS ON.

[00:04:01]>> Judge Judy: WITH WHAT?

[00:04:02]>> IT'S A SUPPORT BOOT.

[00:04:04]RIDING THE HORSE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT BOOT, WHICH LED DIRECTLY TO AN INJURY, WHICH NOW THE HORSE CANNOT BE RIDDEN FOR THREE MONTHS.

[00:04:13]>> Judge Judy: DO YOU KNOW WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT?

[00:04:15]>> NO, THAT'S FALSE.

[00:04:16]>> Judge Judy: DO YOU KNOW WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT?

[00:04:18]>> I KNOW WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT, YES.