Re: Gov. Katie Hobbs (D Arizona) vetoes bill allowing police to arrest trespassers falsely claiming to be tenants

The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

Wed, 1 May 2024 13:58:03 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Landlords and tenants represent themselves in housing court all the
time. Judges certainly expect this and there's too little money at stake
to make it worth hiring a lawyer in many instances.

How did he fail to support his facts?

If you're talking about my son's case he thinks the landlord's lawyer
flim-flammed the judge with a nebulous theory that my son thought
would be exploded by a competent lawyer. I don't know the details so
can't intelligently comment but no question he thought he had an
exceptionally strong case going in.

Well, I'm just not following. The contract and timely payments are
evidence of tenancy. These are the facts. The judge has to rule on them
(as there's no jury in housing court) and I don't see how a lawyer's
nebulous theory can trump facts submitted in evidence. Your son should
have won with a proper presentation with or without a lawyer.