Winning a Contracts Case in Small Claims Court Your Leading Source For Legal Information. Winning a Contracts Case in Small Claims Court What you must show to convince the judge you're on the right side. What the terms of the agreement were, the time, place, and manner of performance, and when it was supposed to be completed. That you were damaged in a particular amount because of the broken promise. For defendants, if any one of these elements is not or cannot be proven, you win.
Actions still speak louder than words.
People mostly act in an intentional manner, especially when they have some expectation about how it will affect them later on. The parties and witnesses can testify to what happened. If there is anything written, look at it-a repair order or laundry claim ticket, any notes taken during a telephone conversation, any letters written or exchanged in the middle of the contract, handwritten bills, or drawings of how a project was supposed to look. Prior agreements about similar transactions will tend to fill in the blanks concerning the intention about the newer ones. If you have transacted business repeatedly with another and established a fixed pattern of dealing with the person, an implied agreement can be found based on this course of dealing.