I came home to my neighbor's cat bleeding and laying on the ground on Friday. My neighbor wasn't home and I didn't know which vet she used. Plus, it was right before my vet's closing time (around 5:30 pm) and I didn't have much time to look for my neighbor or anything, so I took her to my vet. When I got back from taking her to my vet, I told my neighbor that her cat was at my vet and they would examine her cat tomorrow morning. I asked her if it was okay for me to have taken her to my vet and she said yes. They did a surgery on her next morning and the bill was $320, which I paid for (because I went to pick her up). Now I realize that I probably should have let my neighbor pick up her cat, but I personally wanted to make sure her cat was okay, so I went to pick her up. I showed the bill to my neighbor and asked her to pay me back, but she said that she didn't authorize me to take her cat to the vet and she wouldn't pay me back.
Can I force her to pay me back legally because she said it was okay that I took her to my vet, or is this something I did out of my kindness and she is not legally responsible to pay me back?
When I saw her cat bleeing (by the way, my vet said that her cat was anemic and it could be due to losing too much blood) and in pain, I just acted the way any decent person would have and took her to my vet. I didn't expect my neighbor to come back and say that she didn't authorize me to do any of it, therefore she wouldn't pay me back... I'm still in shock.
Can I force her to pay me back legally because she said it was okay that I took her to my vet, or is this something I did out of my kindness and she is not legally responsible to pay me back?
When I saw her cat bleeing (by the way, my vet said that her cat was anemic and it could be due to losing too much blood) and in pain, I just acted the way any decent person would have and took her to my vet. I didn't expect my neighbor to come back and say that she didn't authorize me to do any of it, therefore she wouldn't pay me back... I'm still in shock.
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