Assault & Battery stop payment on check

[zigzakk]

I took my boat to a local boat salvage yard/mechanic to get my boat running, well of course the list of things that it needed grew daily as I waited for it to be fixed correctly. It ended up as a $626.00 repair bill including new and used parts, $440.00 in labor included. When the guy called and said the boat was ready to pickup ,I went back picked it up,brought it home and lanched to boat at the boat ramp. Anyone with a boat knows that you cannot run the boat out of water,because of the cooling system. when I tried to start it in the water,unfortunately the boat would not start, or run,the battery was dead so I repaced the battery and tried again. of course it would not start. I have a reciept that states that all the things that were fixed, they also had a checkmark be each item that it was all in working condition. It was very obvious they had not fixed what they said they fixed,so the next morning I went to the bank and put a stop payment on the check. I called the man and told him why I stopped payment, he said I would have to bring it back to him befor he could look at it,I could nt because it would not run,and he said he would not come and get it or come to fix it on site without a service call charge. this was not acceptable to me so I told him that I would not pay the charge and he could just forget it . He claims that I never intended to pay and planned stop payment because I did not have the money which is not true, ther was plenty of money in my account to cover the original check. I called the sheriffs dept and they said that it was a civil manner (not criminal) and he would have to sue me to get the money. It has been over 30 days and still nothing from him. What should I do to protect myself, and or should do someting else? thanks Zak rowan@usmo.com