The Hsinchu District Court has rejected a man’s claim for the right to visit a cat he and his then-partner had kept before they broke up, a ruling showed.
The plaintiff, a man surnamed Peng (彭), claimed to be entitled to visit the cat for three hours on Friday every week as the co-owner of the pet, the court said in a verdict dated October.
Peng based his claim on purportedly paying NT$20,000 (US$612), half of the cat’s NT$40,000 price at the pet store, and having signed a joint management agreement with the defendant, a woman surnamed Chiu (邱).
Photo: Liao Hsueh-ju, Taipei Times
The man also said the defendant owed him NT$51,000 plus interest for money he spent on the cat’s veterinarian and grooming needs, the ruling said.
Chiu claimed to be the sole owner of the cat, because she paid NT$20,000 out of pocket and borrowed the same amount from Peng during the cat’s purchase, a loan that had since been repaid, it said.
The court ruled in favor of Chiu as being the cat’s legal owner.
Chiu was able to provide the court with text messages proving that she had borrowed and then repaid Peng for buying the pet, the court said.
In addition, Peng was not entitled to compensation, because shouldering the cost of pet care while in a relationship did not qualify as damages to legitimate interest, it said.
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