![]() It took some time - 22 years to be precise - but in August 2015 I rumbled in a rickety jeep with a team of academics, climbers, and archeologists into Upper Mustang. ![]() 1 Ah, heck, let's be honest - I wanted to be like Charles. I wanted to go to Mustang, I wanted to learn and explore and help unravel some of this story of Himalayan anthropology. Charles was one of the first outsiders to enter the Kingdom in the modern era, and among countless points of interest, he was particularly focused on caves.caves little known and barely studied, part of ancient Mustang, containing pre-Buddhist documents, artifacts, and remains, shreds from the fabric of time somehow surviving to the modern era. We sat on the floor, mesmerized by his tales of this semi-autonomous kingdom of northern Nepal, annexed in 1795 but remaining largely unchanged in all ways. Charles Ramble, a British anthropologist and academic, spoke Indiana Jones-like (albeit with an accent, higher intellect, and less cowboy fanfare) to our entire SIT-Nepal program. The local people figured out centuries ago how to irrigate with waters from the Kali Gandaki River, and eke out a living in this inhospitable climate. “I find that at the time that the sales contract was executed, the defendant was aware that he was purchasing the Mustang for $35,000,” Gibb-Carsley said.The village of Chuksang, Upper Mustang, Nepal, glows green in a harsh, desert landscape. In the end, the judge rejected Lawrence’s arguments that the $35,000 price was only conditional upon the completion of an appraisal. “The defendant has not paid any further amounts for the Mustang nor has he returned the Mustang to the plaintiff,” the judge said, noting the sister had offered to rescind the contract if Lawrence returned the car. 9, 2019, Ma texted Lawrence saying if he was no longer interested in keeping the Mustang, that there were other interested purchasers.īy that September, the sister’s lawyer sent a demand letter for $33,000, plus legal fees. Lawrence claimed he was entitled to apply a discount to the final appraised value that was based on a statement made by the Ma to him during the course of negotiations, when Mah had said he wanted to gift him a sum of money. Lawrence claimed the parties had always understood the agreements did not set the final price of the Mustang, and that the final price would be determined after an appraisal was completed. 30, 2019, the parties entered into a $35,000 sales contract for the Mustang.įive days later, Lawrence emailed expressing concern about the state of the car, saying a complete restoration would be $50,000 and that the car had an estimated value of $25,000. “This will give you a bit of relief if you want to make extra car payments.” On July 1, 2019, the rent will be $1,500 per month with a one-year lease,” the sister said. “I propose that the rent for Bailey’s house be $1,300 per month between now and June 30, 2019. They also accepted Lawrence’s proposal to move into Mah’s house. The family proposed a minimum monthly payment of $500 to $600 along with income tax refunds and work bonuses as well as the proceeds from the sale of Lawrence’s vehicles on the condition $35,000 was paid in full by June 30, 2019. Gibb-Carsley said Mah’s will made no mention of Lawrence. 21, 2019, Ma sent an email to Lawrence saying she was seeking $55,000 for the Mustang, but that she would sell the Mustang to Lawrence for a $35,000 as “Mah had verbally expressed an intention to gift the defendant $20,000.” “One of the bonds the two men shared was an interest in the Mustang,” the judge said. ![]() The judge said Lawrence was the boyfriend of Mah’s daughter, and he and Mah had a close relationship. He kept the Mustang, but stopped making payments.” ![]() “However, soon after the sale, the defendant came to believe that the Mustang’s fair market value was lower than what he paid. “The lead up to the sale was pleasant, with both parties pleased that Mr. Mah’s prized possession was being sold to someone who cared about the Mustang and its restoration,” Gibb-Carsley said. She said agreements set the price for the Mustang, and that Lawrence had breached those agreements. Lynn Ma was the executor of her brother’s estate. “I know he’d be happy it being with me to complete the restorations the way he wanted them done,” he texted.īut, when Lawrence stopped paying, the family sued. That process began four days after Mah’s death when Braxton texted his condolences and said he’d be interested in buying the Mustang. 24, 2018 in Maple Ridge, his family and friend Braxton Lee Lawrence negotiated for the latter to buy the car. Justice John Gibb-Carsley said Bailey Mah spent many hours repairing the Mustang as a passion project, spending thousands of dollars on professional help. The family of a man whose passion was his 1969 Mustang Mach 1 Cobra is due $33,000 from his friend who contracted to purchase the collector’s car after his death, a B.C. ![]()
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