My friends and I contracted to a company in 2004 to build a text message system. The company decided they didn't want to pay us the last month's bill. They'd sp

My friends and I contracted to a company in 2004 to build a text message system. The company decided they didn't want to pay us the last month's bill. They'd spent all their money buying a custom Harley as a prize for the customers and now had nothing left. We met with their CEO+CFO+lawyers and our lawyers. They were adamant they wouldn't pay the last payment. We pulled out our contract and showed they didn't own any of their code because there was no IP transfer in there. They said "We need a minute." We left the room, came back in and there was a check for the outstanding balance in the middle of the table.