Tenant liability for property damage.?

My old landlord is wanting me to pay for damages to a place I rented for a year. I never signed a lease and the contract I signed was a written contract. The contract only had my name, the landlord's name, and that I would pay so much a month. Since I never signed anything saying I was responsible for damages, am I still liable for them? I also had a deposit that the landlord did keep.