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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Clegg v. Vaughan, 7 Mass. L. Rptr. 134 (1997)

Citation
Clegg v. Vaughan, 7 Mass. L. Rptr. 134 (1997)
Parent Document
Clegg v. Vaughan, 7 Mass. L. Rptr. 134 (1997)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
1997-06-27

Full Text

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the defendant shall, before any appeal under this section is allowed from a judgment of... a district court, rendered for the plaintiff for the possession of land or tenements demanded in a case in which the plaintiff continues at the time of the establishment of bond to seek to recover possession, give bond in such sum as the court orders, payable to the plaintiff, with sufficient surety or sureties approved by the court, or secured by cash or its equivalent deposited with the clerk, in a reasonable amount to be fixed by the court ... In an appeal from a judgment of the superior court or a housing court such bond filed shall be conditioned to enter the action in the appeals court. Appeals from judgments of the superior court or a housing court shall otherwise be governed by the Massachusetts Rules of Appellate Procedure. Such bond shall be conditioned to pay to the plaintiff, if final judgment is in plaintiffs favor, all rent accrued at the end of the bond, all intervening rent and all damage and loss which the plaintiff may sustain by the withholding of possession of the land or tenements demanded *137and by any injury done thereto during such withholding, with all costs, until delivery of possession thereof to such plaintiff. . .