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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Avalonbay Communities, Inc. v. Hamilton, 26 Mass. L. Rptr. 436 (2010)

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Avalonbay Communities, Inc. v. Hamilton, 26 Mass. L. Rptr. 436 (2010)
Parent Document
Avalonbay Communities, Inc. v. Hamilton, 26 Mass. L. Rptr. 436 (2010)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
2010-02-05

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AvalonBay had permitted the Hamiltons to occupy the model unit while it repaired the leased premises. At that point, although the Hamiltons were mere licensees as to the model unit, they refused to leave. AvalonBay offered them back their repaired and cleaned leased unit. But the Hamiltons failed — or refused — to understand that a license is revocable at the will of the possessor of the property and that such revocability is “. . . the essence of a license to use the land of another.” Beal v. Eastern Air Devices, Inc., 9 Mass.App.Ct. 910 (1980).