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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Houle v. Quenneville, 787 A.2d 1258 (2001)

Citation
Houle v. Quenneville, 787 A.2d 1258 (2001)
Parent Document
Houle v. Quenneville, 787 A.2d 1258 (2001)
Jurisdiction
Vermont (state)
Effective Date
2001-11-09

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Tenants did not vacate the apartment, and the matter came to trial on December 15, 1999. The court granted landlords' motion to amend their complaint to seek *1261 possession based on nonrenewal of the lease and the fact that tenants were holding over after the lease term. Tenants asserted that notwithstanding landlords' withdrawal of their eviction claim, the defense of retaliatory eviction was applicable to landlords' claim for possession based on nonrenewal because landlords still possessed a "retaliatory motive" for seeking to terminate tenants' possession of the apartment. Tenants also argued that landlords' September 24, 1999, notice of nonrenewal to tenants was defective because landlords did not provide VSHA with a contemporaneous copy of the notice.