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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Berman & Sons, Inc. v. Jefferson, 396 N.E.2d 981 (1979)

Citation
Berman & Sons, Inc. v. Jefferson, 396 N.E.2d 981 (1979)
Parent Document
Berman & Sons, Inc. v. Jefferson, 396 N.E.2d 981 (1979)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
1979-11-08

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Second, the amicus relies on the statement of official Comment 2 that “reasonable grounds can lie in prior course of dealing, course of performance or usage of trade . . . .” Here the landlord appears to have proceeded in a responsible manner consistent with landlords’ trade usage. However, the State Sanitary Code, not such usage, provides the proper yardstick for measuring the landlord’s conduct. The Hemingway