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INTERNAL PROTOTYPE — NOT LEGAL ADVICE — DO NOT SEND

Boston Housing Authority v. Hemingway, 293 N.E.2d 831 (1973)

Citation
Boston Housing Authority v. Hemingway, 293 N.E.2d 831 (1973)
Parent Document
Boston Housing Authority v. Hemingway, 293 N.E.2d 831 (1973)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
1973-03-05

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The tenants defend principally on the following grounds stated in each of their similar answers: “that prior to her refusal to pay rent, plaintiff was in violation of the State Sanitary Code including . . . [various conditions allegedly violating specifically cited regulations of the Code], that the Housing Inspection Department had inspected defendant’s apartment . . . and found said apartment to be in violation of the State Sanitary Code and that the conditions . . . [which allegedly violated the Code] were such that ‘said violations may endanger or materially impair the health or safety and the well being of any tenant therein . . .;’ and that said violations and conditions . . . render the apartment uninhabitable and such conditions continue today.” The tenants’ allegations of specific violations of the Code were based on written inspection reports issued by appropriate housing inspectors describing those same conditions and concluding “that said violations may endanger or materially impair the health or safety, and the well-being of any tenant therein or persons occupying said property.”