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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 14

Citation
Section 14
Parent Document
Layes v. RHP Properties, Inc. (2019)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
2019-08-28

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36Where, as here, the tenants remained in possession during
the breach, "actual damages 'are measured by the difference
between the value of what the lessee should have received and
the value of what he did receive.'" Curtis v. Surrette, 49
Mass. App. Ct. 99, 104 (2000), quoting Darmetko v. Boston Hous.
Auth., 378 Mass. 758, 761 n.4 (1979).
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