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Cummings Properties, LLC v. National Communications Corp., 449 Mass. 490 (2007)

Cummings Properties, LLC v. National Communications Corp., 449 Mass. 490 (2007) Massachusetts state

...end of the lease term, declaring the term of the lease ended without further notice to you, and taking appropriate legal action, including Summary Process (eviction) proceedings, to recover possession of the premises and collect the entire balance of accelerated...

In the Matter of Edward J. Collins (2024)

In the Matter of Edward J. Collins (2024) Massachusetts state

...Appeals Court dismissed the client's consolidated appeals for lack of prosecution.[2]  Afterward, the Framingham Division of the District Court issued execution of its judgment for possession of the property.  The client received an eviction notice in early April.

Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019)

Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019) Massachusetts state

The potential for confusion is increased by the fact that some sample notice to quit forms, available online, include language that could cause a reasonable tenant to believe that there is no right to avoid eviction by repaying the full...

Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019)

Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019) Massachusetts state

...Before filing a summary process action in court, a landlord must serve his or her tenant with a "notice to quit" informing the tenant that after a specified period of time, the landlord intends to evict the tenant. See Cambridge...

Bank of New York v. Bailey, 460 Mass. 327 (2011)

Bank of New York v. Bailey, 460 Mass. 327 (2011) Massachusetts state

Seeking to evict Bailey, BNY filed an action for summary process pursuant to G. L. c. 239, § 1. Bailey’s answer to the complaint alleged, among other claims and defenses, that BNY was not the owner because the sale was...

Andover Housing Authority v. Shkolnik, 443 Mass. 300 (2005)

Andover Housing Authority v. Shkolnik, 443 Mass. 300 (2005) Massachusetts state

On November 14, 2002, the authority served the tenants with a thirty-day notice to quit. The reason for the eviction was the tenants’ continued excessive noise, in violation of the terms of *303their lease, after having been notified on...

Federal National Mortgage Ass'n v. Nunez, 460 Mass. 511 (2011)

Federal National Mortgage Ass'n v. Nunez, 460 Mass. 511 (2011) Massachusetts state

...Fannie Mae argues that because it had already purchased the subject property at the foreclosure sale, served a notice to quit, waited for the statutory period to run, and filed a summary process complaint before c. 186A went into effect...

JEFFREY CAMPBELL v. MANSOUR ABDULLA & Others. (2025)

JEFFREY CAMPBELL v. MANSOUR ABDULLA & Others. (2025) Massachusetts state

...in the notice to quit and awarded him possession and costs.  Although the judge acknowledged the tenants' "facially viable" retaliation defense, he interpreted G. L. c. 239, § 8A, as precluding the defense because this was an eviction for cause rather...

Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019)

Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019) Massachusetts state

...And if, as a result, that tenant fails to refile a notice of appeal within ten days of the postjudgment motion decision, an eviction order could issue. See Rule 13 & commentary of the Uniform Summary Process Rules (1980).

Andover Housing Authority v. Shkolnik, 443 Mass. 300 (2005)

Andover Housing Authority v. Shkolnik, 443 Mass. 300 (2005) Massachusetts state

...Here, the judge’s finding that withdrawal of the notice to quit or delay of the eviction proceedings would have served no useful purpose was warranted.18 While we are mindful that the tenants’ interest in maintaining their housing is...

Arroyo v. McGrievey, 94 N.E.3d 439 (2017)

Arroyo v. McGrievey, 94 N.E.3d 439 (2017) Massachusetts state

...process judgment of the Housing Court concerning an eviction from a manufactured housing community. The defendant's brief consists of a single typewritten page that appears to challenge service of the notice to quit or the summons for the summary...

Federal National Mortgage Ass'n v. Nunez, 460 Mass. 511 (2011)

Federal National Mortgage Ass'n v. Nunez, 460 Mass. 511 (2011) Massachusetts state

...First, Fannie Mae argues that, based on the definition of “eviction” in G. L. c. 186A, § 1, the “eviction” covered by the statute began when the summary process complaint was filed, and the judge’s dismissal of its claim for...

Andover Housing Authority v. Shkolnik, 443 Mass. 300 (2005)

Andover Housing Authority v. Shkolnik, 443 Mass. 300 (2005) Massachusetts state

...the notice to quit at the resolution conference held on November 25, 2002. We question whether this was, in fact, a request for a reasonable accommodation of a handicap, or merely a simple request that they not be evicted because...

Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019)

Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019) Massachusetts state

...Regs. § 3.17 (1993) (unfair or deceptive acts or practices include, for example, commencing summary process action prior to expiration of time period stated in notice to quit, depriving tenant of access to property without receiving valid eviction execution, and...

CUMMINGS PROPERTIES, LLC v. DARRYL C. HINES., 201 N.E.3d 295 (2022)

CUMMINGS PROPERTIES, LLC v. DARRYL C. HINES., 201 N.E.3d 295 (2022) Massachusetts state

...Cummings then gave written notice to MCO in accordance with paragraph E of the lease, warning that failure to pay the rent due within ten days "shall result in the automatic termination of the lease without further notice," eviction, and...

Sycamore Land Corp. v. Thompson, 1 Mass. L. Rptr. 489 (1994)

Sycamore Land Corp. v. Thompson, 1 Mass. L. Rptr. 489 (1994) Massachusetts state

...of eviction, to determine the amount of an abatement due to violations of the State Sanitary Code. If such violations are so substantial as to constitute breaches of the warranty of habitability, then the rent abatement begins when notice of...

Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019)

Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019) Massachusetts state

...ten-day window passes without a notice of appeal being filed, the landlord may obtain an execution authorizing a sheriff or constable to serve the tenant with forty-eight hours' notice of eviction. G. L. c. 239, §§ 3, 5 (a...