Legal Opinion
City of Worcester v. College Hill Properties, LLC
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided November 8, 2011No. 10-P-906PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtGraham, J.
The Commonwealth’s lodging house licensing statutory system — G. L. c. 140, §§ 22-32 (Act) — is at the center of this consolidated appeal. Five property owners (defendants) appeal from judgments of the Housing Court permanently *758enjoining them “from allowing more than three unrelated adults to reside in each legal dwelling unit” in question, and from final orders adjudging them in contempt for disobeying court orders so enjoining them. General Laws c. 140, § 22, amended by St. 1973, c. 481, defines a lodging house as “a house where lodgings are let to four or more persons not within the second…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- City of Worcester v. College Hill Properties, LLCMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013