Legal Opinion
Pequod Realty Corp. v. Jeffries
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 29, 1943PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, C.J.
This is an action of contract brought in the Superior Court upon a bond given by the defendant pursuant to G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 239, § 5 (relating to the giving of bond by a defendant appealing from a judgment of a District Court upon summary process for the possession of *714land), by which action the plaintiff seeks to recover the rent due at the time of the surrender of possession of the tenement by the defendant, costs and other damages. Said § 5 provides that the bond thereby required shall be “conditioned to enter the action” and “to pay to the plaintiff, if final judgment is in his favor,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Frati v. JanniniMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. English Construction Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Ingalls v. HobbsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Check v. KaplanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- McCarthy v. LaneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Cerwonka v. Town of SaugusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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